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Jul 30 2008 8:50am EDT

Idle Chatter: FTC Wrist-Slap Over Kid Food Ads

-Food and beverage companies want to be allowed to police their own marketing to children, but the Federal Trade Commission says they're not doing a sufficiently aggressive job of it. [WSJ]

-Tim Donaghy, the NBA referee who said the league fixes key games to stoke ratings, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his part in a gambling scheme. [AP]

-Soft cable advertising contributed to a 6 percent drop in second-quarter net income for Viacom. [THR]

-Condé Nast's stealth girlie sites are flying under the radar -- way under the radar. [NYO]. □


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