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Aug 07 2008 8:55am EDT

Idle Chatter: Top of the List, King of the Hill, A No. 4

-There's only one sports story that interests the journalists in Beijing: Brett Favre's blockbuster trade to the New York Jets. The Australians are talking about it, for God's sake. [NYP]

-Somebody in The New York Times's marketing department issued a reader poll that rehashes the paper's biggest embarrassments. [TNR]

-Speaking of those embarrassments, Judith Miller is once again writing about Iraq, this time for Reader's Digest. [RD]

-The layoffs keep coming at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. A dozen more are out, including the head of broadcasting. [WWD]. □


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