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Aug 12 2008 8:41am EDT

Idle Chatter: AOL and Liberty; Cindy and Barbara

-Liberty Media could be willing to take AOL's dial-up business of Time Warner's hands. [Reuters]

-The issue of People with those $14 million photos of the new Jolie-Pitt twin is reportedly on track to sell about 2.5 million copies -- a number that's both well above People's average and possibly below what it had hoped for. [Cover Awards]

-The NFL Network is going to televise all of the New York Jets' preseason games nationally, thanks to Brett Favre. [TV Week]

-Mike Huckabee has taped a pilot for his new Fox News show. [NYP]

-You know how you don't want to take Cindy Adams camping with you? Well, you don't want to take her on a plane with you, either. Just ask Barbara Walters. [Cindy]. □


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