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Aug 20 2008 9:04am EDT

Idle Chatter: NBC Rings in Biggest Win Ever

-Powered by the Olympics, NBC achieved the biggest margin of victory in the ratings last week of any network in the 21-year history of the current ratings system. [Variety]

-The New York Daily News is looking for 25 staffers to take buyouts. "You call that a bloodletting?" scoffs Sam Zell. [NYP]

-Rupert Murdoch paid himself $27.1 million last year, all told. Roger Ailes got $19.9 million, including a nice little bonus of $4.5 million in stock for launching Fox Business. [WSJ]

-You knew this moment would arrive: Obama's going negative. [NYT]. □

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