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Aug 28 2008 8:52am EDT

Idle Chatter: Forget Those Dogs and Torches

-That Harriet Tubman quote Hillary Clinton used in her convention speech? Harriet Tubman never said it. [The Caucus]

-Jann Wenner has replaced the publisher of Rolling Stone, a move it wasn't hard to spot coming. [Mediaweek]

-Whoops! Bloomberg accidentally published its pre-written obituary of Apple chairman Steve Jobs, who is very much alive. [Gawker]

-Pearson PLC chairman Marjorie Scardino is the most powerful woman in media, according to Forbes's annual ranking of the world's most powerful women. [Forbes]. □

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