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Sep 11 2008 8:59am EDT

Idle Chatter: 'NY Times,' Katie Couric, more

-Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has picked up a 6.4 percent stake in The New York Times Co., raising the prospect of another shareholder confrontation. [Bloomberg]

-CBS has taken issue with a web ad put out by the McCain campaign, saying it falsely implied Katie Couric had criticized Barack Obama. [TVNewser]

-You know what's weird and unnecessary? Parents who blog in character as their infant children. [NYT]


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