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Sep 16 2008 6:58am EDT

Idle Chatter: Susan Lyne, Napster, 'TRL,' more

-Susan Lyne, the former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, has signed on as head of online luxury retailer Gilt Groupe. [Variety]

-Best Buy is acquiring Napster -- remember Napster? -- for $121 million. [Reuters]

-MTV is putting an end to TRL after 10 years. [WSJ]

-The disappearance of Lehman Bros. will cost Bloomberg LP about 1 percent of its terminal business. [NYP]. □


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