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Sep 16 2008 5:40pm EDT

Late Breaks: Serena Nets a Book Deal, more

-Grand Central Publishing will pay Serena Williams around $1.3 million for a memoir. [AP]

-Product placement on broadcast television increased in the first half of 2008. It decreased on cable, though. [TV Decoder]

-Vibe's editor in chief says the nudity on her October cover was 100 percent real; some are claiming the pop singer Ciara was Photoshopped to look nekkid. [MTV]

-A comedian who was featured in Rolling Stone's comedy issue says the magazine is a "gutless" "pimp" that makes him want to vomit. [RS]. □

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