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Sep 22 2008 8:50am EDT

Idle Chatter: 'Mad Men' Gets Its Due

-Mad Men, 30 Rock and John Adams were the big winners at the Emmy Awards last night. [Variety]

-First-round bids for a group of 50 CBS-owned radio stations are due today. [NYP]

-Far from scaling back after the election, Politico.com will actually expand its staff. Thanks to its unusual business model, which is heavily reliant on interest-group advertising aimed at legislators, the site actually expects to take in more money after the new president has been chosen. [NYT]

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People.com has surpassed its Time Warner sibling TMZ as the No. 2 celebrity news site. Yahoo's OMG is still No. 1. [WWD]

-General Motors is cutting back its digital ad budget and won't buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, reversing two trends of recent years. [Ad Age]


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