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Oct 02 2008 8:13am EDT

Idle Chatter: Breaking! Actors Are Vain

-Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson is shuffling the ranks yet again. [Gawker]

-Ads containing withering put-downs of a competitor are all the rage now. It has something to do with the economy. [WSJ]

-Congress has passed a bill that will help internet radio thrive by giving it the ability to negotiate lower royalty rates. [AP]

-The Minneapolis Star Tribune has a great idea about how to handle its crushing debt: refuse to pay it. [E&P]

-Some of the actors featured in a New York magazine photo portfolio are angry about how photographer Dan Winters made them look. (In a word, old.) [Liz]. □

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