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Oct 02 2008 4:49pm EDT

Late Breaks: Snarking the Hand That Feeds You

-The Newark Star-Ledger has a tentative deal with the truck-drivers' union that could keep the paper from closing. [AP via Romenesko]

-J.K. Rowling was the best-paid author in the world over the past year. James Patterson was second and Stephen King was No. 3. [Forbes]

-Gawker ridicules a "sad," "desperate" contest held to promote the movie Choke -- a movie that Gawker was promoting with its own advertiser-sponsored contest just a week ago. [Gawker]. □

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