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Oct 16 2008 9:20am EDT

Idle Chatter: World Series Ratings, 'TV Guide'

[A word from your blogger: I'm on jury duty today and tomorrow, so posting will be unpredictable but lighter than usual.]

-Fox claims it will be perfectly happy with a World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays, even though no one will watch it.

-PBS won't air a documentary on torture until after George Bush is out of office, bolstering claims that the network is rife with conservative bias. [NYT]

-TV Guide's new owners paid $1 for it -- in other words, a third what they would've paid for a single copy of TV Guide. [Ad Age]

-Ad spending in innovative but unproven media channels such as video games and cell phones is falling fast. [WSJ]. □

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