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Nov 10 2008 8:52am EDT

Idle Chatter: Shari Redstone, FCC, Palin as AOL...

-Sumner Redstone's daughter, Shari, has resigned as chairwoman of Midway Games, a likely sign that the family will sell the company to help pay down its debt. [WSJ]

-Barack Obama is scouting for a new head of the F.C.C. Two African-American women, Julia Johnson and Mignon Clyburn, are on his shortlist. [BW]

-"A once-respectable, time-honored brand becomes infatuated with a seemingly appealing -- but actually shockingly lame -- flash-in-a-pan." Is Simon Dumenco talking about McCain-Palin or AOL-Time Warner? Actually, both. [Ad Age]

-The Washington Post's ombudsman says her paper's news pages favored Obama over McCain. [WaPo]

-Is MSNBC's new slogan "The Power of Change" a subtle gesture of support for Obama? Or is it a not-so-subtle gesture of support for Obama? [NYT] -New York Observer owner Jared Kushner thinks he can make the paper profitable given another two years. By then, it could be a glossy. [Guardian]. □

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