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Dec 01 2008 8:26am EDT

Idle Chatter: Anchors Away; Outsourcing MoDo

-Let us bewail the passing of the local TV anchor. [NYT]

-Let us also bewail the passing of the TV catch phrase. [NYP]

-Sumner Redstone has sold his controlling stake in Midway Games at a major discount; the loss will help him come tax time. [WSJ]

-Maureen Dowd is worried that her job's about to be outsourced to India. Probably not you, Maureen, but maybe Bill Kristol... [NYT]

-Are college kids getting smarter? Time magazine has replaced Cosmopolitan as the magazine brand students say they like most. Perez Hilton is no longer among the top 10 websites. [Ad Age]. □


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