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Dec 16 2008 8:50am EDT

Idle Chatter: How Jay Said Nay to USA, more

-Jeff Zucker made all sorts of offers to Jay Leno before they agreed to a 10 p.m. hour-long show on NBC. Among them: an 8 p.m. half-hour, and an hour on the USA network starting at 11. [NYT]

-Borders has agreed to a unique arrangement with HarperStudio, the new low-overhead imprint of HarperCollins. The book chain is forgoing its right to return unsold books to the publisher in exchange for a deeper discount. [Reuters]

-The S.E.C. has charged National Lampoon with conspiracy and securities fraud, saying the humor company offered kickbacks to stock buyers in a bid to drive up the share price. [Portfolio]

-Macmillan Publishing has eliminated 64 jobs, or nearly 4 percent of its workforce. That includes about 10 jobs at Scientific American magazine. [PW]

-New Yorker editor in chief David Remnick is writing a book about Barack Obama and race in America. It grew out of this article. [Politico]. □

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