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Idle Chatter Kids And The Web New Fcc Chief

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Jan 14 2009 8:34am EDT

Idle Chatter: Kids and the Web; New F.C.C. Chief

-Parents, want to protect your children from harassment, bullying and inappropriate content on the internet? Too bad. A study commissioned by 49 state attorneys general concluded there's no practical way to do it. [WSJ]

-Barack Obama is expected to appoint a former Harvard Law classmate of his, Julius Genachowski, to head the Federal Communications Commission. [USAT]

-Strangely familiar news: Someone's suing Lenny Dykstra over money; American Media has a new deadline to refinance its crippling debt load. [NYP]

-Starting Monday, newsstand copies of the Chicago Tribune will be printed in tabloid format. [ChiTrib]

-Wondering what this Rex Sorgatz character is all about? Well, here you go, then. [NYO]

-The Washington Post has a pair of new managing editors, one of them an outsider brought in by executive editor Marcus Brauchli. [WaPo]. □

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