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Jan 21 2009 3:15pm EDT

Late Breaks: Condi Rice, Diane (hic) Sawyer, more

-Condoleezza Rice has signed with William Morris Agency to help her line up lectures and possibly a book deal. [Variety]

-Chances are the former secretary of state won't get as much for her memoir as Britney Spears, who supposedly is going to get $14 million to write (or "write") three to five books. [Mirror]

-Henry Blodget thinks The New York Times should copy The Wall Street Journal part-pay, part-subscription website model. He has some other ideas, too. [SAI]

-Frequently great post-9/11 comic strip "Get Your War On" has ended. [Media Mob]

-Was Diane Sawyer drunk on the air this morning after spending all last night at inauguration parties? That's what Gawker thinks, but a Good Morning America rep says she was just fatigued, so that's that as far as I'm concerned. [Gawker]. □


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