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Feb 11 2009 6:44pm EDT

Late Breaks: Jay the Scab; a Pepsi Put-on? more

-Jay Leno is still facing possible retribution from the Writers Guild for writing his own jokes during the strike that ended a year ago. [Variety]

-Fewer than half as many newspapers have Washington D.C. bureaus today as did in 1985. [PEJ]

-Is the preposterous ad agency memo detailing the thinking behind Pepsi's new logo a hoax? Or are advertising creatives really that full of it? [Telegraph]

-The editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Cooke, is leaving to join the Toronto Star. [ChiTrib]. □

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