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Feb 23 2009 9:03am EDT

Idle Chatter: Rupert's Folly; Bartz Cleans House

-When the economy was strong, Rupert Murdoch's fondness for newspapers seemed like an adorable quirk. Now it's really getting on Wall Street's nerves. [NYT]

-New Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is preparing to put her authoritarian stamp on the company this week with a major management overhaul. [WSJ]

-The publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News has filed for bankruptcy. [Philly.com]

-Miller High-Life's one-second Super Bowl commercials generated a huge surge in sales even though they didn't air in many big markets. [Ad Age]

-Why is John Malone so eager to get his hands on Sirius XM? Two words: tax losses. [WSJ]

-Nick Denton has decided to fold Defamer, his Hollywood gossip site, into Gawker rather than sell it. [NickDenton.org]. □

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