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Mar 23 2009 8:39am EDT

Idle Chatter: Cramer Confidence, Twitter Envy, more

-What a relief! After toying with the idea of a Senate run, Chris Matthews is staying at MSNBC for certain, guaranteeing another four years of spectacular gaffes. [NYT]

-Does Facebook suffer from a case of "Twitter envy"? Embarrassing. [Ad Age]

-Time publisher Donald Fries has resigned, five months after the magazine lost its worldwide publisher, Ed McCarrick. [WSJ]

-CNBC hasn't ditched its "In Cramer We Trust" commercials, despite the beating Jim Cramer received at the hands of Jon Stewart. [NYT]

-A model and her daughter are suing ad agency Draftfcb and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, saying they never gave permission for their faces to be used in a campaign called "Rebuild After Meth." [NYP]. □


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