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Apr 10 2009 9:03am EDT

Idle Chatter: Vevo, 'Idol,' Tabloid Shenanigans

-Universal Music Group and Google are launching a website called Vevo that's intended to do for music videos what Hulu has done for TV. [Wired]

-Celebrity magazines are accusing each other of paying for access to celebrities while denying that they pay for access to celebrities. [NYP]

-The U.K.'s anti-terror chief was forced to resign after a member of the press caught him in a photograph that clearly revealed the contents of the secret document he was carrying. [Guardian]

-Forbes.com lists the TV shows that generate the most revenue for their networks. American Idol is No. 1, by a wide margin. [Forbes.com]

-Goldman Sachs is making legal threats against the owner of a gripe site called GoldmanSachs666.com. [TBI via Portfolio]. □

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