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Apr 16 2009 8:53am EDT

Idle Chatter: More Martha, Domino's Debacle, more

-Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has given its founder and namesake a three-year contract extension. [WSJ]

-CNBC, under the watchful eye of its corporate parent, is said to be engaging in some soul-searching over its stance towards Barack Obama. [P6]

-Domino's Pizza suffered some serious damage to its brand after two employees made a video of themselves doing disgusting things to food and posted it on YouTube. [Mediapost]

-Imperiled media executive watch: CBS chief Les Moonves, ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson. [TBI, NYP]

-Legendary non-fiction writer Gay Talese is working on a new book, this one about his 50-year marriage to publisher Nan Talese. [NYT]. □


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