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AMI Board to Pecker: No More Private Jets to Boca (Radar)
Under heavy pressure to stem American Media's hemmoraging bottom line, the owner of the National Enquirer, Star, Globe and sundry other rags has been ordered by his board of directors to stop chartering private planes for his frequent trips between the company's headquarters in Boca Raton and New York.

Miami Herald Addresses Pay-Radio Flap (Miami Herald)
Editorial: Our newspapers have never hesitated or wavered in expressing how evil and malevolent the Cuban government is. Fidel Castro is among history's most vile dictators [...] Anyone who would suggest, hint or imply that we would ever take a position that supports Castro's agenda is mistaken."

NBC's Gridiron Gamble (WSJ)
Risk runs deep with any new TV show, but Friday Night Lights faces some particularly brutal hurdles. For starters, audiences typically shun shows set in the world of sports, even when they're judged to be "quality" programs.

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