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New Contract for Judge Judy Spells Megabucks (NYP)
Liz Smith: Judge Judy Sheindlin just signed a new deal guaranteeing she's on the air through 2013. Her former contract only paid a pitiful paltry puny poor poverty-stricken minuscule embarrassing shriveled $32 million a year. This newest negotiation got sweetened. Seriously sweetened. Like with real sugar not Splenda.

Regulators Clear Google-DoubleClick Deal (AP)
Antitrust regulators approved Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., clearing the way for a formidable combination in the burgeoning online advertising sector. Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Inc. have lobbied heavily against the deal, but the Federal Trade Commission gave it the go-ahead today.

MTV Recruits Youths to Cover Elections (AP)
MTV has recruited 51 youths to cover the 2008 elections throughout the country with weekly reports that will include short videos, blogs, and animation. The reports will be distributed through Think.MTV.com, an issue-based political and community Web site run by MTV; to mobile devices through a soon-to-be launched service called MTV Mobile; and through The Associated Press' Online Video Network.

High-End Fashion Mags That Smell Like Hockey Bags (Folio:)
John Brady: Is it just me, or do scent strips stink? You know, those perfume or cologne ads that run in Esquire, Vanity Fair, the fashion mags, with a sniffer sample of the scent being sold. First of all, they all smell alike. Secondly, when you put four or five of them in the same magazine, the scents merge and the whole publication smells like the men's bathroom between innings at Fenway Park.

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