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When Variety Is Really Really Annoying

I look forward to Cynthia Littleton's new TV biz blog, Littleton On Air, which starts next week in Variety. But I hate that trade's sudden Internet strategy -- and I use that term loosely -- of sending out emails labeled "Breaking News" to subscribers who open them only to discover the supposedly hot development is just another ho-hum column from Peter Bart or Anne Thompson. Stop it!

By Nikki Finke on Thu, Apr 12th, 2007 at 09:09AM | Link | Email | |

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