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# Rupert Murdoch recently said that newspaper publishers have to understand "they will make 15 or 20% margins instead of 35% margins."

# NPR's On The Media this weekend has a feature on photographer Robert Capa, and a segment on the Atlantic's decision to publish a cover photo and story about Britney Spears, plus: the end of the TV series "The Wire," for those who've been addicted to it.

# Sheikh Qaradawi, who appears on Al Jazeera TV, has called on Skippy Bin Laden to surrender himself during an interview with al-Sharq al-Awsat.

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#*[Dutch] Freedom party PVV leader Geert Wilders will not give a press conference to present his anti-Koran film Fitna. He is putting "all his efforts" into ensuring that the film can be seen on the internet at the end of this month.*

# A Dutch Blogger comments (in English) on the movie controversy, objecting to the sovereignty of the censors.

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# And an amusing piece to start your weekend in which writer Ed Lin recounts one of the perils of doing Book Readings which the public attends: an occasional weirdo shows up and confronts you.

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