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Media Bubble: Air Imus

Nike uses the Don Imus controversy for an ad campaign it hopes "will spark continued conversation about race in America." And sell sneakers. [AdAge]

Anderson Cooper scurries back to the U.S. from Afghanistan to cover the Virginia Tech shootings. [TVNewser]

The New York Observer invokes Henry James to review Portfolio. The verdict? "Expensive and vapid, glossy, superficial, stale and, above all, safe." [NYO]

In Touch treads on People's turf with a cover story on the shootings at Virginia Tech. But will a real-life human interest story play well on its fluffy celeb-driven pages? [WWD]

Some of Barry Diller's best friends are black. His new friends, on the Internet. [WSJ]

Longtime New York Times Baghdad bureau staffers head back to the U.S.; bureau chief John Burns to assume post in London this summer; replacements arriving imminently. [NYO]

Steve Forbes has no regrets about not selling Forbes to Conde Nast. None at all. Nope. No regrets whatsoever. [NYP, second item]

Rupert Murdoch summons his henchmen for a summit at his ranch in Carmel in May. [Guardian]

10:00 AM on Wed Apr 18 2007
By Doree Shafrir
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gavinskeen at 12:45 PM on 04/18/07
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Look closer at line 3 of the new Nike ad - whoever this guy Rutger is, he must be pretty excited about all the free press his story is getting. If I ran Weiden & Kennedy, the agency that created this ad, I would give the copywriter the choice of being fired or completing a Billy Madison style grade school program. Then I would fire him anyway.
Seeräuber Jenny at 12:57 PM on 04/18/07
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Connectedness Index: 404

NYO: I'm really going to have to check out Grant's Interest Rate Observer.
Seeräuber Jenny at 12:59 PM on 04/18/07
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Connectedness Index: 404

But at $65 an issue, maybe not.
Senator Boomdog at 02:15 PM on 04/18/07
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Connectedness Index: 84

Nike might wanna invest in some copy editors, too.
dave the wet sprocket at 02:56 PM on 04/18/07
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is somebody at cnn making a lazy attempt at offing ac? "just send him wherever people are getting shot (but iraq would be too obvious)." hmm...is aaron brown producing 360?