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A&E to Offer Edited 'Sopranos' Reruns

By David Folkenflik

Published February 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

HBO has signed a lucrative deal with fellow cable channel A&E for sanitized versions of Sopranos reruns. The mob drama has drawn a record $2.5 million per episode in syndication.

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David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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