The Media Drop

With news coming out that McClatchy has accepted bids for the 12 newspapers that it didn’t want to keep in the recent deal to purchase Knight Ridder, people should definitely heed what the WaPo’s Robert Kaiser has to say on the subject, writes CyberJournalist’s Jonathan Dube. I couldn’t agree more.

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For those of you concerned about my whereabouts, I assure you that I am still alive and well and keeping the blogging thing alive. This weekend, I was lucky enough to be the co-host for Joe Jaffe’s Across the Sound podcast. The show talks about everything from the World Baseball Classic (big loser) to Porsche […]

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Man, I’ve taken some funny surveys before, but none come close to the one that Anil Dash points out from a CNN story about the whole Dubai Ports World situation in the U.S. You know, the one that has pretty much ended when the company chose to sell off the assets in the States that […]

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Late last night, the WSJ’s Joseph Hallinan and Dennis Berman shared details of the expected purchase of Knight Ridder to McClatchy for about $4.5 billion. This morning, the AP’s Seth Sutel confirms the deal, according to company sources on both sides.
Outside of Tony Ridder, who heads up K-R, Sutel reports that McClatchy boss Gary […]

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Over at The Ice Block, David is having a bit of fun with a story from this weekend, when news came out that the New York Islanders had a bit of a problem with the plumbing in the Nassau Mausoleum Coliseum… Needless to say, you should drop by and share your own headline for this […]

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Over at Digital Music News, they’ve got a story (try this if that link doesn’t work) about TowerPod, the podcast music network that will offer a significant amount of music to podcasters focused on music. Props to IODA for providing the tunes, and congrats to all parties for making things work out for everyone involved […]

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You know when you read something and your brain latches on to the most unimportant thing that was written?
Well here is another one of those cases. By my math, Dave is 50. Just thought all of you should know. Happy 50, Dave!

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I’m not the only one strangely addicted to NBC’s “Deal or No Deal,” am I?

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