The Media Drop

You can thank Tony Stewart for whatever fun news or fine we get to hear about after he praised his fans for supporting him and the fact that they “take all the bullshit.” Expect something amusing to come out of this, perhaps a fine or something along those lines.
The best part of those things […]

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Just received a heads up that the Associated Press would be shutting down its “asap” service in October of this year. asap targeted young audiences, specifically the 18-35 crowd, with multimedia content that is much more “in your face” than any other AP delivery. The content encompassed entertainment, sports, finance, and of course the news […]

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Just caught over at The Radio Equalizer that an arrest has been made in the killing of Mike Webb, the KIRO talk show host who was murdered in April and not found until late June. TRE’s Brian Maloney’s got links to all the necessaries.

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After yesterday’s news that Dow Jones had, in principle, agreed on the takeover bid from News Corp., we knew that the board of the company, plus the Bancroft family, would be next to go. The Journal’s Sarah Ellison, who’s the one to follow inside this whole thing, writes Wednesday that the company’s board has approved […]

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This just in: Dow Jones deal taken by News Corp.
Okay, not that we’re surprised, but Dow Jones has tentatively accepted the deal for its acquisition by News Corp., for $5 billion. The Wall Street Journal’s Sarah Ellison, who has been covering this story since its inception, shares the details on how the process will go […]

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Wired’s Epicenter blog has an entry from Dylan Tweney reporting that a “reshuffling” of management at PC Mag has left editor-in-chief Jim Louderback out of the picture, with Lance Ulanoff taking on the EIC role. On top of that, Liz Gannes is reporting that Louderback is joining Revision3, but that hasn’t been confirmed elsewhere. No […]

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Just got a note stating that Keith O’Brien was taking on the Executive Editor role at PR Week, replacing Eleanor Trickett who was moving on to DM News. Congrats, Keith!

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From my pal Vodkafish, we find this gem of a story, which I believe ran via the AP. Nope, the article’s just fine, but check out the hed. The correct one is here.

I guess there’s no AP style guide for which sports teams are in which league. Not very nice for someone to go […]

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