We've officially arrived.

It took nearly a year, but FBLA has finally registered on the radar of the venerable, incomparable, indispensable Nikki Finke.

Well, actually, that statement was yet another example of the "inaccuracies," Nikki alludes to in her column this week about mediabistro.com. See, Nikki regularly writes us and our bosses at mediabistro.com such valentines as:

"What you did was reptilian" (8/3/06), "are you even a journalist?" (8/3/06) and "I wash my hands of fishbowl la," (4/7/07).

Lucky for us, she apparently has stopped washing and started taking her sentiments public.
This week she dedicates a fat chunk of her column (which is absolutely never, ever wrong) to FBLA:

Blogger after blogger in charge just can't get it right. The site usually serves warmed-over news in such an jejeune way that you cringe instead of nod or laugh. Nor does it help that it's regularly inaccurate -- like when it's writing about me, for some reason. [Full Disclosure: I turned down MediaBistro's financial offer last year to co-brand my site.] Instead of trying to cover this town's infotainment world with the same insight and integrity of its other outlets, MediaBistro has allowed its LA outpost to become little more than a dumping ground for dopey kudos to the bloggers' pals.

We're a little annoyed that we're not Nikki's "firsts." Not by a long shot.

But, golly, we're big enough to overlook that. Thanks for the plug, Nikki. BFF!