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Rocketboom Founder: Amanda a Usurper (Dembot)
Andrew Baron: It is in fact my position that the Amanda Across America, ABC News and HBO projects are all Rocketboom projects that were usurped out of Rocketboom by Amanda when she quit. And when I say usurped, I don't just mean a little bit. I spent months working on these projects and relationships. I spent a great deal of legal fees on contracts, etc. — we are talking deep, deep development.

NYT Co. Names MSO's Follo New CFO (AP via BusinessWeek)
The New York Times Co. on Thursday said it has named James Follo as its new chief financial officer, replacing Leonard Forman, who is retiring at the end of December. Follo, who is 47 years old, had most recently been chief financial and administrative officer at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. He had also been CFO of General Media International Inc., a publishing company.

Looking on Media's Bright Side (Natonal Journal)
William Powers: Christmas often brings on the blues, and nowhere more so than in the news business. Take a look around the media landscape and what do you see? Darkness and ruination. But come down off that bridge, people. It's almost Christmas and, even in the media, nothing is really as bad as it seems.

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