Blogging from the FOBM conference in Manhattan.

The News Corp./Dow Jones deal was a hot topic at an afternoon session on mergers and acquisitions. Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler (no stranger to M&A, he merged his company with mediabistro.com in July) said the Dow Jones deal could have been done a year ago. Last year, on his blog, Meckler wrote that Yahoo! should have taken the leap and made an offer for Dow Jones. "Now," Meckler says "who's going to beat Rupert Murdoch with his assets: print, online, TV."

You gotta love a a CEO who blogs.

Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler at the FOBM conference.