Finneran the Felon is now a lobbyist, too. Media critic
Dan Kennedy doesn’t like it.
http://medianation.blogspot.com/2008/01/finneran-jumps-shark.html
Brian Maloney, http://www.savewrko.com:
“As for Finneran’s career, I don’t believe he’s doing this to create a gigantic conflict of interest. Instead, it’s an escape route, created to make up for the disbarment. With the radio show clearly not working out, he’s been in desperate need of an out.
“Note how WRKO management wasn’t available to comment: instead of defending him, they are now silent. And as corporate owners always include loopholes, radio contracts are rarely worth the paper on which they’re printed. With his legal background, Finneran must realize that. It’s virtually impossible to to host both a four-hour morning drive radio program and work as a lobbyist, unless The Felon plans on merely showing up each day without doing the slightest bit of prep work.”
an interesting post on radio-info.com, by Dr77radio. Not sure how good his info is, but dare we hope? (Silence
so far from Entercom.)
“-—TOMMY IS IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONTRACT WITH WRKO. THERE IS A MORAL TURPITUDE CLAUSE WHICH PROVIDES THAT HE CANNOT ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL OR VIOLATE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF ANY LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL JURISDICTION.
“GIVEN THE FACT THAT TOM IS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED FROM HIS CONTRACT IN A FEW WEEKS...IT APPEARS THAT ENTERCOM WILL BE ABLE TO AVOID THE BUYOUT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
STAY-TUNED.......”