For the record, I recently witnessed the announcement indicating the brilliance of Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes.
Niel Cavuto had Paul Gigot on and did a great interview. It was announced that Paul Gigot would become a Fox contributor and would have his own show on Niel’s business Network (I think it was the business rather than Fox News).
From Wikii.....Paul A. Gigot is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative political commentator and the editor of the editorial pages for The Wall Street Journal
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This is synergism of the most powerful news entities working together to develop absolutely outstanding presentations.
As an aside but pertinent aside, I think Rubert approached Steve Forbes sometime back but was rebuffed. Rather than sell out, a very strategic alliance was proposed and developed where by there are Fox double page ads in Forbes and many of the Forbes folks at the very top make very large contributions to Fox programming.
Rupert is controlling the future with the synergy of his holdings in a manner at which his competitors can only marvel.
http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/07-02-10-memo-details-consolidation-of-houston-chronicle-and-san-antonio-express-news/
Memo details consolidation of Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/454576-Jackson_PUSHES_Comcast_For_10_Minority_Basic_Set_Aside.php
Jackson PUSHES Comcast For 10% Minority Basic Set-Aside
Also calls for 25% of ad budgets, “vendor dollars” to go to minority-owned firms
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/454563-Coalition_of_the_Unwilling_Comcast_NBCU_Critics_Unite.php
Coalition of the Unwilling: Comcast/NBCU Critics Unite
21 groups including Bloomberg, Writers Guild join to oppose merger
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703636404575353323078085874.html
FCC Restarts Comcast-NBC Review
http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/shirky-stays-message-ny-tech-meetup
Shirky Stays on Message at NY Tech Meetup
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/publishers-editors-took-pay-cut-in-09-while-newspaper-marketers-gained-inland-finds-61936-.aspx
Publishers, Editors Took Pay Cut in ‘09 While Newspaper Marketers Gained, Inland Finds
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/evening_news_ratings/evening_news_ratings_week_of_june_28_166881.asp
Evening News Ratings: Week of June 28
http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/07/news-stocks-lag-despite-dramatic.html#comments
News stocks lag despite dramatic rebound