| Jon Lebkowsky on Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:42:57 +0100 (CET) |
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Dave Pentecost sent this message to a much of Howard Dean activists: >>> ... here's an update on the Dean biography which, as some of you know, I began editing 2 weeks ago. The biography was to be produced by ABC News Productions under contract to A&E. With too little time and too small a budget (as usual these days) but with excellent interviews, including Zephyr, we were racing to get it finished in time for New Hampshire. Without seeing any scripts or roughcuts, an A&E executive decided to stop production on the bio. The reason given - bios of politicians do poorly in the ratings. Based on what evidence? A Tom Ridge biography they had commissioned. Along with the CBS decision not to air the MoveOn spot, you may file this under "Why Big Media does not get it." Dave Pentecost <<< Jon Lebkowsky Company: http://www.polycot.com Weblog: http://www.weblogsky.com Current Project: http://www.wirelessfuture.org Email: [email protected] # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]