Wednesday, August 23, 2006

I was watching the PGA Championship a little bit the other day and I noticed CBS was really advertising the arrival of Katie Couric during the tournament. Which made me wonder how many people actually watch the evening news anymore. It seems that I drift once in a while to cable, where the delivery is at least more entertaining and the reports have the ability to be a bit longer, but more often the Internet.

Neal Gabler details the marketing of news anchors, particularly Anderson Cooper. Sort of a celebrity-as-anchor piece, but shows how few people actually watch the news, especially younger folk, despite the hype.

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Looks like "Survivor" stirs up the racial pot. They are separating the contestants into racial tribes. I'm not sure what to think about that.

The Toronto Film Festival is picking up steam. 107 premieres on this year's docket. No snakes though.

Jamie Gold won $12 million at this year's World Series of Poker. But he promised to split his winnings with another guy. That guy wonders where Jamie Gold went with his portion of the prize money. That would be $6 million.

Exercise Yard

The Tigers look like they have righted the ship and will continue toward the playoffs. But, man, are their playoff tickets expensive.

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57 Across: Actress Skye (4 letters) Answer: Ione "Take me to your secular world."

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