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JanetEriphyle
10/01/09

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Buhl is a great investigative financial news reporter. Her work at the New York Post-Sunday Business was consistently correct and she was often way ahead of the NY Times or Wall Street Journal. Her Dealbreaker/Housingwire/Bank Implode stories are followed by major big media publications like Forbes, New York Times, Reuters, FT Alphaville, LA Times. Her Wells Fargo coverage alone is known for it's hard hitting first-to-the-story reporting through out international trading desk.
My money is on the fact that they reported what a couple sources who worked on the show told the publication and when Dolan's team wouldn't answer (and still won't for Gawker) questions about how profitable the show is or if ticket sales are down it made them believe this should be a news item. There is not a tone of defamation in the Cityfile story. Dolan just had more money to force Cityfile and Buhl to fold when he didn't like how the public responded to the news that he was 'thinking about' shutting down the Christmas Spectacular show. I would have loved to seen the outcome if this abuse-of-the-press suit actually went to court.
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
10/02/09

@JanetEriphyle:

Bottom line: he's got nothing better to do.
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MrInBetween
10/01/09

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"And like all New Yorkers we're extremely pleased to hear that the legendary show will remain an institution in this city for many years to come."

Aha. So that's the sound of a pair of lips kissing Dolan's big butt.
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BettyCrocker
10/01/09

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Dolans: Ruining Oyster Bay AND Cold Spring Harbor for thousands of Long Islanders since 1986.
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10/01/09

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ohnothimagain
10/01/09

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Somebody should post the video of Dolan's famous deposition in the recent sexual harassment suit that the Knicks so famously lost. It is the essence of the man.
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resipsaloquacious
10/01/09

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He would be worthy of the moniker, "One of New York's Greatest Villains" if he was not such an inept, ne'er do-well, dry drunk, punk who never learned that flinging buckets of money around never gets you out of Daddy's shadow.

New York hates your rotten guts Jimmy Fucking Dolan.
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Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
10/01/09

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Where does this Dolan fella live that causes him to act like he's the center of the universe? Oh. Got it.
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Peter Feld
10/01/09

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Fuck you Jim Dolan, you litigious pig. (I'll always be grateful to you for blocking the West Side stadium and NY Olympics. That was clutch. But you're still scum.) Nice work getting a two-month-old item that was probably getting five hits a week removed from Cityfile. Far fewer people will know about your canceled plans to cancel the Rockettes now that there's a fresh item on Cityfile, this item here, and who knows what other coverage. You really know how to squelch a story!
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Foster Kamer
10/01/09

@Peter Feld: Dolan's an asshole. Stern's a good guy who routinely gets solid stories/scoops that are denied, that definitely turn out to be true. Maybe Jimmy's just pissed that his CityFile page is so juicy:

[cityfile.com]

Great stuff. Team Remy. Oh, also, history lesson for the uninitiated: Remy Stern used to work for Gawker Media doing advertorial!

[www.clickz.com]
[www.marketingvox.com]

But that doesn't make him any less of a good guy. Stern also did time at Radar, was the writer of New Yorkish, and embarrassed Denton by revealing his middle name:

[gawker.com]
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Astigmatism
10/01/09

@Peter Feld: Any chits Dolan earns for blocking the West Side stadium - and for what it's worth, I think even a football stadium (and extension of the high line) would be better than the shit they're currently hawking for the far west side - have to be outweighed by MSG's blocking of the new Penn Station.
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naugahydeinplainsight
10/01/09

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Not for nothing, but Comcast's comment was a classic non-denial denial -- "the report that Comcast has a deal to purchase NBC Universal is inaccurate" -- which leaves standing everyone's reporting that there is a deal in the works. (Not that the version of the NBC story now on Newsday.com includes any Comcast comment.)
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JJonahJamison
10/01/09

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Defamation? Dolan should sue every newspaper that has ever printed the Knicks or Rangers results over the last 5 years.
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naugahydeinplainsight
10/01/09

@JJonahJamison: But truth -- no matter how sorry -- is a complete defense, right?
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Astigmatism
10/01/09

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My favorite Dolan story is his obsession with the Knicks City Dancers. From ESPN...

"According to Browne Sanders' testimony, Dolan 'had a special interest in making sure the dancers were perceived well, and we made sure we took a lot of time to plan out what the outfits would look like. ... Mr. Dolan wanted to be involved in that process, so we involved him. ... He had feedback on what they were wearing, feedback on types of numbers that they would perform to.'
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The man doesn't budge for three years while his GM is blowing out the payroll, pulling the trigger on four or five genuinely indefensible trades and antagonizing the entire fan base ... but if there's a debate about whether the Knicks City Dancers should use 'Hot For Teacher' or 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' for their routine before the second quarter, count him in!)"
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
10/01/09

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Attaboy Dolan. And way to rock the smirkin' merkin!
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Chore Boy
10/01/09

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Dolan has a tendency to wig out at the drop of a hair.
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lionel-mandrake
10/01/09

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Well the problem was that she called Rainbow Media, that's the home of Cablevision's cable channels (AMC, IFC, etc.). That's a pretty bush league mistake. That's kind of like calling Jeff Zucker to ask about G.E.'s missile guidance contracts.
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dado
10/01/09

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I like the fact that he plays in a band (JD and the Straight Shot) and makes his employees come to his gigs and cheer.
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