Actually, you might want to read the Bronstein bit a little more closely, Ham. At the time, Bronstein was running the old (Hearst) SF Examiner, which in those days was an afternoon broadsheet yoked to the Chronicle by a JOA. It wasn't about Bronstein being cheap, it was about having Sweet F.A. for a newsroom budget.
Hunter wrote a column for the Ex through the late '80s and into the '90s, and he was at the top of his form in those days. Thanks for reminding me how much my local newspapers used to only suck most of the time, instead of all of the time.
Suggestion: If someone were getting paid for the McSteamy, you might want to get the MSM to credit Gawker and not Fleshbot.
Of course, I've seen the uncensored version on your sister channel, but when folks see tv-friendly, blurred excerpts, they might be more apt to visit Gawker than the site with the racier title.
08/21/09
Hunter wrote a column for the Ex through the late '80s and into the '90s, and he was at the top of his form in those days. Thanks for reminding me how much my local newspapers used to only suck most of the time, instead of all of the time.
08/19/09
Of course, I've seen the uncensored version on your sister channel, but when folks see tv-friendly, blurred excerpts, they might be more apt to visit Gawker than the site with the racier title.