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tommangan	Post subject: St. Pete Times buys stadium naming rights Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 8:52 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 485 Location: San Jose, CA	What do y'all think of this? <p> There's a bunch of stuff on it at Romenesko's page.
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: St. Pete Times buys stadium naming rights Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 12:02 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tom mangan: What do y'all think of this? <p> There's a bunch of stuff on it at Romenesko's page.<hr></blockquote><p>My initial reaction this morning, when I heard it go by on the radio, was, uh-oh, sounds like a recipe for all sorts of conflicts of interest.<p>Nothing I've read since has changed my mind.
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snoopyr13	Post subject: Re: St. Pete Times buys stadium naming rights Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2002 11:00 pm
Joined: Fri May 10, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 16 Location: Florida	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tom mangan: What do y'all think of this? <p> There's a bunch of stuff on it at Romenesko's page.<hr></blockquote><p>Since the Stadium Formerly Known As The Ice Palace is in Tampa, I wonder what the folks at the Tampa Tribune are thinking. Every time they write about an event there, they're going to have to print the name of their competitor. Ouch. And second reference as what...The Forum? Joy. Sounds like a place where they hold all the GOP conventions.
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Guest	Post subject: Re: St. Pete Times buys stadium naming rights Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 5:44 pm
	I love the part of this story in which the Times' management won't tell its reporters or editors the price that was paid for the naming rights, or any terms of the deal. Reminds me of the Seattle newspaper strike a few years ago, when management for both daily papers started ducking reporters' calls ....<p>The logically illogical ending place for this pathetic piece of one-upsmanship: The Times builds a new headquarters, and the Tribune buys the naming rights: "The Tampa Tribune St. Pete Times Building."
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