The May Report: 11/30/2011: Sears and CME Group do not get tax breaks from Springfield; Now that life is back to normal after we survived the Groupon IPO — gee, I already miss all the hype!; Meanwhile back at the ranch, after 2 years of piddling and fiddling, tomorrow, Dec. 1st, the new TMR site will be launched, but we’re keeping the old site, and people like Pek Pongpaet and Tom Sherman who pointed out at the TBIF presentation I did in July 2008 (where all of this really got started) that TMR was at the end of a dirt road off the information super highway that no off ramp could get to will be happy, but some folks like Chris Tomes, Michael Kurgan, Mike Rhodes, TIHII, DD, and many others may not be so happy since TMR will now be in the main blood stream and its content will be more visible — thanks to Robbie Abed, John Doering (RIP), Paul May and others for help and support — and I posted about 190 articles myself, finishing at 4:15am today and that’s what I did Thanksgiving weekend; I’m still checking it out, but rumor is that Scott F. Upp is suing his son Scottie Upp who left the firm and started his own, plus get this, Scott threw a bottle at an employee who recently left the firm, accusing him of feeding info. to his son — you can’t make this stuff upp!; Now that Craig Nelson was found not guilty of assault, he wants money from the 111 East Chestnut condo association and he is threatening to bring charges against a lawyer on the board who did not even testify, Donna Simpson; and Brend Shore is back at The Bagel with her tail between her legs; How was Technori last night?

Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Scoop section:

– Condolences to Terry Howerton on the loss of his mother
– AT&T Pulls T-Mobile Merger Application
– Nikki Hurt on the Entrepreneurial Bash on Nov. 17th at UIC — Thanks Nikki!
– Technori Pitch, November 2011 [Editor's note. May here. I wanted to go, but the weather last night was horrible. Technori got good, but somewhat mixed reviews from the people I spoke to at FFF on Nov. 2nd. The presentations were good, but it was hard to hear and it went opn far too long. Plus, you really need a panel.]
– Emanuel looks to attract more advertising: City offers marketers space on trash cans, website, water bills
– Dec. 5th Manufacturing Job Fair, Arlington Heights
– WSJ: IPOs Sink Despite Flotation Devices
– Is there any new news on this? Groupon Sues Former Executives for Disclosure of Confidential Information
– Monday, December 12: MoMo planning meetup
– Phil Tadros: New HQ
– Phil was offered a reality TV show
– But he turned it down
– Can Tech Startup Schools Teach #TheNextBigThing?
– Jeff Meredith in Spanish on how he likes Costa Rica
– Illinois Pay to Play: Chicago’s New Media Outperforms Two Old Dying Papers and Tom Bennett keeps bugging me to read his latest missive in Nuclear Chicago, www.nuclearchicago.com/
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Happy 85th, Harriet May (mom)! Many more to come and we should all be so lucky and you have good company with Winston Churchill and Mark Twain

If I have to explain it to my mother, then I should say it to the readers more clearly. You can’t prove a negative, but the value of the TMR archives is in what you don’t see happening.
In statistical terms, it is to either reduce the number of false positives or increase true negatives. This is in some ways what Bill Zangwill’s decision system does for VCs. It helps them avoid dogs with fleas rather than helping them pick grand slam winners. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_I_and_type_II_errors

You can’t see and measure things that don’t happen. For years, people came up to me on the street and thanked me for helping them to avoid the mistake of working for firms like marchFIRST.

Several things that didn’t happen just this year, in part due to information provided in this report:

– Michael Kurgan and his new firm Servicewing Healthcare servicewing.com/About_Us.html in Southern California was denied a lease for 10,000 sf of office space.

– A major insurance company in NYC decided to take a pass on doing business with www.affluence.org run by Doug Stuckel and Mike Profita.

– There may be folks here and in Toronto, Canada who have refrained from doing business with Chris Tomes and brother Ed as a result of warnings in this report. Todd Ousley in Michigan (734-678-3033) found his suspicions confirmed in TMR and continues his pursuit of Tomes.

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– Al Wasserberger snookered angel investor Bob Geras out of a lot of money when he was CEO of Media River. Al escaped to Belize, but has returned to Chicago this year, telling people that he sold his company to Google. That story is pure fabrication. But Al is trying to palm himself off as an advisor to investors. Anyone who sees him should be very wary.

– There are dozens of other examples of people who did not take a job or did not hire someone or who did not invest in a firm or who avoided doing business with someone in part due to information in this report. Neil Kane, Len Bland, Maverix.net, Nancy Sullivan, Mike Rhodes, Tom Thornton (and here Carolyn Nowinski told me at the Entrepreneurial Bash at UIC on November 17th that Churchwell never took the $5MM he was slated to get from the Kansas Bioscience Authority and on that narrow point, I did play a role by alerting Kansas state senator and chairman of the Kansas state senate commerce committee Susan Wagle to the fact that TLC did not have a new fund and was therefore not eligible for the money which was being doled out on a matching basis) and many more examples..

As I told my mother, The May Report is not here to bestow meaningless and phony accolades on local people and companies. We have The Trib, Crain’s, the Sun-Times, Technori, Tech-li, TINC, Thomas D. Kuczmarski and Dan Miller and others for that.

TMR is a warning system, hopefully an early one, about mistakes to avoid making.
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The Scoop section:
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Condolences to Terry Howerton on the loss of his mother

Terry Howerton
It took seven short weeks from the diagnosis for the cancer to capture my Mom’s life, nearly every day of which I was able to spend with her. The last faces she looked upon belonged to two young girls she adored, and the last thing she heard was all our love surrounding her. She joins my young sister, now, in the tight embraces of our family, right where our hearts connect.

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AT&T Pulls T-Mobile Merger Application

www.vision2mobile.com/news/2011/11/at-t-withdraws-fcc-application-to-buy-t-mobile.aspx

AT&T Pulls T-Mobile Merger Application
November 28, 2011 By Josh Long 0 Comments
Posted in News, AT&T , T-Mobile , FCC, Mergers & Acquisitions , Business & Finance , Policy & Regulation Print AT&T has withdrawn its application requesting Federal Communications Commission approval to acquire T-Mobile USA after the top official at the agency circulated an order that indicated strong opposition to the deal.
But the Dallas-based telecommunications giant noted in a blog that the company and T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom AG, would continue to pursue antitrust clearance for the $39 billion agreement “from the Department of Justice either through the litigation pending before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia … or alternate means.”
AT&T is set to square off against the Justice Department during a February trial over whether the merger between the nation’s second- and fourth-largest wireless providers is anticompetitive.
“As soon as practical, AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG intend to seek the necessary FCC approval,” AT&T added in the blog. “As a result of the FCC’s action, AT&T expects to recognize a pretax accounting charge of $4 billion ($3 billion cash and $1 billion book value of spectrum) in the 4th quarter of 2011 to reflect the potential break up fees due Deutsche Telekom in the event the transaction does not receive regulatory approval.”
Last week FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski circulated an order to his colleagues that would have referred the matter to a hearing before an administrative law judge. FCC officials have expressed opposition to the deal in comments to the media.
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Nikki Hurt on the Entrepreneurial Bash on Nov. 17th at UIC — Thanks Nikki!

Subject: Re: Nikki, please send me your notes on the Tech Bash panel — soon? No attachments.
Date: 11/23/2011 11:47:18 A.M. Central Standard Time
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Robert Jordan: How do you go from zero to billion?

Dane Miller: Make it easy to market with little investment required and/or minimal cost to create

Ron Galowich: You must have the right partners. Pick your investors. If you hire smart people, but they’re jerks, you’ve got a company full of smart jerks. The synergy and mutual respect will take a company far but if you have people that belittle each other and compete, your company will ultimately implode

Jim Gray: Hire nice people who are really smart. To have a smart successful company….it really comes down to Execution. Good chemistry between people means execution can happen; however without an overall good staff, if there is internal strife, execution is not possible.

Mike Domek: (who went from nothing to $200 million). My motto is “one year at a time.” My company was comprised of Self starters, good people who were also very nice. Then, growth had stopped and we had to “right-size.” You will have success if you’re passionate about what your do, you’re focused as well as everyone on your team is focused and everyone is on the same level. I also picked my friend to be president and CEO of the company. Don’t follow any stereotypes: talent follows opportunity. That is a stereotype that isn’t true. We created a whole lot of opportunity in Crystal Lake, IL, “do you think people thought there was talent there? No, but plenty of savvy people dropped everything to set up right there, in Crystal Lake. If you create the opportunity, smart people will be a part of it.

Robert Jordan: What advice can you give entrepreneurs?

Jim Gray: Make mistakes. Learn from them. Always follow your passion, have a vision, follow it and the $ will follow. Today is the best time to be an entrepreneur, you have everything at your fingertips, plenty of access to capital, people and resources than ever before. Find out who your customer is, make people’s lives better, easier or cheaper and you’re good!

Robert Jordan: Let’s talk about investors
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Ron Galowich: Buffet gave his shareholders 19,600%
Dane Miller: People don’t know how to build teams. Know when to hold them, know when to fold them.
Jim Gray: As far as VC’s are concerned, you better hire VC lawyers who specialize in these kinds of contracts to make sure there is not hidden agenda.
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Subject: Re: Nikki, please send me your notes on the Tech Bash panel — soon? No attachments.
Date: 11/23/2011 9:46:42 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: nikki.a.hurt@gmail.com
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Hi Ronald!
I was up and working when you called, part of it on your notes from the conference! I am so sorry it took me so long, I was bedridden sick (rarely happens) but thanks to my supplements, it’s now reduced to a simple cold. I will call you as soon as I send them and look forward to chatting today.
-cheers-
Nikki

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Technori Pitch, November 2011 [Editor's note. May here. I wanted to go, but the weather last night was horrible. Technori got good, but somewhat mixed reviews from the people I spoke to at FFF on Nov. 2nd. The presentations were good, but it was hard to hear and it went opn far too long. Plus, you really need a panel.]

Technori Pitch, November 2011
Last chance to buy $15 tickets for Technori Pitch!
Today (Monday, Nov 28th) is the last day to get Regular Price Tickets and starting tomorrow the price will increase to $20.
Less than 40 tickets remain, so we will sell out today. Don’t wait.

Tuesday, November 29th, Technori will host Chicago’s premier monthly showcase of the latest and greatest in innovative start-ups. Entrepreneurs, developers, designers, tech companies, investors, and enthusiasts alike will come together to bear witness to the most innovative Chicago companies presenting their newest products. Read the recap of October’s event.
Opening Keynote:
Niko Drakoulis – Founder & CEO of Akoo
One of the best kept secrets in the Chicago technology community, Akoo has become the largest out-of-home television network in America. Akoo reaches 64 million consumers every month through 161 Akoo Pavilions (located in shopping centers across the US) by allowing consumers to have an on-demand and interactive experience with leading brands like Best Buy, Clear, 20th Century Fox, and Xbox.
Come hear the story of how Niko founded and grew Akoo into the powerhouse it is today and other tales from his 20 years as an entrepreneur, inventor, and investor.
Startups Pitching in November 2011:
Grabio – Launching + Demo
Weatherist – Launching + Demo
DreamChamps – Relaunching + Demo
MentorMob – Relaunching + Demo
EditHuddle – Launching + Demo
Restaurant Bucket List – Launching + Demo
Afterparty at Rosebud Theatre District
70 W Madison St
Chicago, IL 60602-4252
(312) 332-9500
$5 Domestic Beer
$7 Wine
$12 Pizza
What people are saying about Technori Pitch:
“A fantastic event full of quality entrepreneurs, great presentations from the demoing companies, and delicious food/drink. Highly recommend coming to a future Pitch!” – Tim Jahn, EntrepreneursUnpluggd.com
“Great presenters, well run and awesome community of Chicago tech. Must attend for anyone looking to get more involved in Chicago Tech!” – Brittany Laughlin
“Great networking, very intriguing presentations…overall, well worth the time. See you at the next one!” – Jim Snediker
“This is a great way to expose companies to Chicago and be around thought leaders in the area.” – Pascale Dargis
“Fantastic event! Well organized and great presentations. Can’t wait until the next one.” – Dave Chang
“Great crowd, great conversation – Thank you!” – Ludmila Baklanova
“I loved it” – Marcy Capron
All 500 Tickets Sold Out in October. Do Not Wait. Get Your Ticket
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Emanuel looks to attract more advertising: City offers marketers space on trash cans, website, water bills

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Emanuel looks to attract more advertising
City offers marketers space on trash cans, website, water bills
By Kristen Mack, Chicago Tribune reporter
November 26, 2011
Mayor Rahm Emanuel not only wants to sell ad space on bridge houses and
trash cans, he’s looking at stuffing corporate fliers in water bills,
selling exclusive vending rights at city facilities and allowing promotional
sponsorships of public programs.
As part of the mayor’s 2012 budget plan to raise $25 million from marketing
the city, the Emanuel administration put out a call for marketing firms to
help the city identify opportunities and negotiate contracts with potential
advertisers.
The goal is “generating the maximum value for the City’s corporate fund
operating budget while limiting the social impacts of such advertising
activities, including visual pollution, and preserving the continuity and
integrity of the City’s image,” according to the request for proposals
posted on the city’s website last week.
That website, by the way, is among the public spots where people may one day
find advertisers competing for their attention. So are street sweepers,
snowplows, buildings, overpasses and traffic control boxes on sidewalks.
All of which worries observers who were upset at Emanuel’s first try at
generating ad revenue earlier this month by leasing space on the historic
Wabash Avenue bridge houses over the Chicago River.
The result was red, white and blue signs for Bank of America stuck on to the
limestone walls, where they will remain through Dec. 12. The city says it
made $4,500 from the deal, but critics said it was an assault on Chicago’s
architectural heritage.
The lack of standards suggests that “anything is fair game,” said Jean
Follett, interim executive director of Landmarks Illinois.
“Whatever you ask we’ll negotiate it,” Follett said. “We’ve put ourselves in
a corner; what you get instead of tax increases is fees and ads in your
public spaces and in your water bills.”
The city solicitation, which is only the initial step in the marketing
plans, breaks public assets into six categories, including physical
property, vending and product licensing, mail and the city’s website. It
offers little guidance on how to differentiate between the value of a trash
can and public landmarks.
“The Mayor and his administration are exploring any and all innovative
options that will bring new revenue into the City to avoid reductions in
services the City delivers and any additional financial strains on Chicago
taxpayers,” Lois Scott, the city’s chief financial officer, said in a
statement responding to questions about the plans. “The city has numerous,
diverse places and things to market, and we’re ready to work together under
the right set of guidelines to market what Chicago has to offer.”
Former Mayor Richard Daley first proposed the idea of allowing corporate ads
on bridge houses. The head of the company that won the resulting contract to
market the bridge houses – leading to the recent bank ad – said the city can
make money while protecting its landmarks.
“The overall impact of the concept in the long run needs to be sensitive to
the needs of the city and maintain its architectural integrity,” said
Phillip Lynch, president and owner of Lincolnshire-based Fresh Picked Media.
“There’s pop art type executions that don’t have to be as direct as
advertising and are clever and add a theme.”
Companies that sell breath fresheners could erect ads outside of
restaurants, Lynch said, and gray traffic light boxes could be turned into
gift boxes for the holidays.
kmack@tribune.com
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Dec. 5th Manufacturing Job Fair, Arlington Heights

Subject: FW: Dec. 5th Manufacturing Job Fair, Arlington Heights
Date: 11/30/2011 9:23:57 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: leo@howehutton.com
To: leo@howehutton.com
CC: pincon@digibridge.org, bob.flider@broadbandillinois.org

Business/Workforce/Public Media:
See Digital Skills and Job Opportunity events next week.
Layton Olson
Consultant to Partnership for a Connected Illinois
www.broadbandillinois.org
312-263-3001
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From: Andrew Pincon [mailto:pincon@digibridge.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:06 AM
To: Layton E. Olson; Clarisse Croteau-Chonka; Jerry Field; Odette Samuelson; Fernando Chavarria
Cc: Cesar Lopez; Mark Enstrom; Mark Petrilli; Art Perez; Orlando Saez; Julio Rodriguez
Subject: Dec. 5th Manufacturing Job Fair, Arlington Heights
To all:
I’m attaching two flyers on next Monday’s Manufacturing Job Fair and Workshop presentations in Arlington Heights. There is one workshop on hiring veterans, which may be of some interest of some on this email. Our organization will be providing the live video stream for the workshop presentations. A webpage will be provided to log on to the live video stream and will be sent out throughout the state by this Friday if you cannot attend the Job Fair and Workshop presentations in Arlington Heights. Wright College Humboldt Park will be present with our Computer Numerical Control Department along with our manufacturing community partner, Instituto del Progresso Latino’s Manufacturing Works Department.
Best Regards
Andrew Pinçon
Executive Director
Digital Workforce Education Society
An Illinois Entrepreneurship Network Affiliate
Wright College Humboldt Park Vocational Education Center
pincon@digibridge.org
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WSJ: IPOs Sink Despite Flotation Devices

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204630904577056391896338330.html

IPOs Sink Despite Flotation Devices
BY ROLFE WINKLER
Tech IPOs floated like butterflies. Now they’re stinging like bees.
Limiting the share float as part of their initial public offerings helped Groupon,LinkedIn and Pandora Media achieve bubbly valuations early on. But they have since seen their shares fall more than 30%-40% from their first day’s close.
Groupon’s IPO looks a particular disaster. Barely three weeks after selling just 6% of its shares outstanding to the public, Groupon’s share price is in free-fall. At $16.96, where Groupon closed Wednesday, shares are already well below the initial public offer price of $20. Doubts about Groupon’s business model had been well-publicized. Still, among technology IPOs dating back to 1995, Groupon offered the fourth smallest number of shares as a percentage of those outstanding, according to Dealogic. That was likely a key factor behind its strong debut.
Online radio firm Pandora Media has fared little better. It sold just 9% of its outstanding shares on its IPO, and is now down 34% from its initial public offer price. The company has incurred an operating loss through the first nine months of the year, and investors are rightly worried about competition from online music rivals like Spotify.
LinkedIn also sold just 9% of its shares. Though shares are down 30% from their first day’s close, unlike Groupon and Pandora they remain well above their IPO price. Still, shares are coming under pressure now that insiders can sell. The six-month post-IPO lockup expired on Monday.
Investors must be careful with the next crop of tech IPOs, particularly online game company Zynga. It has yet to specify how many shares it plans to sell to the public, and may find it tough to go public at all in the current volatile environment. But considering its own growth is slowing, investors should beware similar floatation devices.
Write to Rolfe Winkler at rolfe.winkler@wsj.com
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Is there any new news on this? Groupon Sues Former Executives for Disclosure of Confidential Information

thejobmouse.com/2011/10/26/groupon-sues-former-executives-for-disclosure-of-confidential-information/

Groupon Sues Former Executives for Disclosure of Confidential Information
Chicago based Groupon, the online provider of daily deals is suing two former sales executives for allegedly taking confidential information with them when they joined Google Offers, a deal-of-the-day website that utilizes the same business model as Groupon to offer on-line coupons.

Courthouse News Service reported Wednesday that Groupon sued Brian Hanna and Michael Nolan, claiming their work at Google will inevitably lead to disclosure of trade secrets to Groupon’s competitor.

Google is not a party to the complaint.

“The defendant’s disclosure of Groupon’s confidential information relating to how it structures and prices deals with merchants will permit Google Offers to immediately compete against Groupon with the benefit of knowing Groupon’s sales and marketing strategies,” Groupon claims in Cook County Court.

The Company claims Hanna and Nolan breached their employment agreements, which bar them from working for a direct competitor of Groupon for 2 years.

The defendants left Groupon in September to join Google Offers, after Groupon rejected Google’s $6 billion buyout offer last year.

Groupon says Hanna and Nolan breached the contracts, in which they agreed to protect confidential information and refrain from soliciting its clients and employees for 24 months after leaving Groupon.

According to the report, the Company says Hanna and Nolan had access to information such as deal structuring and timing, prices, market research and merchant information, and direct contact with customers. The defendants also participated in regular sales strategy meetings at Groupon where they were provided with updated information regarding how the Company structures and prices deals with participating merchants.

As well, Groupon says on the day Hanna resigned, he emailed Groupon client information to himself, to use it after his termination. Groupon claims both defendants failed to return company materials such as training manuals. It claims Google Offers will use the information to compete against it, inflicting “irreparable injury” upon Groupon, including loss of income, loss of clients and its commercial reputation.

The Company seeks damages for breach of contract and violations of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, and wants the men enjoined from disclosing confidential information to Google.
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Monday, December 12: MoMo planning meetup

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Phil Tadros: New HQ

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From: Casting Director
Date: November 18, 2011 4:55:47 PM CST
To: phil@doejo.com
Subject: Filming CONFIRMATION & APP – Doejo
Hi Phil,

Congratulations! You have made it to the next step of our casting process. We will be in your office on Wed. Nov. 30th. As you know, this means that two of us will be coming in to do on-camera interviews with some or all of the employees, and to shoot footage of your office!

As for your on-camera interviews, we will excuse people individually to come to an empty room and do a one-on-one interview that will not run more than 15 minutes each. We ask that you please dress how you would come to the office on any given day.

As for the footage of the office, we will be filming the exterior of the building, as well as the entire inside of your office. We want to see your every day operations, your conference room, as well as where everyone congregates.

We will shoot everything as quickly as we can, and we hope to be at your office for no longer than 4 hours. We understand that you have a business to run and therefore, we will be as quick, and as quiet, as we can.

Most importantly, attached is the application to participate in our show. Everyone that is going to be on camera (pretty much EVERYONE in your office) needs to know that they will be on camera participating in an interview, and needs to have the application completed BEFORE we arrive. They should hang on to their applications and we will collect each one when we get there. Their answers will only be seen by us, so everyone should feel free to be as candid as possible.
We are looking forward to coming in to your office and are excited to move you through to the next step of the casting process. We will be out of the office all of next week (Nov. 21 – 25) and then we will be in Chicago the following week, so from here on out, please reach us by email or on our cell. (323) 450 – 5533.
Thanks so much! Can’t wait to meet you all!
Sandra Petko
Casting Director
Office Life Series
(C) 323-450-5533
(O) 818-980-2732 x302
(E) OfficeLife@SandraDeeCasting.com
Julie McKee
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Office Life Series
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From: Casting Director
Date: November 23, 2011 1:27:09 PM CST
To: philcoextra Subject: Re: Hey Sandra,
Ugh, so sorry to hear that Phil! I understand, it’s tough not being able to give too much info, but honestly I’ve given you all that I know. It’s in such beginning stages that creatively it could go in so many directions.
Best of luck to you guys, and feel free to stay in touch!
- Sandra

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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:47 AM, philcoextra wrote:
We had some talks internally and we decided that for the cost versus time spent and potential drama that could be stirred up for your production goals we are looking to pass on this opportunity, but do welcome you to connect us to future matches. We will do the same.
Wish i knew more about the intention of the show, would have loved too!
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Philip Tadros
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Subject: Re: Jeff, was Newt paid to speak here when we saw him?
Date: 11/30/2011 9:32:45 A.M. Central Standard Time
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Me gusta mucho. En el Día de Acción de Gracias yo fui a playa Jacó con
un compañero de trabajo y su familia. En el viernes negro intentamos
ver Volcán Poás pero había mucha niebla. Tal vez nos volveremos.
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> In a message dated 11/30/2011 8:38:33 A.M. Central Standard Time, jeffmere@gmail.com writes:
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> However, I would imagine that he was being paid and that Tiffany’s was garnishing his wages.
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Chicago’s New Media Outperforms Two Old Dying Papers
Annabel Kent, Chicago Media Critic
It’s no secret that Chicago’s two major daily newspapers are circling the drain.
According to chicagoist.com, in 2011:
Fewer Chicagoans are getting their fingers stained turning the pages of newspapers. Daily circulation for both the Tribune and Sun-Times for the six-month period ending Sept. 30, [declined] according to numbers from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The Tribune’s daily circulation fell by 2.7 percent to 425,370, while the Sun-Times’ weekday numbers of 236,371 reflected a 7.2 percent drop. There was some good news for the Tribune. Their Sunday circulation numbers rose to 781,128. The Sun-Times’ Sunday numbers fell slightly to 233,445.
Compare those numbers with these tallied by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), according to the Tribune, in the not too distant past.
Tribune March to Sept. 05 950,582 (S) 586,122 (M-F)
Tribune March to Sept. 06 937,907 (S) 576,132 (M-F)
Tribune March to Sept. 07 917,868 (S) 559,404 (M-F)
Tribune March to Sept. 08 864,845 (S) 516,032 (M-F)
Sun-Times March to Sept. 05 281,129 (S) 349,968 (M-F)
Sun-Times March to Sept. 06 264,371 (S) 341,448 (M-F)
Sun-Times March to Sept. 07 244,962 (S) 326,018 (M-F)
Sun-Times March to Sept. 08 255,905 (S) 313,176 (M-F)
In the seven years from 2005-2011, the Monday-Friday circulation of the Trib went from 586,122 to 425,370. For the Sun Times​, the numbers declined from 349,968 to 236,371. In the old math, that’s a 27% decline in daily circulation for the Trib in the last 7 years, and a 32% decline for the Sun Times.
In short, Chicago’s two major dailies are in a drag race to the cliff.
Causes for their decline abound. People are increasingly looking to the internet for news. TV cable channels have multiplied with outlets offering up-to-the-minute, 24-hour news. Younger generations have grown up with cell phone where they can now read the news while commuting on the train, keeping their fingers clean of ink.
There’s another reason the two big old dailies are dying.
More and more readers are less and less trusting of the veracity of what they read there. Case in point:
During the run-up to the 2008 Presidential election, both Chicago dailies served as shills for the Obama Campaign. The vetting of candidate Obama was powder-puff league quality, rather than hardball major league reporting. Puffery prevailed.
Sure, Chicago’s long been a Democrat Party town, and many Trib and Sun Times readers support the bias. But others, particularly those in the burbs, live where Democrat water doesn’t run as deep as in the City.
For the Fourth Estate, there’s a price to be paid for playing fast-and-loose with the news. Even those in sympathy with a bias, whatever it may be, eventually lose their underlying confidence in a news source the spins the story line, drives a meme, and promotes a political theme.
Let’s say it aloud: The two Chicago dailies helped Senator Barack Obama​ become President Obama.
The Tribune cooked the news somewhat more so than the Sun Times, but both outlets promoted his election. And as his presidency fails, some of the blame is falling at the feet of the Chicago print media that helped put him in the White House.
Today, if readers want to more fully understand Chicago and national politics they must expand the horizons of their news sources to include Chicago’s New Media.
If the people of Northern Illinois want to stay abreast of stories like the Rezko and Blago trials, they need to visit outlets like the Chicago Daily Observer and Citizen WElls. Both websites are linked in the margin of this website, along with Steve Bartin’s Newsalert, a running, updated compendium of current articles covering a variety of topics of interest, specializing in political corruption. A national pastime these days.
These are the news sources of the future – Chicago’s New Media. For the Old Media is dying a slow, self-inflicted death. And the New is just now being born.
Meanwhile, there will always be homes that welcome the old ink and paper media.
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