TheWrap's Dylan Stableford, NYT's Media Decoder blog on latest news re Bloggers class-action lawsuit against Ariana Huffington, HuffPo & AOL

What's that, you say that there's yet another big media story that has generated little-to-no local news coverage in parochial and off-the-grid South Florida?
No, that's not at all unusual, is it?

Zero coverage as of now despite how popular and revered it is among the army of liberal news junkies who are 'chronics' on South Florida's more popular current events blogs, who say its name like a mantra?
Hmm-m... what gives?

A story that as of 3 p.m. had generated ZERO coverage at the Miami Herald even though everyone knew it was coming:
http://pd.miami.com/sp?aff=1100&keywords=Huffington+Post&submit.x=34&submit.y=12

Not to worry, TheWrap's Dylan Stableford has an update at his Media Alley column on the latest news regarding Bloggers class-action lawsuit against AOL, The Huffington Post and Ariana Huffington.

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The Wrap
Bloggers File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Huffington, HuffPo, AOL (Update)
By Dylan Stableford
April 12, 2011 @ 7:22 am

A group of Huffington Post bloggers led by Jonathan Tasini filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against AOL, Arianna Huffington and the Huffington Post over their unpaid status.

The suit, filed in the Southern District Court of New York, accuses Huffington, AOL, HuffPo and HuffPo chairman Kenneth Lerer of unjust enrichment and deceptive business practices.

Read the rest of the post at:
http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/bloggers-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-arianna-huffpo-aol-26368

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New York Times
Media Decoder blog

Huffington Post Is Target of Suit on Behalf of Bloggers
By Jeremy W. Peters
April 12, 2011, 12:49 pm

The Huffington Post is the target of a multimillion dollar lawsuit filed in United States District Court in New York on Tuesday on behalf of thousands of uncompensated bloggers. Jonathan Tasini is leading a $105 million lawsuit against the Huffington Post on behalf of unpaid bloggers.

Read the rest of the post at:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/huffington-post-is-target-of-suit-on-behalf-of-bloggers/

Be sure to read the heated Readers Comments to this NYT post wherein supporters who brook no dissent against their patron saint, push back hard against the very people who wrote the articles on the HuffPo they were forwarding via email to their friends just a few weeks and months ago because they agreed with them.

But now, because they speak out against Ariana Huffington and her business practices, those very people are ENEMIES OF THE STATE: their own insular state of mind.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/huffington-post-is-target-of-suit-on-behalf-of-bloggers/?sort=oldest

http://www.thewrap.com/media/column/media-alley http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/

Worse than sad, it's true: Playboy's Hugh Hefner engaged to 24-year old woman who has never been alive when Dolphins were playing in Super Bowl game

Expressen TV video: Hugh Hefner friade till 24-å- ring
http://tv.expressen.se/noje/1.2269295/hugh-hefner-friade-till-24-aring

Worse than sad, it's true: Playboy's Hugh Hefner engaged to 24-year old Crystal Harris, a woman who has never been alive when Dolphins were playing in a Super Bowl game.

Perhaps that thought will sharpen in your mind the amount of time that has transpired since the Dolphins were very relevant to any serious discussion of elite NFL teams competing for the Lombardi Trophy.

Meanwhile, in other news affecting Playboy Enterprises...

TheWrap
Playboy to Go Private
Published: January 10, 2011 @ 6:06 am
By Dylan Stableford

Playboy is going private.

The board of directors for the iconic but struggling men's brand has agreed to 84-year-old founder Hugh Hefner's $6.15-per-share offer to take the company private.

Hefner first made a $5.50-per-share offer in July. The $6.15-per-share price represents an 18.3 percent premium over the stock price at close on Friday and a 56 percent premium over the closing price at the time of Hef's initial offer.

The new offer puts the value of the company at about $207.3 million. On Monday morning, Playboy's stock price jumped more than 16 percent on the news.

Read the rest of the post at: http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/breaking-playboy-goes-private-23768

Playboy's press release at:
http://www.playboyenterprises.com/home/content.cfm?content=t_template&packet=7006C185-E06B-679F-4140890A93180DBD&MmenuFlag=news&ArtTypeID=0002043D-FF53-1C7B-9B578304E50A011A&CFID=8461596&CFTOKEN=41304166


What's my Line? Hugh Hefner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrKJJge66YI

http://www.playboyenterprises.com/

See also:
New York Times Opinionator blog
Last Call at the Bunny Roundup
By Timothy Egan,
January 6, 2011, 9:00 pm
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/last-call-at-the-bunny-roundup/#more-76009,

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/playboy-enterprises-inc/index.html?scp=2&sq=Playboy&st=cse,
and
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/hugh_hefners_many_women/hugh_hefners_many_women.html



Above, May 1, 2007 photo by Mario J. Bermudez of Vince Lombardi Championship Trophies won by Miami Dolphins for Super Bowl VII and VIII, taken at Miami Dolphins HQ, Davie, FL.




Super Bowl Highlights, January 20, 1985, San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins. January 20th, 1985, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/123666/super-bowl-highlights-1985-super-bowl-xix-san-francisco-49ers-vs-miami-dolphins

Ten days from now will mark 26 YEARS since the Dolphins were relevant to the discussion of elite NFL teams. We got proof positive on Saturday that this isn't likely to change with the current Stephen Ross regime in place, as Miami Herald Dolphins beat reporter Armando Salguero confirms here:

The Saturday meeting with the media (w/ audio)
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/2011/01/the-so-called-round-table-the-dolphins-planned-to-set-the-record-straight-for-what-has-happened-over-the-past-week-and-announ.html