| Expo Daily Round-Up: iPod gadgets and other goodies
The sun has set on Macworld Expo 2008, and what a week it was. For me, it started with keynote-pundit stalking, then a day of cameras and printers, then a deep-geek dive into storage stuff, and finally—in this installment—a Friday of fun: speakers, docks, FM tuners, and other iPod gadgetry; and then a top-quality laptop microphone, a tricky lens for my digital SLR, and more. .
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Vincent's closing and story about the homebound, which one is more exclusive to The Spokesman-Review? S-R can give more consideration to a story that is more exclusive.
There's been a run of snow-related centerpiece stories all week. On the other hand, there's also more of a snowstorm coming tomorrow. The final decision was to combine the homebound and snow articles on the front page, then to put the St. Vincent de Paul closure in center on the Northwest page. "This is about social service agencies not being able to help people who are stuck," said senior editor Carla Savalli. In other news Under Storm Stories, click on "Is it a pig or a rat?" Folks wondered whether it was a pig, rat, kangaroo, dinosaur... .
Macworld Expo draws 475 companies to annual event
IDG World Expo on Tuesday aid that its Macworld Conference & Expo drew 10 percent more attendees than last year and it hosted 475 companies in San Francisco's Moscone Center. “Macworld has truly become a central place where attendees can learn, network and do business every year," said Paul Kent, vice president, IDG World Expo. “Our goal is to make each show better than the last, and we're thrilled that we achieved that goal with this year's event." In addition to the exhibits and learning that goes on at Macworld Expo, there was also a lot of news from the show. Countless new products for the iPod, iPhone and Mac were released over the four-day event and Macworld magazine crowned its winners for the Best of Show, too. .
Morning Express: February 22nd
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Furter in the Clinton Street Theater troupe that mimics the on-screen action of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Yet Gray chose him from the 30 actors who filled Gaiser Hall for the audition a few months ago. "I was looking at the core of who (the actors) are, and Nick stood out," she said. "He was the person meant to do this role." When Krieg received the call offering him the prized - yet unpaid - part, he responded, "Hell, yes! Who doesn't want to be Jesus?" Sacrifices Krieg took the opportunity despite not knowing how he would fit such a demanding task into his already hectic schedule. It was still dark when Krieg set out at 6:30 on a recent morning for Scappoose, Ore., to begin an 11-hour shift of repairing and servicing commercial dishwashers for Auto-Chlor.
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Station Leaders Talk About WISC-TV
Some years ago, our vice president and general manager David Sanks was addressing a company meeting after months of work on the station's mission and vision statements. At the end of his presentation, Sanks summed up the most important goal, indeed the only goal that really mattered: "Keep Liz happy!" Sounds like something you'd say about a tyrant, but no. Elizabeth Murphy Burns -- Liz, to all -- is simply one of the most respected executives in broadcasting and one of the best-liked employers in any industry. "She's the perfect television station owner, in my opinion," says a national industry observer. "She's got her eye on the bottom line and her mind engaged on the whole panoply of business, and she lets her managers do their jobs." We couldn't agree more.
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