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TechTV Comcast merger and no more Leo Laporte!

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Posted 08 April 2004 - 10:45 AM

Comcast is possibly buying TechTV to merge with their TechTV like channel. Also Leo Laporte, the face of TechTV, has already left.

Read the sad news here:

http://leo.typepad.c...nd_of_line.html
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Posted 08 April 2004 - 04:52 PM

Leo left? But where will he go?
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Posted 08 April 2004 - 08:42 PM

Yes, Mr. Rose will be taking his place on TSS. But isn't Leo sticking around on Call For Help? I'd heard that he was, and would remain on TSS as a correspondent...
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Posted 08 April 2004 - 09:14 PM

He was originally.. but this is new news.. and he was basically let go because he wouldn't sign away stock they gave him early on.
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Posted 08 April 2004 - 09:38 PM

Oh well, it's not like the guy'll have trouble finding new work.
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Posted 15 April 2004 - 02:30 PM

I just turned on TechTV and Chris Pirillo was there! My world is in such a state of change!
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Posted 15 April 2004 - 03:44 PM

He's back? On Call For Help, I assume...
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Posted 15 April 2004 - 08:04 PM

Yeah. Odd.
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Posted 15 April 2004 - 08:20 PM

That's neat though, I kind of liked him. He was just a bit too bubbly sometimes...
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Posted 16 April 2004 - 07:38 AM

This was taken from yesterday's update on Leo's blog:
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I'm very pleased to say that thanks to your overwhelming show of support and to a strong desire on both our parts to come to an agreement, TechTV has improved its offer and I've decided to climb back aboard the good ship Call for Help.

I'll be back on the air starting next Tuesday, April 20.

The future is still a little cloudy, however. Comcast assumes ownership of the channel a few weeks later and I have no idea what will happen after that. I am certain they've been impressed by your support for the show, however, and if that doesn't convince them to keep it on the air, I don't know what could.

I can never thank you all enough for your incredible outpouring of encouragement and support. You really made a difference. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!


WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Posted 16 April 2004 - 03:52 PM

Yay!

Apparently Chris Pirillo was just a temporary host. Too bad, I really miss having him around. He's a good man. I've been thinking about renting his chest for some time now.
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Posted 07 May 2004 - 03:58 AM

QUOTE ("http://leo.typepad.com/tlr/2004/05/comcast_fires_t.html")
I've just learned that G4 has fired the entire staff of TechTV.

Per the WARN Act (governing plant closings) all the employees of TechTV have been given 60 days notice. The San Francisco operation will be shuttered by July. 100 of the existing jobs will be posted for those willing to relocate to LA.

Outgoing COO, Joe Gillespie will say good-bye to the troops tomorrow. Incoming CEO Charles Hirschorn will say hello (and good-bye) on Monday.

No word on which shows G4 will keep or which hosts will be kept on.


GOD DAMN IT! :angry: :angry: :angry:
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Posted 07 May 2004 - 01:05 PM

For more on the subject: http://leo.typepad.c...st_fires_t.html

That is a shitty thing to do. I suspect they'll try to keep Leo Laporte and Morgan Webb. I worry about everyone else.

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Posted 07 May 2004 - 01:06 PM

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Posted 11 May 2004 - 05:00 AM

Couple of things.

First off, great news from Chris Pirillo:
http://chris.pirillo.com/
Secondly, okay news from G4:
http://www.g4techtv.com/faq.html
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