Fast Money: Melissa Lee replaces Dylan Ratigan as Host…

the-emissary

Well I think Melissa Lee is great so I am glad ‘The Emissary’ got the seat, imagine if it had been TOTUS apologist Donny Deutsch! Ugh! Fast Money crew just congratulated Melissa….

TVnewser:

In what was a mutual decision, Steel tells TVNewser, “Due to the serious economic times in which we live, we made a decision that it would be a distraction for Dylan to host ‘Fast Money’ today.”

WaPo:

Here’s Ratigan’s spicy take on how the crisis happened. Over the past few months, Ratigan has argued for greater transparency in the government bailout programs.

Ratigan Leaves CNBC, misses Friday Fast Money (warning NYT)

Dylan Ratigan, the longtime host of the CNBC program “Fast Money,” abruptly left the cable channel and the show on Friday, after a discussion with the network’s president, Mark Hoffman…

…Asked why he would walk away from a successful program where he had built a reputation for fast and funny delivery of the day’s financial news, Mr. Ratigan said, “I had the benefit of my contract coming to an end. This is an opportunity to take a pause and evaluate all my options.”

Mr. Ratigan said he decided not to appear on Friday’s show after he and Mr. Hoffman agreed it would be “a distraction.” He said he was grateful to CNBC for the opportunity “to create and host a show like this.”

Brian Steel, a spokesman for CNBC, said: “Dylan told us he was leaving effective today. We thank him for his quality work.” Mr. Ratigan, 36, who has been at CNBC for five years, has hosted “Fast Money” since 2006.

Several CNBC colleagues suggested Friday that Mr. Ratigan, while talented, was easy to anger and difficult to work with and that he had told people that at some point he envisioned himself heading an entertainment show like David Letterman’s….

March 30, 2009. Tags: , , , . Entertainment, Finance, Popular Culture, Uncategorized, Wall St. 18 comments.

Fantasy: Sherrilyn Kenyon – Fear the Darkness DH short story…

New Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark Hunter short story now available, (and see her DH site for Acheron and the DH Guide)

Dark Hunter free short story .pdf, Fear the Darknesshere

See the complete Dark Hunter listing  at The Good, The Bad, The UnRead

SK also writes as Kinley MacGregor, I love those novels as well, Lairds with supernatural powers and such, Arthurian Alternate Universe….

Lords of Avalon is also available in graphic art novel form..

Courtesy of MajorSpoilers:

LORDS OF AVALON: KNIGHT OF DARKNESS #2 (of 6)
Written by SHERRILYN KENYON
Adapted by ROBIN FURTH
Pencils & Cover by TOMMY OHTSUKA

From the internationally #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes the next explosive volume her fans have been begging for. Varian du Fey is a man caught between the battle for humanity and our survival. The illegitimate son of Lancelot and an evil Adoni who serves as Morgen le Fey’s right hand, his loyalties are split. If that wasn’t enough to ostracize him, he is also the assassin for Merlin in a war that has spread through time and dimensions. Now he is forced to choose once more between walking the path of darkness where he would be king or doing what’s right– stopping Morgen le Fey’s army. The only problem is a small, cursed woman who has promised to deliver him to his enemies and one he has sworn to protect. His quest for honor will either be his ultimate salvation or the death of the entire world of man.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

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March 30, 2009. Tags: , , , , , . Art, Entertainment, Fantasy, Popular Culture, Sci Fi, Uncategorized. 1 comment.

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