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Lori Matsukawa, retired longtime anchor at KING has written a new book about her life, work and heritage. "Can’t wait for Thursday’s reveal of my book at Town Hall Seattle! “Being There: Memoir of an Asian American Journalist” describes a life of challenge and change at a time when there were few role models for women of color in TV News. Best of all, my dear friend Mimi Gan will be doing the interview! And yes, there will be books for sale!"  Thursday 4/23 at 7:30 pm.

Gregg Bell is back on the air at 93.3 KJR-FM in the 10-noon time slot as the station revamps it's morning lineup.  He's apparently replacing the ousted Mark James and will team with Christopher Kidd. Bell is the Seahawks and NFL writer for The News Tribune. He is a two-time Washington state sportswriter of the year, as voted by the National Sports Media Association. 

Took a quick peek at Day 2 of the Ultimate Seattle Sports Show on KONG. Guest was Brad Adam from Marinets TV, so for the second day in a row, a media counterpart for interviews.   He spent a half hour with SIlvi and Egan and they compared the top five player interviews over the years from the Mariners.  People love lists, I guess.   Still looking for some guest star power here.  Matt Hasselbeck was out there on Seattle radio yesterday, so he would be a real asset pre-draft.  Can't Walter Jones come on with Paul, his 'Fifth Quarter' partner?    The show did pump up some fresh video Tuesday with press conference sound from Mariners manager Dan Wilson, Hawks GM Schneider, Hawks coach MacDonald and the newest Storm acquisition Flau' Jae Johnson.   Added a segment called 'King of the Bet,' featuring an on-screen parlay dreamed up by the hosts.for viewers to bet "at one of our fine NW casinos," said Egan.   Bettors beware. ...

. Robert Malkamaki joins KIRO as a news producer, coming from the barely-viewed News Nation in Chicago where he was a line producer and AP.  Also a Loyola of Chicago grad.   He appears to be a big Cubs and Bears fan, too.   KIRO has no sports dept.   Robert, you're on your own.

Morning anchors Jake Whittenberg and Mimi Jung apparently don't have enough to do at their jobs. Sad to see this pair using a studio door backdrop in their KING 5 workplace to post a dance video with a Bruno Mars ditty.  Why there?   What's the point?    So I guess the epidemic has spread from SLU/Fox 13 to Sodo.    https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1cpKUdbmFJ/

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a $6.2 billion merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley made the ruling late Friday afternoon, finding that eight attorneys general and DirecTV were likely to prevail in their legal bid to stop the merger.

ABC World News Tonight on KOMO reported Friday that a woman got a $300k settlement from Carnival Cruise Lines for being OVER SERVED with 15 tequila shots over several hours on a trip and KOMO is hyping the start of the cruise season on Seattle as a big feature item on its news.   Laughable.   Left hand, right hand.