Inside baseball

This entry is such deep inside stuff that most readers will probably skip it. But the entertainment news Interwebs are abuzz with rumors that Nikki Finke may have been fired from Deadline Hollywood. The catty blogger founded the site, which was recently acquired by a company headed by Jay Penske. Now she may have been handed her walking papers. Or maybe not, depending on who you listen to.

My fellow game show blogger Alex Davis would be happy to see her go. He accuses Nikki of stealing stories from BuzzerBlog. Don't ask me to decide on the truth of the charge. I've used Deadline Hollywood a lot for game show information. To the best of my knowledge they've never stolen anything from me. But who the hey knows about my blog, anyway?

The "Legalities and Technicalities" at the bottom on this page run through the niceties of fair use and copyright. I haven't seen anybody filching goodies from this blog, so I won't cry before I'm hurt. Not that I earn a dime off this site, which makes the whole issue pretty trivial.