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Indianapolis media loses another sports voice – Mark Patrick out at WNDE

The landscape of sports talk radio continues to change in Indianapolis. Longtime sports voice Mark Patrick is out at WNDE, after the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement. His last show was July 20th, 2011. Two days later, WNDE had this to say on their website: “Mark’s contract was coming up on renewal and…

Five years old today, twitter has become a game-changer

On July 15, 2006, a company called Odeo debuted a new service called Twttr. Who would known, five years later, that over 350 million people would be on the site? An annoyance at first, a user is limited to just 140 characters. It forces the user to be concise and not run on with an…

Even the media need a little fun at the Big Ten Tournament

Last night was the fourth annual Big Ten Network party and I came away impressed. Every year since the network’s existed, they have put on a party for Big Ten Tournament media members. The event was held Thursday evening at the Cadillac Ranch at Union Station downtown Indianapolis. I was very late getting to the…

The golden rules of twitter and how to use it properly

Twitter is a booming social media site that has emerged as a top news source in the last year. The simple and short media service launched July 15, 2006 but it is finally catching on. A twitter feed allows users to post thoughts up to 140 characters and follow those of interest. I have been…