Is the Sound Going Quiet Already?

 Posted on May 14, 2010  |  The Editor

St. Louis’ newest station 100.3 The Sound, owned by ClearChannel might be gone before it ever really got started according to a source of STLMedia.net: Clear Channel is very close to selling/donating 100.3 to one of the groups that tried to stop the KFUO transfer. Its a double win for Clear Channel, triple if you consider that The Sound is a complete failure. All of this is being done with San Antonio because of the complex nature of the deal, but it could be done by July 4th. [Read More]
clearchannel  radio  the sound 

Globe Democrat: We’re Doing Fine, But Laying Off People Anyway

 Posted on May 14, 2010  |  The Editor

We got an anonymous tip last night that succinctly read: Globe Democrat laid off all employees because it ran out of money. Hmm. Well the site is still up, and according to the St. Louis Beacon, the Globe Democrat has laid off three reporters and is “refocusing” on only certain sections of news. Namely sports and local politics. The Beacon reported: Dan Rositano, who resurrected the Globe-Democrat name and began publishing the news website on Dec. [Read More]
globe-democrat  newspaper  old media 

Kelly Jackson Returning to KSDK

 Posted on May 12, 2010  |  The Editor

Kelly Jackson left KSDK a few years ago to sow her wild oats at other stations no one’s ever heard of…but now, she’s back! Do you remember her, because we sure don’t. We do know that while she was gone from St. Louis news she got a little national attention for screaming like a wuss when some masked goblins ran across her set. The clip went, as the kids say, viral and even appeared on CNN (embedded below). [Read More]
kelly jackson  ksdk 

KMOV Chases Storms and Annoys Twitter Followers

 Posted on May 11, 2010  |  The Editor

So that’s cool and all that you want go out and drive around pretending to be Bill Paxton or Helen Hunt from Twister KMOV weather people, but you’re annoying your Twitter followers that really just want the weather. They didn’t sign up for… They signed up for: Going to be rainy today. Bring a jacket. They really don’t care that… They just care if the ball game is going to be rained out. [Read More]
kmov  storm chasing  twitter  weather 

The Beautiful Kind Blog to Return May 17th

 Posted on May 11, 2010  |  The Editor

We’ve been hot and heavy, so to speak, with the story about locally based erotic blog The Beautiful Kind’s sudden disappearance from the interwebs. In our last post, that featured the back story and a message from “TBK” herself to our readers, we closed with the following open questions: Once again we wish TBK the best going forward and although it’s probably hard for her to look to the future right now, we are left wondering: [Read More]
blogging  the beautiful kind 

Chris Koster Starts Punching Kitty’s First Craiglist Hooker-Off!

 Posted on May 4, 2010  |  The Editor

So Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is whining about Craiglist again. Koster met with representatives from craigslist exactly a year ago, demanding the company take action to eliminate advertisements for prostitution and other illegal activities on its site. Nine days after the meeting, craigslist announced major changes to its site, including eliminating the “erotic services” section and manually screening for nude photos and illegal activities such as prostitution. Despite all this, Koster and other state attorneys general have found that prostitutions [sic] ads are still found on craigslist. [Read More]
chris koster  craigslist  hooker  prostitutes  social issues 

Really? KSDK’s Art Holliday Has a Fan Club

 Posted on May 3, 2010  |  The Editor

Last night we ran across the Art Holliday Fan Club on Facebook. Seriously. It gets better though. It’s 350 members actually aren’t just there for the irony. They make use of the discussion board with topics like “Art’s Many Looks” where Patricia Cashman writes: He has got tons of class. He always looks like he is straight out of GQ, but honestly, when he wears his suspenders without his jacket on…I just think he makes all the other men in the news business look like wimpy. [Read More]
art holliday  facebook  ksdk  weird 

Details on The Beautiful Kind’s Disappearance Start to Emerge

 Posted on April 30, 2010  |  The Editor

Punching Kitty has learned that the renown, St. Louis based, erotic blogger The Beautiful Kind, whose site mysteriously vanished a few days ago, has broken her silence with a post on aagblog.com (NSFW ads and photos). The whole post is well-written and worth reading when you get the chance, but we have the upshot for you below. Yes, as we suspected. Her identity was uncovered and she was fired. Damn you Google and your amazing fact finding ability! [Read More]
blogger  the beautiful kind 

St. Louis Sex Blog, The Beautiful Kind, Vanishes

 Posted on April 28, 2010  |  The Editor

The acclaimed, anonymous, and St. Louis based erotic blog The Beautiful Kind really felt like it was just starting to take off. Much like this very blog, it was included in the recent list of favorite blogs by the Riverfront Times and we kept hearing more and more people naming themselves as readers to the constantly updated titillating stories of threesomes, butt-sex [Editor’s Note: Is butt-sex hyphenated?] and partner swapping. [Read More]
blogger  erotic  sex  the beautiful kind