There’s a lot of acquisition money floating out there, and in this podcast, Cory and Steve mull over what Lost Remote would get on the open market in a buyout. (Consensus: Beer.) Also, we discuss the strange things readers obsess over at LR, the new hyperlocal sites popping up from traditional media companies, Steve’s recent “work” in Spain, and what he hopes to find in Aruba next week (more beer.)

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CNN relaunches, NBBC crashes on takeoff and the affiliates are just trying to stay airborne. Cory Bergman and Steve Safran plow this week’s changes in convergence media and ponder the ever-present philosophical question: should a news site put a dog in its masthead? Celebrate America’s birthday by having a beer with episode six of GET LOST.

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This week, we record GET LOST via Skype, with Cory in Seattle and me in Boston. It’s the first episode of GL where we’re not actually together in a room and man, does it sound like it. Still, not bad considering we’re 3,000 miles and several beers apart. In this podcast, we discuss the recent trend of private equity firms purchasing local stations - and whether those stations’ web efforts are a “drag” on station values. We also chat about ABC News’s recent move to cut traditional jobs and beef up digital jobs. All that, in glorious monophonic sound, in this episode of GET LOST.

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Cory takes a turn in the interview chair (about time) and presses me for dirt on Consultant Life. (HInt: the word “evil” gets used.) We also discuss who is responsible for stories on news sites that aren’t relevant to the audience. (Hint: it’s not always management.) All that, plus Cory’s third beer of the day, in Episode Four of GET LOST.

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So whatever happened to that T-Shirt contest of ours? Cory and I talk about that, plus what we mean by “The Web is Not TV” and how web sales are different from TV sales. Also - beer. Welcome to episode 3 of “Get Lost.”

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Really, we should call this “Episode 1, Part 2,” but we’re stretching our discussion from NYC to fill several shows. This is in the finest tradition of television and radio. Here, Cory and I discuss the finer points of the online world. Also - beer. We chat about Kate’s site, SeattleChic.com and Terry Heaton’s fun with CompUSA. I also answer some of your comments about Episode 1. Keep ‘em coming…

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We hear podcasting is going to be big. Paris Hilton big. So we thought we’d try it out. Cory and I met up in New York City and, of course, had to talk shop. In episode one, season one of “Get Lost,” I grill Cory on the previously undisclosed and possibly scandalous origins of Lost Remote. We also tackle the topic “Is Paris Hilton news?” We do this for the sole purpose of improving download numbers.

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