Several articles of interest to those in Business-to-Business publishing appear in the current issue of BtoB, including this one that is posted on their site.

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The severity of the current media recession has left many b-to-b media companies scrambling for cash to pay the long-term debt they piled up in the go-go days of the Internet bubble.

With city and state officials doing the two-step, “we’ll have to see a proposal before we respond” regarding Mike Tyson boxing in Nashville, Bud Adams steps up to say the obvious, according to the Tennessean. However, in the future, Adams should issue press releases rather than speak with reporters.

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”No, no way, Jose,” the Titans’ owner said. ”We’re always looking at putting additional events into Adelphia Coliseum, like the Billy Graham revival or the ‘NSYNC group. But just the type person Mike is, it’s just not someone I want to be doing business with.”

Actually, I would pay to see Tyson fight ‘NSYNC.

Best in Show Ferrari Owner

Took the kids to a neighborhood sports bar for supper last night and half the TVs were carrying either men’s figure skating or the Westminster Dog Show. Just imagine the remote control battles taking place all across the land?

Speaking of men’s figure skating (which I promise will not happen again on this weblog), I saw Jim McKay’s piece on Todd Eldredge’s family and upbringing in a fishing community on Cape Cod. Typically compelling story fare about a poor fisherman’s kid’s dream and 20-year struggle to win an Olympic medal. How he left home at age 10 when the town raised money for him to go pursue his figure skating Olympic quest.

Great job, Jim. Back to his old heart-tugging best after that slightly embarassing opening ceremony coverage.

But wait, the McKay piece leads right into Eldredge’s short program in which one of the first things Scott Hamilton tells us is that last year, when the skater finally performed a “Quad” in competition, he rewarded himself by purchasing a Ferrari.

A Ferrari? Remember Rocky II (or was it III or IV)? Eldredge’s face plant last night proves once more it’s hard to maintain the eye of the tiger when you’re driving around in a Ferrari.