Paul Douglas roars like a lion
Posted By greg On April 24, 2008 @ 11:32 am In Weather | Comments Disabled
April may have been rainy and cloudy [1] for fired WCCO weather anchor Paul Douglas, but he’s got some news up his sleeve for this summer. A new syndicated weather service called WeatherNation.
Ed Kohler [2] points to Graeme Thickins [3]‘ tweet [4]:
Paul Douglas will start co in June to syndicate weather info to midsize TV stations, called WeatherNation – saving ‘em a ton of money
Ed also points to Douglas’ LinkedIn profile [5], which lists four startups, including WN:
This summer we launch WeatherNation, syndicating, “central-casting” weather reports for web sites, cable channels and broadcasters from a new studio in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities.
Meanwhile MinnPost reports this morning [6], “KARE features an interview tonight with recently fired WCCO weatherman Paul Douglas.”
Allow me to speculate: I think the news is going to hit officially tonight.
I’m totally in favor of more competition in weather reporting, especially from private companies. And kudos to Douglas, who refused to go out like a lamb.
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[1] rainy and cloudy: http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2008/04/04/wccos-paul-douglas-is-having-a-cloudy-day/
[2] Ed Kohler: http://www.thedeets.com/2008/04/24/paul-douglas-new-weather-startup-weathernation/
[3] Graeme Thickins: http://graemethickins.typepad.com/
[4] tweet: http://twitter.com/GraemeThickins/statuses/795937916
[5] LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/162/007
[6] MinnPost reports this morning: http://www.minnpost.com/dailyglean/2008/04/24/1619/daily_glean_ntsb_to_oberstar_drop_dead_with_deference
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