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I’ve only been writing this blog for about ten months. It just seems like much longer. But now, it’s time to move on to something else.

This is the last Media Biz entry. Starting on Monday, Jan. 28, I will no longer be covering the business of media and entertainment. Instead, I will be writing a daily column called Morning Buzz that will go up on CNNMoney.com shortly after the opening bell and focus on the big market and economic news of the day.

You’ll be able to find that column at this URL on Monday. And you should be able to subscribe to an RSS feed of it by clicking here. (Again, these links should hopefully be live by late Monday morning or early afternoon) I hope that many of you who have enjoyed this blog will start making Morning Buzz a regular part of your daily routine.

It’s been fun covering the media and technology sectors for CNNMoney.com for the past five years but it’s time for something new. From time to time, I will still touch on big trends and companies in media. Heck, Yahoo! (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) both report earnings next week. And companies such as Apple (AAPL), News Corp. (NWS), Comcast (CMCSA), Walt Disney (DIS) and, of course, my parent company Time Warner (TWX) should continue to be pretty newsworthy.

But I am looking forward to having the flexibility to cover broader market and macroeconomic trends, and not have to focus on just the ins and outs of the media business - which, let’s be honest, is often an industry that only fellow journalists and public relations people really obsess about.

Speaking of my colleagues in the PR world, it’s been great dealing with many of you. If you work with any economists, market strategists or fund managers, feel free to keep sending them my way, since I would like to stay in touch with big picture thinkers for my new column. However, it would be greatly (and I can’t stress enough how greatly) appreciated if you no longer send me pitches about individual companies in the media and entertainment and technology sectors.

So that’s it. It’s been a blast. Thanks to all of you who have contributed comments and e-mails during the past ten months. I look forward to hearing your feedback about Morning Buzz.

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Posted by Paul R. La Monica 3:26 pm 5 Comments comment | Add a comment

Everyone here was really getting into your blog and your analysis, Paul. We’ll miss it.

Good luck with the new column.

Posted By Jeremy Zweig, New York NY : January 28, 2008 1:19 pm

Sorry Nick. But as of right now, there are no plans to have anyone take over this blog. That could change in the future though.

Posted By Paul R. La Monica : January 28, 2008 9:25 am

So who’s taking over this blog? Don’t say nobody. (And if you say nobody I have some suggestions… ;)

Posted By Nick, Stockholm : January 28, 2008 8:08 am

Thanks for a great Media Blz! Good luck on your next assignment.
Norm Zinker

Posted By New York, NY : January 25, 2008 4:33 pm

Sad to see Paul move off the MediaBiz beat. He was top notch. Looking forward to the new column though. I interviewed Paul on the move here

http://racetalk.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/exclusive-racetalk-q-a-paul-la-monica%e2%80%99s-mediabiz-blog-thats-all-folks/

Posted By kyle4beantown : January 25, 2008 4:21 pm

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