Mark Cuban
Updated, 12:10 p.m. November 17:
Billionaire Mark Cuban is most closely associated with Dallas, thanks to his ownership of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. But he's got a Denver connection, too. As pointed out in "HDNet Gains," Cuban's HDNet -- a service that reached out to Dan Rather after his ignominious departure from CBS -- is largely based in our fair city. No doubt the employees here will have an opinion about word today that the Security and Exchange Commission has a
HDNet recently started using Jessica Sonner's song "Still Be Here" as the soundtrack for a promo video for Dan Rather Reports, HD World Report and InFocus Documentaries. Check out the video here.
This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the programming was mainly available on satellite operations, as opposed to cable outfits like Comcast, the main provider in Denver. "Many of my friends and neighbors had to switch to satellite in order to
"A lot of people consider the practice of journalism with a lot of scorn, and sometimes it's deserved," says veteran newsman Greg Dobbs, who'll talk about his new book, Life in the Wrong Lane: Why Journalists Go in When Everyone Else Wants Out, at 6 p.m. tonight at the Denver Press Club. "But journalists do put a lot on the line to give people the news and perpetuate the free flow of information. And I think it's a good thing people know that."
Nonetheless, Dobbs didn't want to recount h
