31.   In an interesting subplot to this deal, high-profile NFL reporter Len Pasquarelli left CBS SportsLine early last week to join ESPN.com as a senior writer.

32.   In June, its senior writer Gary Rivlin won the Gerald Loeb Award, the highest award in business journalism, for his coverage of America Online Inc.

33.   John A. Byrne, a senior writer at Business Week, was among a handful of journalists and analysts who saw through the facade.

34.   Joe Murray, editor-publisher emeritus of the Lufkin Daily News, is senior writer for Cox Newspapers.

35.   John Dorfman, whose stock-picking column runs Tuesdays and Thursdays, is a former senior writer at the Wall Street Journal and executive editor at Consumer Reports.

36.   Kim I. Eisler is a senior writer at Washingtonian.

37.   Laura Elliott is a senior writer at Washingtonian magazine.

38.   Len Pasquarelli has signed with ESPN.com as a senior writer.