Somewhere it's written that if you need an easy mark, Hartford is it.
Robert Kraft dangled the Patriots as if it were a real offer, and not a bargaining chit for Massachussetts.
Richard Cohen, a big developer, promised a beautiful development on Front Street. And even though the West Hartford Blue Black Square fight has come and gone, and we've had a grand opening, Front Street is empty.
And now FCC head Kevin Martin wants to relax regulations about joint ownership of media in major cities (which would affect Tribune Company holdings), but Hartford is left off of the list. In Hartford, The Tribune would have to divest itself of ownership if a takeover by real estate magnate Sam Zell occurs.
Hartford is obviously not seen as important enough in the Zell deal to compel Martin to twist the regulations in favor of the Trib.
What's that say about Hartford, much less about the Courant, the Advocate, WTXX-TV and WTIC-TV?
Does this mean an end to the Tribune stranglehold on Hartford media? Or does it mean that no one cares?
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