Hello Laporte Report subscriber!

After nearly a decade working for TechTV and its predecessors, the time has come
to part
company. My last day working for the channel was April 1 (no this isn't an April
Fool's joke
- I promise).

As you may already know, TechTV was sold to Comcast late last month. Comcast
plans to
merge the TechTV with its channel for video gamers, G4. Coincidentally my
contract ran
out April 1 but I was unable to come to terms with the outgoing owners, Vulcan
Ventures
(you'll find the details on my web blog <http://leo.typepad.com>). I do hope to
find a
place on G4, but we can't talk until regulatory approval of the sale sometime
late in April,
so I'm on the beach until then.

Call for Help and The Screen Savers will continue on without me. I hope you'll
keep
watching. There are lots of smart, hard working, people producing both shows and
they
need your support right now. We've got to convince Comcast that both shows have
a place
on G4.

I will miss coming into your living room every night more than you know. I'll
probably end
up doing "shows" for my wife and kids at around 4p every evening.

Please continue to check my web page for updates. I'll still be on the radio
every weekend
on Los Angeles's #1 talk station, KFI AM 640. Please tune in Saturday and Sunday
from
noon to 3p Pacific time, or listen on the Internet at <http://kfi640.com>. And
if any of you
know of TV producers who are looking for a host, send them my way, will you?

Thank you for your interest and support for the past six wonderful years at ZDTV
and
TechTV. Until then, God bless, and geek on!

Leo