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RADIO/INTERNET BITS: Whoopi picks a sidekick; lawyer says fired radio host Star was retaliating in his on-air rant; Benny Medina ditches e-mail.
*Whoopi Goldberg has chosen DJ Paul "Cubby" Bryant of New York’s Z-100 to ride shotgun on her new syndicated morning radio show "Wake Up with Whoopi," which will originate from WKTU-FM New York, from 5 to 9 a.m. weekday mornings. "Like a good, strong cup of coffee, Cubby will get me going in the morning. We're going to have some fun together. I can't wait to get started," Whoopi said of her co-host. "I'd like to think of what we're doing as reflective of what's going on with our listeners. You have to muster yourself up and out the door. You have to muster the kids, the house, your mate -- it's the morning muster."
*Meanwhile, the lawyer representing fired Power 105.1 radio host Star says his client’s vile on-air attack on rival DJ Envy’s wife and child was done only in retaliation. Attorney Ben Brafman told the New York Daily News that Envy’s co-host on Hot 97, Miss Jones, once called Star’s mother a “prostitute” and his father a “tar black Sambo.” Brafman also said Jones called Star an “alcoholic” and a “f***ot who liked boys.” As previously reported, Brafman is seeking to have charges against his client dropped, and feels Jones and Star should have also been arrested for their derogatory comments.
*Don’t try to send an e-mail to Benny Medina. According to the New York Daily News, the manger, who counts among his clients Mariah Carey and Tyra Banks announced, “I will no longer be accepting e-mail. If it's important, call me. I don't do e-mail." Further explaining his decision, Benny told the newspaper: "I'm not making a stand against e-mail, I'm making a stand for the way I like to communicate. Generally, e-mail ends up as a form of communication that can go completely unanswered, with people thinking they've followed up on an outstanding issue when they haven't, and it's bad at communicating a feeling or an emotion." Medina said he will no longer use his BlackBerry either. “I prefer phone calls or a handwritten note. I'm easily found if anyone wants to talk to me," he said.
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