O.K., rumormongers, here's the connection between Shawn Cable, Joe Prostrollo, and MySiouxFalls.com, posted this afternoon by Joe Prostrollo himself as a comment to my earlier post:
Cory,Humans love to look for connections; it's our evolutionary strength that makes up for our lack of claws, fangs, fur, and Spidey-sense. It also leads people to spend time looking for connections even when they aren't there, or when they aren't nearly as big as some might hope.
I do have to give you credit. You have missed your calling. I think I could use you as an investigative reporter on MYSiouxFalls.com. I'm going to give it to you straight and first. I worked at KELO TV earlier this year after 22 years in Denver. I wanted to create a news website that was devoted to video and text content. The technology was advancing to the point that I could use Flash 9 streaming and have a good quality site. There never was any covering up of me owning domain names. The only reason I bought the Rounds ones was the competitiveness of the news reporting. A good reporter wants to be right and sometimes, 1st. Now, as to Shawn Cable. Yes, I know him, I worked with him and he is my friend. We were having coffee at Kaladi's one morning after the After Nine show on KELO. We had our laptops and I owned MYSiouxFalls.com and was developing it. We both decided to park domain names on GoDaddy for like $2.99. He picked names in weather, Iowa, MN, Neb. and god knows where else. Is there a connection between Shawn Cable and MYSiouxFalls.com??? Yes, there it is. He knew I was developing it. And that my friends, is the rest of the story. If you have any questions, ask me. My email is jprostrollo@mysiouxfalls.com. I have nothing to hide. It sure beats the hell out of guessing.
Joe Prostrollo
MYSiouxFalls.com
But hey! This means mystery remains! We've heard from Mr. Prostrollo; Mr. Cable, it's your turn! Everyone wants to know: wither the singing weatherman?
While covering the Manchester tornado, Shawn Cable leapt out of Dorothy the weather van and, in the face of the awesome storms all around, exclaimed on air, "Great God!" The Madville Times cries out similarly in the face of this storm or rumors and web searches. Shawn, if you need some time to yourself to recover from this difficult transition... or if you just want to let this wave of gossipy hysteria roll a little longer so you can keep laughing at us for making a mountain out of a molehill, the Madville Times will understand. But when you're ready, Shawn, the comment line is open and ready for you to give the balloon of wild and mostly baseless speculation a satisfying pop!
If might add one more comment and then I'll stop. When Shawn and I were thinking of sites and domains. He realized that MYSiouxFalls.net was available. I had both .com and .org. He was going to transfer it to me and just forgot about it. So if you "whois" you will see that he owns that one and not Sioux Empire News, LLC. Shawn doesn't own any of my website. I own the majority and brought in two silent partners who have investments throughout Sioux Falls. We have a contractual agreement stating I wouldn't reveal their names. I enjoy your blog. I'll work on Shawn to send a note.
ReplyDeleteGood clarification, Joe! Thanks for the info... and the compliment!
ReplyDeleteAnd while I'm a great believer in openness, I also recognize the value of privacy in many ventures. Since your employees and investors aren't public employees, I shall claim no compelling need to know who your investors are. Your contracts are your business. Do good news... and don't plagiarize like these folks! :-)
If it was me in front of that Manchester tornado, Cory, you can bet dollars to doughnuts that I would have said something a lot stronger than what Shawn did!
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