Mayor Tom Menino is asking the Federal Communications Commission to give him the power to regulate basic cable rates in the city. The Globe reported Comcast has raised rates for basic service by 60% since 2008.
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The MWRA plans to borrow $150 million to pay for capital improvements and retire existing debts. Boston start-up ItsMyURLs.com allows people to store links to all of their own social media sites in one place. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Niketown Boston has no official agreement with the Boston Marathon. The Newbury Street store is still planning a series of events to prep runners for the April 18 race. Look for expert training, weekly runs on Wednesdays evenings, free shoe tests, and more before race day. Winning brews in the 2011 Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest - Category 23 are being sold in a six-pack. The pack includes two bottles of Richard Roper's Friar Hop Ale, Rodney Kibzey's Blackened Hops, and Caitlin DeClercq's Honey B's Lavender Wheat. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Landmark Center, formerly known as the Sears Building, near Fenway Park was sold to developer Steve Samuels and JPMorgan Chase for $530.5 million. The Abbey Group, a Boston-based real estate company, owned the center.
If you still want to see that miniseries called "The Kennedys" that the History Channel passed on a few weeks ago, you have two months to find ReelzChannel on your television. Yes, a channel called ReelzChannel exists and owns the miniseries no channel you've heard of or watched wanted, and the 4-year-old network plans to air it beginning on Sunday, April 3. Bostonist's Comcast service lists it as non-HD #198. The CEO of ReelzChannel, Stan Hubbard, who didn't say how much "The Kennedys" cost the channel, said "We think it will drive ratings and put a spotlight on this network that has never been on it before." Greg Kinnear plays JFK and Katie Holmes is Jackie in the miniseries. [Hollywood Reporter], [Boston Globe]
While Congress debates repealing healthcare reform, Boston Mayor Tom Menino is still attempting to e a reformer. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Someone turned off the Internets. Turns it out, it was Comcast. Bostonist, like most of you, was without a working internet connection for about two hours tonight courtesy of our friends at Comcast. Universal Hub reports there was a problem with Comcast's DNS servers. We're certain U-Hub is correct. However, we wonder if somebody at Comcast unplugged something. U-Hub also reported a Brookline resident called Comcast for a help and was referred to the internet for service. [UniversalHub.com]
We know a lot of people are expected to vote today. Secretary of State William Galvin predicted 2.4 million voters will cast ballots, a number not reached since 1990.
Readers may have noticed Bostonist won't refrain from kicking the Boston Globe when it is down. Now, we're going to say nice things about the paper and its BusinessUpdates blog, which is one of the 61 blogs the Globe and Boston.com feel the need to have. We rarely peruse most of them.
However, we found some interesting news on Wednesday at the BusinessUpdates section.
For a while, it seemed safe to have opinions about overprotected, pasty professional jaw-flapper Bill O'Reilly. Stephen Colbert won awards for it. But local CN8 host Barry Nolan from "Backstage" just got canned for it.
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