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Steve Rattner, the former New York investment banker who had overseen President Obama’s auto task force, is leaving his post and will be replaced by Ron Bloom, a former union official. An administration official said Rattner was leaving on his own. “He determined that this was the right decision for him and his family at this time,” said the administration official. Rattner’s move, a day before Obama makes his first trip as president to Michigan, comes as two of the Big Three auto companies, General Motors and Chrysler, try to chart a new path out of bankruptcy and government support. “We are extremely grateful to Steve for his efforts in helping strengthen GM and Chrysler, recapitalize GMAC and support the American auto industry,” said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a statement. “I hope that he takes another opportunity to bring his unique skills to government service in the future.” Bloom, a Harvard Business-trained banker turned United Steelworkers official, will “assume lea
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Adam Curry’s Podshow Inc. is Webcasting. Curry and Podshow staffers, while in London for the Digital Music Awards, decided to do a streaming Webcast of singers, actors, and musicians auditioning to be included in the company’s roster of artists. (Podshow calls them “Unditions,” in its effort to position itself as un-like old music companies and broadcasters.) The Webcast is an unexpected experiment by Podshow, but not out of character for Curry. There’s nothing to lose, and publicity to be won. On his blog at Curry.com, Curry says all is going well: “This is amazing, never expected it to work so well, especially the number of U.K. viewers.” Curry also talks about it in his podcast. Podshow’s CEO, Ron Bloom, said the excitement over podcasting, audio and video, has made it easy to overlook what he calls “live media.” Bloom says digital recording technology, slick production tools and sophisticated editing skills ha
