Media Roundup: More Action In The Press Box

Now that the Conrad Black trial is to resume, the reports on it are phasing in:

1. A brief write-up from "To The Center" notes that the Canwest non-compete payments have been testified about.

2. An abbreviated CP report, webbed by the Calgary Sun, is entitled "Experts warn of Black jury boredom."

3. A different abridgement of the same CP report, evidently by Romina Maurino, contains a forecast of who will, and who won't, tesify this week.

4. The Toronto Star has two articles that deal with the trial: one discusses it as item two of four, and supports the comeuppance case; the other details that Dominick Dunne plans to show up this afternoon, and Eddie Greenspan has already feuded with him. The latter article also notes that Mr. Dunne bumped into Barbara Amiel Black when she was still with George Bloomfield, and was still Barbara Amiel. (From what I recall, Mr. Dunne's name was not dropped in Confessions.)

5. The Wellington Financial blog post, entitled "Born In The Wrong Century," has been picked up by Seeking Alpha.

6. Crikey has a writeup on the trial, available to subscribers only, but a free trial is offered.

7. BNN had a brief report, which gave the order of testimony: Bill Paxton first, Craig Holick next. On CBC Newsworld, Mike Hornbrook reported that the details of the non-compete agreements, including their unusual nature, are being unveiled in the trial. He mentioned that the repetitive nature of the testimony results from four rounds of cross-examination, one for each defendant. [He also provided a brief sleep tally: some jurors, a few lawyers, and at least one reporter in the audience. Another report, from CTV NewsNet, concluded by noting that none of the prosecution's charges have been proven yet.]