] Yes, Christopher Nelson's new job, which comes with a
] $100,000 salary and a one-year contract, will be to watch
] reruns of "The Dukes of Hazzard" weeknights on the
] Country Music Television cable channel and write blog
] posts for the network's Website.

... ... This just seems so retarded. The whole reason people enjoy blogs is they are not contrived or corporate sponsered like this.

Then for some reason they included this in the article:

Before spending the $100,000 in salary, plus various other related costs, the most expensive promotion CMT had ever done for any show was the "Wizmark" talking urinal cake promotion for the network's "Outlaws" series, Hitchcock said.

"Don't miss Outlaws on CMT. You seem to miss everything else," the chemical-infused cakes said when moistened.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.