For some, no news is good news. For us, no news bores us to an early death. Sorta like the one Lindsay Lohan is bringing upon herself. But let's get serious here: We're talking about the Fox Business Channel, the CNBC competitor from Rupert Murdoch that, clearly, doesn't have an "imminent" launch that the Wall Street Journal claimed — but is arriving sometime in the next two lifetimes.

So, if not "imminent," then when is FBC getting off the ground?

The latest bout of mixed signals came Wednesday, with Murdoch and [COO Peter] Chernin hinting that an announcement was close if not exactly imminent. Murdoch said during News Corp.'s latest quarterly earnings conference call that there will be an announcement "in the next week." But Chernin seemed to back off a bit, saying that the announcement should happen "soon" but declining to be more specific.

Addressing the launch date, Murdoch tied it to the early fall, with Chernin saying only that it will happen "in the latter part of the calendar year."

What Chernin didn't tell you was which calendar year.

Oh, those two. Always joshin' around with our hopes and dreams for a better future. Or at least another cable channel to hunt for between QVC HD and Fit TV.