Hedge fund manager Ralph Schlosstein, who runs a 5K in under 26 minutes, was paying for two of Tom Brokaw's four New York Knicks tickets, but was refused when trying to renew the seats. The Dolan family's Cablevision, which owns Madison Square Garden, said there was a waiting list for those seats, and that it's against policy to transfer your seats. But there's one other theory: The former NBC anchor's criticism of the Garden. In April he told XM radio, ""I won't renew because I don't like the attitude that the ownership has brought to the community. They have failed their obligation to the city . . . The Garden has lost a lot of its luster." [P6] Which is absolutely true. You just don't say those things when you're apt to break their policy.

Cablevision's Dolan family, the new Newsday owners, would prefer Newsday not report on their business dealings. "They’re the only owners who could make you wish for Murdoch." [NYO]

The moguls are going crazy over Newsday, the Long Island newspaper we refuse to touch because it somehow leaves more newsprint on our fingers than any other rag. The paper makes money, which is why the Tribune Co., whose profits took a huge tumble last year, is looking to unload it: Its most profitable assets are also its most lucrative. With an asking price as high as $400 million (down from perhaps the $1 billion it could've fetched five years ago), the fancy lady has suitors with familiar names: Rupert Murdoch, Mort Zuckerman, and Cablevision's James Dolan.

Murdoch is thinking joint venture between the NY Post and Newsday, giving him an edge over Zuckerman's Daily News. Hey! That's why Zuckerman wants it too! Why does Dolan want it? Your guess is as good as ours, but we're gonna go with ego.