Another Sarasota 'original': Crisis management experts and media flacks are easy to find today, with the 24-hour news cycle churning out a new celebrity, well, every 24 hours.PCM'S newspaper stocks continue to lag: When McClatchy Co. agreed to buy rival newspaper chain Knight Ridder for about $6.5 billion last week, it appeared Naples-based Private Capital Management had scored a victory for shareholders.Freedom to expand: Followers of Gerald L. Anthony's career won't be surprised that the veteran Manatee County banker wants to grow his latest creation - and grow it fast. Miva's future still in question: Fort Myers-based Internet company Miva has hired Deutsche Bank Securities to explore a possible sale of the company, but the subject was barely mentioned in a March 13 conference call with analysts announcing fourth-quarter results.Will anybody follow WaMu?: Washington Mutual Inc. has presented customers in Florida and elsewhere with seven more reasons to drop their loose change into a new account at the Seattle thrift.Commercial market cools off, rents heat up: A big player in Tampa commercial real estate is predicting the market will even out over the next year and property owners will look to reap the benefits.
