Philly is not covered much by the local media here anymore either. Back in the 90s the local news and newspapers seemed to do a new story every week on Merlino, he was the most popular celebrity in the city. The trial in 2000 was a media circus everyday but once Ligambi took over it all went away, the 2 trials with Ligambi got no coverage at all aside from a few stories with Borgesi's family. The whole Merlino crew are all out now but despite them all over facebook they aren't covered like before. Perhaps because they are older and not the young hip guys like they were in the 90s, still surprising to me since news seems to be all celebrity gossip these days and these and their associates still seem to be living it up.