Since this has come up, I went back and checked the source, and did
a verbatim quote of the article that appeared in a recent (this past week)
edition of the Los Angeles Times. Because nobody should accept info minus
attribution and provenance. The comments came from Kerry McCluggage, the
head of the Paramount Television Group; other comments were from Berman.

jms

Dave Thomas: exactly...a rumor is exactly that, and sometimes it's
a way of testing the waters. If DS9 fans want to make sure the show stays
around, they need to support it. Right now, nothing's been decided, and
I made that eminently clear in my original message about this. There's
much still being discussed; even Berman in that LA Times article worried
that they may have "gone to the well too often." I think they're going to
wait until the 30th anniversary hoopla is over before making a final
determination.

Meanwhile, thanks for confirming what I said, that this stuff is out
and in the streets around town, as well as being indicated in industry
related articles.

jms