I love the "Comments" feature on news articles that MT supports, but I would like to add those comments to my existing message board, rather than the "shadow board" that MT creates for each news entry. Ideally, this would work with IBP (the forum software you use here), but if I can get this feature working with another locally hosted board, I'll make the transition.

Ideally I would like each news submission from a specific BLOG to create a new News entry in a specific forum, so that readers who are more forum driven don't miss out on the scoops. I would also like to keep the Comments (#) feature on each News submission, but if that is impossible (due to seperate code bases or whatever) then I will settle for an auto-posting board submission.

Thanks for any help you all can give...