I've been on these boards since the old rivals days - daily read, infrequent post. Best I can tell, there are no insiders sharing information right now (and if I was their boss I'd say that's a good thing). There are several people who talk to a friend who talks to a friend who talked to a "source." Or they hear a couple of rumors and try to connect the dots. Sometimes these things pan out sometimes they don't.
There are a couple of long time posters who can get to inside information reliably, but they use good judgment and rarely float stuff out here. Chill's "mining the net" for info is appreciated.
In terms of it being quiet - it's just quiet on this board, that doesn't necessarily mean that lots of activity isn't occuring behind the scenes.