A Chat With BusinessWeek's Editor-To-Be
Josh Tyrangiel, who was named this morning to be editor of a Bloomberg-owned BusinessWeek, says it's too early to lay out specific plans for the magazine but his goal is to create "a great...
View ArticleFirst Bids in MGM Auction Expected Soon
How’s the modern day “data room” work? Forget the locked conference room in a law firm, where the dealmakers of old used to pour over reams of facts, figures and assumptions while contemplating whether...
View ArticleByrne Leaving BusinessWeek to Start Digital Media Company
John A. Byrne, for years one of BusinessWeek's most prolific writers and later one its most admired editors, is leaving the magazine to launch his own digital media company. Byrne, 56, an executive...
View ArticleGE, Vivendi Move Closer to NBC Deal
General Electric (GE) and French telecommunications company Vivendi(VIVDY) are inching back toward a deal for GE to buy Vivendi’s 20% stake in NBC Universal, sources say. The movement comes a week...
View ArticleCan AOL Be Saved?
In less than a week, AOL's corporate overlords at Time Warner will spin out the Internet unit, ending what is arguably the worst corporate marriage ever. Here's our take in this week's magazine, the...
View ArticleDow Jones Executive Recruited To Be Bloomberg BusinessWeek President
A Dow Jones executive charged with boosting revenues across the company's various print and online properties will become the first president of Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Paul Bascobert, 45, will be...
View ArticleMarvel Studio Chairman to Jet Off to New Adventure
David Maisel will soon be an ex-super hero. The Chairman of Marvel Studios, who helped build the comic book company into an action movie powerhouse, is leaving the New York-based company once its $4...
View ArticleSo Long AOL Time Warner, Old Friend
For media reporters everywhere, Thursday will be one wistful day. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is expected to climb the podium and ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. With that, AOL will...
View ArticleRobert Downey, Jr. Superstar
It suddenly occurred to me today – after my wife and I were forced to head back to the theater twice in the same weekend to catch Sherlock Holmes -- that Robert Downey, Jr. has suddenly become the...
View ArticleWill The Fox and Time Warner Cable Spat Rekindle The A La Carte Debate?
As surely as the ball drops in Manhattan’s Times Square, another certainty on New Year’s Eve now seems to be that a tv programmer and a cable distributor will be locked in a public feud over money that...
View ArticleNews Corp, Time Warner Play to DC Not The Viewers
Was there ever any doubt that News Corp. and Time Warner would come to an agreement that would allow Time Warner’s cable unit to continue showing News Corp’s cable or broadcast properties on its...
View ArticleLeno Leaves, NBC's Wobbly Business Model Returns
Announcements don’t get much more dramatic than the one NBC made today about yanking The Jay Leno show from its 10 o’clock time period just three months after the former host of The Tonight Show began...
View ArticleMr. Zucker, Comcast On Line Three
The rub on Jeff Zucker, who heads NBC, has always been that no one could ever figure out what he did to get to the top. The 44-year old was a creature of General Electric. He rose from nowhere,...
View ArticleRyan Kavanaugh May Make Believers out of Hollywood Yet
For most of the last five years, it seems, Hollywood’s favorite game has been handicap when – not if – Ryan Kavanaugh would come crashing down. Kavanaugh, who runs Relativity Media, is the 35-year old...
View ArticleThe Icahn Saga: The Poison Pill That Isn't
Carl Icahn is a reporter's dream. When things get a little slow, the 74-year old dealmaker always does something to spice it up. Which is what he did today when he said he was launching a tender offer...
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