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Getting The Skinny On The BusinessWeek Deal As Bid Deadline Looms - Posted September 14, 2009
After tracking the upcoming BusinessWeek sale all summer, the magazine's own media columnist Jon Fine has compiled all the known information about the transaction and put together this helpful guide. So what do we know? The deadline for any interested parties to place a bid for the magazine is tomorrow. And... [FishBowlNY]

Mansueto Eyes BusinessWeek - Posted August 5, 2009
Over the past few weeks, BusinessWeek's own media columnist Jon Fine has been tracking the efforts by the magazine's owner, McGraw-Hill, to sell the business pub. Yesterday, he reported another possible bidder has entered the fray: Jon Mansueto, whose Mansueto Ventures also owns Inc. and Fast Company. Mansueto has a history of buying... [FishBowlNY]

Mansueto Eyes BusinessWeek - Posted August 5, 2009
Over the past few weeks, BusinessWeek's own media columnist Jon Fine has been tracking the efforts by the magazine's owner, McGraw-Hill, to sell the business pub. Yesterday, he reported another possible bidder has entered the fray: Jon Mansueto, whose Mansueto Ventures also owns Inc. and Fast Company. Mansueto has a history of buying... [FishBowlNY]

The Week GM Promoted to President - Posted May 18, 2009
First on FishbowlNY: Steven Kotok, general manager of The Week's U.S. edition, is being promoted to president of The Week Publications, Inc. He has been with the magazine since 2002 and in his current position since 2007. Kotok joined Dennis Publishing, which produces The Week, in 1996 and served as publisher of... [FishBowlNY]

Sunny Forecast for Weather on the Radio - Posted April 3, 2009
Well, it's horrible outside today — at least it looks that way through our window — so it's a perfect time to report that the AccuWeather will continue. The United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. and The AccuWeather Radio Network renewed a partnership that allows the former to serve as the latter's... [FishBowlNY]

'Citizen McCaw' To Hit Public Television This Weekend - Posted October 29, 2008
Sam Tyler, of Tyler Productions, Inc., wrote us to let us know about this must-see TV broadcast: I thought you might want to know that despite five letters threatening to sue us (from Wendy McCaw's attorney Barry Cappello), we are releasing Citizen McCaw to Public Television. The first broadcast will be... [FishBowlLA]

Judge Bans OC Register From Reporting On Its Own Lawsuit - Posted September 24, 2008
In a case that's sure to be studied by media law students for years to come, Superior Court Judge David C. Velasquez has "ordered The Orange County Register not to publish any articles about witness testimony in a $100 million class-action lawsuit brought by newspaper delivery workers." The judge also fined the... [FishBowlLA]

Erin Zilis Named VP, Publisher of Freedom Speciality Media - Posted September 22, 2008
Freedom Communications sent us the following press release about a new hire for their regional specialty magazines: IRVINE, Calif. -- Sept. 23, 2008 -- Freedom Specialty Media, a division of Freedom Communications, Inc., today announced Erin Zilis has been appointed vice president, publisher. Zilis joins Freedom on September 25, reporting to... [FishBowlLA]

Erin Zilis Named VP, Publisher of Freedom Speciality Media - Posted September 22, 2008
Freedom Communications sent us the following press release about a new hire for their regional specialty magazines: IRVINE, Calif. -- Sept. 23, 2008 -- Freedom Specialty Media, a division of Freedom Communications, Inc., today announced Erin Zilis has been appointed vice president, publisher. Zilis joins Freedom on September 25, reporting to... [FishBowlLA]

Power Of An Alert PR Rep - Posted October 8, 2007
An exceptionally enterprising PR-type, Meredith Goldblatt, suggested we could capitalize on a certain NY Times story and run a piece about Variety's "Power of Youth," a benefit held Saturday at Universal Studios on behalf of St. Jude. So, yeah, we'll take the bait. The benefit brought together the likes of Variety's VP... [FishBowlLA]