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Sightings (13)
Vice Keeps Going..This Time into China - Posted January 3, 2012
While some media companies are scratching their heads trying to find ways to become profitable and cut costs, (usually by laying people off), Vice is doing the opposite: enjoying an estimated value of $1 billion (with $100 million in revenue) and looking to expand into China.
A recent ... [FishbowlNY]
Time Inc. Rumors Kick Up Four Names - Posted September 27, 2011
Back in July, Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes said that the new CEO of Time Inc. would be an outsider... [FishbowlNY]
Former Afghanistan Resident Tom Freston Set for Huffington Post Chat - Posted June 21, 2011
The fact that entertainment media exec Tom Freston (pictured) lived in Kabul right up to Afghanistan's 1978 coup is lesser known than his leadership of MTV, Viacom, and ... [FishbowlLA]
Charlie Rose, Bonnie Fuller And The Ex-Mr. Star Jones - Posted March 9, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE
We're a bit spoiled by the back-to-back A-list sightings of the last two weeks (Cate Blanchett! Blake Lively!), ... [FishbowlNY]
The New Yorker Profiles 'Afghanistan's Rupert Murdoch' - Posted July 6, 2010
In a fascinating read, The New Yorker's Ken Auletta, profiles the man who some call "Afghanistan's Rupert Murdoch," ... [TVNewser]
Discovery's Zaslav: Businesses Can't Look Forward Without Looking Back - Posted June 24, 2010
The Newhouse School at Syracuse University hosted day one of its "Monetizing Online Business" (MOB) conference today, and it opened with a discussion with David Zaslav, the president and CEO of Discovery Commu... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Lunch: Tom Brokaw, Charlie Rose, and John Sykes Stop By - Posted April 7, 2010
— DIANE CLEHANE
The mood may have been a little low-key today at Michael's, but we spotted plenty of power players dining and dishing about their next big moves. I was intrigued to see former MTV colleagues John Sykes (now Playlist's CEO) ... [FishbowlNY]
The Secret to Sun Valley: "Many of the People We're Doing Deals With Are Here" - Posted July 9, 2008
Dan Cox, on special assignment for FishbowlLA, covering the 2008 Sun Valley Media Conference.Sony chairman Sir Howard Stringer and his right-hand man, CFO ... [FishbowlLA]
Cooking Up Media Deals With Rachael Ray, and a Murdoch Scion Sighting - Posted July 9, 2008
Dan Cox, on special assignment for FishbowlLA, covering the 2008 Sun Valley Media Conference.Ken Lowe, President and CEO of the Scripps company (formerly Scripps Howard) was morose at th... [FishbowlLA]
Strange Bedfellows in Sun Valley - Posted July 8, 2008
Dan Cox, on special assignment for FishbowlLA, covering the 2008 Sun Valley Media Conference.
As Hollywood mavens drifted into Sun Valley, a few were eager to talk.
Universal Studios COO and President Ron Meyer, asked whether Hollywood was making too many movies, ... [FishbowlLA]
LA Times on Jeremy Blake, Theresa Duncan - Posted August 2, 2007
Chris Lee's LA Times story is dated August 3, which is tomorrow, right? But he's got tons of great information--some of which hasn't been ... [FishbowlLA]
Sun Valley Media Mogul Report - Posted July 13, 2007
Ron Mwangaguhunga reports:
It's July, so that means that the chattering class big guns are out and about in Sun Valley, Idaho, at investment banker Herb Allen's mogul retreat for a little "deep think" interspersed with rounds of golf. There is always, lurking in the green, the possible dramatic tensio... [FishbowlNY]
Agreement Fizzles, Viacom Threatens Legal Action Against YouTube - Posted February 2, 2007
We all knew $1.65 billion would buy someone's ire
Viacom is ... [FishbowlNY]
