Tom Freston
Revolving Door (2)
Sightings (6)
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 Rob Wiesenthal were scurrying about the Sun Valley meeting hall early Wednesday.
"We're making progress with our Blu Ray and DVD deals," Stringer said. "Our PlayStation Network people are... [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 the bar in Sun Valley Lodge late last night. He was lamenting the foreboding loss of the printed written word in media. What... [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, said: "I'm part of that Hollywood, so I'd be criticizing... [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 reported elsewhere.
In anticipation of a lawsuit (which he never filed) Jeremy Blake prepared a history of the couple's alleged harrassment, naming Tom Cruise,Miranda July, Paul Thomas... [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 tension of the... [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 demanding YouTube and Google to pull over 100,000 clips of its content which it estimates as "$1.2 billion video streams on YouTube" after trying for months to come to an agreement, stating that YouTube is unwilling to "come to... [FishBowlNY]





