October 15 - October 21, 2006
Friday, Oct. 20
NBC is replacing the waaaay overated and underperforming drama/comedy this Monday night with another struggling hour, "Friday Night Lights." Is...
Well, probably. You have the 11th largest media market (Detroit) going against the 21st (St. Louis), so the Fox folks...
The latest example of Socal's incessant mixed-use craze comes out of Culver City, where the redevelopment agency has given Champion...
It was only a matter of time before many of the Jewish retailers on the 400 block of Fairfax Avenue...
The September jobless percentage is the same as the state and just a touch over the nation's 4.6 percent rate....
How Sony "screwed up": That's Sir Howard Stringer's description of the company's 2004 deal to purchase MGM, along with a...
Thursday, Oct. 19
OK, so it's only a number and the Dow is made up of just 30 stocks and the other indexes...
The paper's top-honcho, Chris Anderson, said in a memo to staff that a voluntary severance program "has essentially met its...
Might there be some interlocking threads among the 120 or so companies being investigated for backdating stock options? Well, it...
David Carter is a very familiar name when it comes to the business of sports. A consultant to teams and...
No bombshells in this morning's Tribune Co. conference call with analysts. As reported earlier, third-quarter net income was sharply higher,...
That's what Nikki Finke is reporting on her Deadline Hollywood site. She says that the hot-shot entertainment lawyer is being...
NBC Universal cuts: The WSJ details the $750 million in cost cuts that will impact most every division. For openers,...
Wednesday, Oct. 18
The story of how the casino mogul blew $140 million because his elbow ripped into Picasso's "Le Rêve" is making...
A good earnings report from IBM and moderating inflation weren't quite enough to offset worries later in the session about...
Just ask Viacom ex-CEO Tom Freston, who is walking away with $84.8 million. In addition to severance, which covers around...
It's no doubt the result of ongoing tensions - some of which resulted in litigation. Or has anyone forgotten the...
Dow 12,000: The crossover came just a little before 7. Another milestone. Oxy earnings: Despite the pullback in oil and...
Tuesday, Oct. 17
While we're on the TV beat, Ad Age reports that News Corp.'s telenovela-based network is off to such a slow...
Monday's preliminary numbers show the NBC drama (or is it a comedy?) declining 15 percent from a week earlier, to...
It's a nearly 4-acre parcel on Seward Street across from Hollywood Center Studios. J.H. Snyder Co. wants to to develop...
U.S. Attorney resigns: Her move to Gibson, Dunn was announced this morning. See post below. Port problems: The law of...
Debra Wong Yang is leaving her post as U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles to join the L.A. office of Gibson,...
Monday, Oct. 16
Whenever a company does something that’s clearly in the public interest, you can be sure that people will be skeptical....
The Compton-based supermarket chain entered guilty pleas to five federal counts, including conspiracy, identity fraud and falsifying and concealing information...
Item 5 updated. Location matters: Third quarter on-location shooting throughout Socal is up 7 percent from the year earlier, much...
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The funeral for Mark Lacter will be held Sunday, Nov. 24 at 12 noon at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles 90045. Reception to follow.
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