March 17 - March 23, 2013
Thursday, Mar. 21
That's been the basic strategy of the entire campaign: Say as little as possible, line up as many constituencies as possible, and hope for the best. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The online fundraising site has helped finance 122 projects in L.A., topped only by NY with 144 (SF is third, with a curiously low 67 projects). $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Mar. 20
Plano, Texas, just outside of Dallas, is where the retailer has its headquarters, but it's not where several of the top executives are living full time. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The pay-TV business (that includes cable, satellite, and telco) saw only modest growth in 2012, which will add fuel to claims that viewers - especially young viewers - are switching to cheaper ways of accessing content. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Leno's contract expires in the fall of 2014, and NBC wants to make the change by then. As part of the change, the network wants to move the "Tonight" show back to NY. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Time for Commissioner Roger Goodell's periodic non-statement about getting a team back in town. At least this one came with a prop: Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, who will take over the NFL-in-L.A. staring contest now that Tim Leiweke is out of the picture. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Forget about the traditional old-fart patronage of the arts - the primary focus is on philanthropy that generates some sort of tangible return. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Mar. 19
It's next to impossible for minimum wage workers to afford a standard two-bedroom apartment without having to pay more than 30 percent of their income. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Only 632,000 viewers watched the season two finale of HBO's "Girls" at its regularly scheduled time, which is a sharp decline from the million or so who watched the last show of the first season. But it's not as clear cut as it sounds. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Higher even than long-time laggard Nevada, although job growth has been outpacing the nation as a whole over the past year. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Mar. 18
Anschutz, in fact, had to be dragged into the deal for a downtown stadium. That makes his comments last week about wanting to work with the NFL a little suspect. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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