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July 17, 2007
The onetime maven of media mixers sold mediabistro.com today for $23 million. The buyer is Internet research firm Jupitermedia, which wants the company for the revenue from jobs ads and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Strong words from financial analyst Jim Cramer at The Street.com about the pending Tribune Company sale. Make that red flags and warning sirens: You have to feel terrible about what's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Art Marroquin is leaving City News Service for the Daily Breeze, where he will take over the LAX and Port of Los Angeles beat. That's a major beat for the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lots of L.A. city council members are happy about this — a judge rejected a challenge to the ballot measure that extends their term limits. Voters in Los Angeles passed... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
KTLA News Director Jeff Wald informed his department this morning that he's leaving the station to spend more time his family. Wald's wife died suddenly last December, and he has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Newly reunited at Los Angeles Magazine with his former editor Kit Rachlis, Moehringer explains at the end of a long profile of an obscure musician he admires how it was... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
His kidney stone left the building, so Mark Lacter is back at the LA Biz Observed desk. The Morning Headlines led today with the Dow dancing with 14,000. Mark also... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Invitations have gone out for a Sept. 8 Barack Obama fundraiser at Oprah Winfrey's home in the Santa Barbara area. The ante for entry is the usual $2,300, but those... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There's an agreement in principle for Rupert Murdoch to buy Dow Jones for $5 billion, but the Bancroft family's approval is still too close to call. It goes to a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Cardinal Mahony show tops the news, with District Attorney Steve Cooley and the newspapers all over his case. Also a chat with Aaron Sorkin, and more when you click... $MTEntryExcerpt$>