September 17 - September 23, 2006
Saturday, Sep. 23
Special kind of reader: Tim Rutten harrumphs about how the Tribune executives just don't understand that LAT readers are less...
Friday, Sep. 22
Advertising dollars are becoming closely scrutinized in Hollywood these days (they seem to really mean it this time), which is...
She's really out this time, resigning as Hewlett-Packard chairman and board member, effective immediately. She is being replaced by H-P...
BW's Ron Grover asks a quite reasonable question: Why would wheeler-dealer extraordinaire John Malone be interested in owning El Segundo-based...
Getting relatively little attention in today's stories about the Tribune announcement was a sentence buried in the press release. It...
Tribune for sale: That's the upshot of the company's decision to "create additional value for shareholders," which is usually bizspeak...
Thursday, Sep. 21
Two important developments. First, the Chandler partnerships that were complicating any effort to reshape the company have themselves been restructured...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made the announcement at a joint press conference with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg after the two...
But it won't be a hotel. It will be a timeshare, developed through the company's Hilton Grand Vacations Co. division....
Shares close at $32.05, up 4.43 percent on the day. This morning's WSJ story about how the board might consider...
Word that the social network site Facebook might be sold to Yahoo for around $1 billion is a reminder of...
"Radical Action" at Tribune?: That's what the Tribune Co. board will be considering today, according to the WSJ. Among the...
Wednesday, Sep. 20
Nikki Finke lays out the not-so-charming details of how United Talent's Nick Stevens got the heave-ho after 15 years. There's...
The United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, not exactly known for big marketing efforts, will soon begin a return-to-spinach blitz,...
It's being called a global warming suit against all the major carmakers. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer (his friends just...
The San Fernando Valley Business Journal is reporting that MGA Entertainment, the Van Nuys-based maker of Bratz dolls, is buying...
I realize the newsroom is distracted these days, but how on earth did this morning's jump to the story on...
Another Northrop loss: Wash. Post reports that Boeing Co. has won that huge contract to secure the nation's northern and...
Tuesday, Sep. 19
The big digital news is how well Disney did in its first week of offering movies on iTunes - 125,000...
It's not exactly open warfare - but it's getting there. An open letter to Tribune Co. is making the rounds...
The gain was just under 14 percent for the day. That sounds like a lot, but with the stock closing...
The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert says California's effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions "may well be the most important piece...
He's just announced the formation of The O'Neal Group, which will be looking for partnerships and joint ventures involving real...
Tribune responds: As noted on LA Observed, Tribune CEO Dennis FitzSimons defended the company's ownership of the L.A. Times and...
Monday, Sep. 18
Plenty, as Daniel Akst pointed out in Sunday's NYT. Here's his astute premise: Anything that reinforces the role of fossil...
In case you missed it in Sunday's NYT, there's an opening to be dean of USC Libraries. It was pretty...
The government is days away from selecting one of several defense-aerospace firms - L.A.-based Northrop Grumman among them - to...
Sumner and Rupert: Just about the last two media moguls who are readily identifiable by their first names. The LAT...
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) examines the growing pressures at Tribune Co. to sell the LAT. Still no sign...
Sunday, Sep. 17
Mid-2007 is the latest date for the opening of a downtown supermarket, the Downtown News reports. It's hard to keep...
Spinach mystery: Coverage focuses on the ban of all spinach - except frozen - and the origin of E. coli...
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