November 5 - November 11, 2006
Friday, Nov. 10
Let's just pretend you're back in college and trying to get an internship at NBC. You enter this crazy contest... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Its Valencia theme park (aka Six Flags Magic Mountain) is one of the properties up for sale and Bloomberg News... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Not by much - the median price of an existing home in Los Angeles County was $545,000, according to HomeData... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Consider the source and all that, but the NY Post's Page Six reports that Sitrick & Co. was hired and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig's speech at USC last night drew a high-octane crowd of owners and team executives. The McCourts... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Word floating around that LAT editors got wind of the WSJ's plans for a page one story on the Times-Tribune... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Times-Tribune war: Did the LAT get wind that the WSJ was planning a major piece on the culture clash between... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Nov. 9
The December Vanity Fair profile on Eli Broad gets into his not-so-wonderful relationship with David Geffen - and helps explain... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Funny how earnings conference calls bring out the politician in many an executive. And with it, the illusion of success.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The New York press just loves stories about under-30 Sammy Glick types getting a movie made. The latest variation on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Santa Clara appears to be the new site for the SF 49ers, which broke off negotiations with San Francisco city... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
J.C. Penney and Kohl's appear to be picking up some former Robinsons-May customers who might not be all that happy... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's still a story no one can get their arms around. Almost 24 hours after the Broad-Burkle bid for the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Aw, heck, let me throw another log on the fire - namely a Defamer item that cites "current whispers" (whoever... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Downtown's transition from condos to rentals is well underway. Nearly 1,500 apartments will enter the downtown market in the second... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Shares in the Long Beach-based health care company fell almost 11 percent on Wednesday, to $34.87. It might seem a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Ah, to be on the outside looking in. Word that Eli Broad and Ron Burkle are jointly submitting a bid... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's risky to directly connect stock prices with national election results, but for what it's worth, shares of both Amgen... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Post-election blues: So you thought the markets had gotten past the mid-term elections weeks ago? Apparently, no one expected that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
With the Democrats now in control of the House, Westside Congressman Henry Waxman will likely become chairman of the House... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Nov. 7
This could be an interesting match. O'Shea is described as a very midwestern guy, "about as un-L.A. person as I... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
LAT publisher David Hiller announces departure of Baquet: Folks, We have published a story on the website that Dean Baquet... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Well, he signed off on shuttering the storied City News wire service last December, part of a 27-person reduction at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sure, there's been some action on TradeSports.com and the Iowa Electronic Markets on who will win tonight, but it's nothing... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Why should Disney just license its characters to videogame developers when it could make the games itself and not have... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wall Street anticipation: Expect a pretty low-key session as traders await the results of the election. A Democratic takeover of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Nov. 6
Snaring a ticket over the weekend to see "Borat" took some doing. When I showed up at the AMC in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
With the ongoing stock options scandal, this has been the quarter of the revenue release, with companies delaying earnings pending... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
George Joseph is 84, after all, so it's not that big a shock. But the announcement was buried in the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Gasoline conspiracy?: There has to be something behind the huge decline in pump prices, right? The LAT explores the various... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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