December 17 - December 23, 2006
Friday, Dec. 22
The editor of West magazine told his staff today that he has given notice to become a senior fellow at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Remember when L.A. officials tried to convince Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group to eadquarter its new U.S. airline here? The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
But things are hardly normal. Two runways were opened at around 10 a.m. and they're hoping to clear two more... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
L.A. County's jobless rate fell to 4.2 percent in November, which is the lowest level in at least 30 years.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In the media world, five years is ancient history. Consider the case of Rupert Murdoch, who in October 2001 lost... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Travel mess: The big problem, of course, involves getting in and out of Denver, where the airport isn't even scheduled... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The long-discussed plan for News Corp. to hand over its controlling stake in the El Segundo-based satellite service to Liberty... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Dec. 21
That's been the heavy-duty speculation going into the 2007 acquisition season. Merrill Lynch's David Anders added more fuel to the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Well, at least in advance of an expected appeal. Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs overturned the law that would give... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Laura Mecoy, who has been in the L.A. office for 14 years, says she's considering whether to relocate her family... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The old palooka (and I do mean old) scored a more-than-respectable $6.2 million on opening day - a mid-week opener... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Chandlers and Tribune: Representatives of the newspaper family were in Chicago this week to hear a sales presentation on the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Dec. 20
Demographers are taking note of the dwindling numbers coming into California from other states. Between 2005 and 2006, net immigration... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
When the L.A.-based real estate company was being run by Richard Ziman, the focus was strictly on Southern California (Ziman... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
You have to feel for Irvine-based Taco Bell, which is struggling to get back fast-food customers as a result of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
BW offers its end-of-the-year roster, which includes some obvious clunkers (the O.J. Simpson book and TV interview, Hewlett-Packard's boneheaded efforts... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
For anyone who missed the former GE chairman the other night on Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central show, let's just say... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Ticketmaster buys stake: The West Hollywood-based ticket service has picked up a 25 percent stake in iLike.com, where users exchange... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Dec. 19
Coming to any conclusions about next year's housing market has become a thankless exercise because many of the numbers are... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Many of them are noticeably later this year - presumably because online retailers are doing a better job at turning... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Port of Los Angeles saw a 16.3 percent increase in the number of containers handled last month compared with... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If you're struggling to find a hotel room under $200 a night during the holidays, there's always downtown. The Sheraton... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This has been talked about off and on ever since it emerged from bankruptcy three years ago. FOH Holdings, the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The assumption has been that holiday shoppers wait to the last minute in the expectation that retailers will mark down... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
'Jewish cabal': That's the phrase Judith Regan apparently used in her conversation with the HarperCollins attorney - the conversation that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Dec. 18
Port of Los Angeles officials have made plans for the nation's first container-inspection facility on 14 acres of Terminal Island.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
He's the owner of L.A.-based American Apprel and always seems to be in the middle of controversy, mostly for the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's the Dutch parent of THR, Adweek, Billboard and Nielsen. All told, 4,000 jobs, or around 10 percent of the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sounds like it's just in the talking stage, but the owner of NY's famous frank-and-juice emporiums has been expanding outside... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tribune vs. Chandler: With little action from the outside, it's looking like Tribune management and the Chandler family will make... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Dec. 17
LAT reports that Judith Regan's sudden firing late Friday afternoon came right after a phone conversation with a HarperCollins attorney... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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