January 7 - January 13, 2007
Friday, Jan. 12
Shares of the L.A.-based music service, which has been on life support almost from the time it went legit, jumped... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
One big reason for the increase is that the Port of Los Angeles now has the capacity to accept mega-ships... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Mouse House finished the day at $35.21, up 22 cents and a new 52-week high. That's on top of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Judith Regan might as well have a "kick me" sign taped on her backside. The latest NY publishing buzz centers... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Beckham mania: There was an avalanche of coverage this morning - much of it fawning, some of it skeptical, almost... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Jan. 11
Sorry, I don't have photos (talk to the LAO bean counter), but I can assure you that Wall Street lawyer... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Get used to the Adidas logo - you're going to see it whenever you see the Galaxy (that's L.A.'s soccer... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
And waiting... and waiting... The dozen or so members of Judith Regan's L.A.-based staff - many of them NY transplants... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
No wonder Wall Street is pooh-poohing the backdating issues involving Santa Monica-based Activision and Agoura Hills-based THQ. Business is good.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Looks like pro soccer will be getting a new lease on life now that David Beckham is in the mix... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Well, it sure looks that way. The Business Journal is reporting this week that 496,512 homes were sold in L.A.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Magic Mountain not being sold: Six Flags has decided to hold onto the Valencia property, although it is selling three... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Jan. 10
NY-based media writer Michael Wolff does a veeery long ramble in the February Vanity Fair about the newspaper business in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Variety is reporting that she submitted her resignation shortly after noon. No announcement yet, probably because they haven't finished up... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
C'mon admit it - you've never heard of International Aluminum Corp. Based in Monterey Park, it was founded in 1957... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Paramount shakeup: LAT is reporting that studio head Gail Berman will be out the door this week. She was brought... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Jan. 9
THQ Inc., the Agoura Hills-based videogame company, says its independent investigation of stock option practices found no evidence of wrongdoing... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Does the name Benjamin Waisbren ring a bell? He had been the Hollywood mouthpiece for Wisconsin-based hedge fund Stark Investments... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There was a bit more to yesterday's ho-hum annoucement that the two co-CEOs of L.A.-based Guess would be getting new... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
He's just introduced a bunch of new stuff, including a cellphone and Apple's iTV device for streaming video from PC... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's not because of last night's brush fire, but a year-long slide in prices and home sales. The median price... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
He's the big-name show biz attorney who was accused in a two-count indictment of paying jailed PI Anthony Pellicano at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Health care plan: Lots of coverage on the governor's proposal for universal health coverage (it leads the NYT). One potential... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Jan. 8
As expected, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his ground-breaking health insurance package that would require employers with 10 or more workers... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
They're supposed to work lock-step with the price of gasoline, right? Well, not so far. The Energy Department's weekly survey... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Is this more evidence of a global warming kind of winter? At last check, it was 86 degrees in Westwood,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This is not the best news for folks who rely on advertising for their livelihoods, but here 'tis: Ad spending... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Fortune's annual list doesn't have a single company headquartered in L.A. The closest is Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, which ranked 40th... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Free wireless Internet service is expanding to Little Tokyo, Bunker Hill, the Historic Core and the Financial District. Service could... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In case anyone is still wondering why stock options can be such a big deal, consider the case of Angelo... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., which was among the first companies implicated in the stock option scandal, has disclosed that its... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Week of conferences: Fasten your seat belts and prepare to be inundated with dispatches from the Consumer Electronics Show, the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Jan. 7
LAT Publisher David Hiller is offering some clues on the paper's move towards a more expanded Web presence. In a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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