February 4 - February 10, 2007
Friday, Feb. 9
It's the first time he hasn't been in the Riviera field since 2002 and it's likely to have a big...
There's no mention in the just-filed News Corp. 10-Q of Judith Regan’s severance agreement, which Michelle Leder over at Footnoted.org...
So what's wrong with negotiating a contract that included stock options dated months before the contract negotiations even began? That,...
This is the one developed by the L.A. office of Deutsch that had a robot being thrown off an assembly...
Pixar backdating?: WSJ reports that Pixar head Steve Jobs (he's also Apple's CEO in his spare time) helped negotiate an...
Thursday, Feb. 8
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch confirmed that it's going to happen once Sacha Baron Cohen fulfills another contract (I'm assuming...
Forbes and the WSJ (there may be others) are reporting that EMI Group has been in advanced talks to sell...
Billionaire Ernest Rady's home in La Jolla had no locked gates, security guards or guard dogs. All it took an...
Limited posting today and tomorrow. Tribune earnings: All that cost-cutting is apparently having some effect because the Chicago-based parent of...
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Horrendous, hideous, agonizing, insufferable, unendurable, unbearable - am I getting warm? Well, the government came out with its annual report...
A new study says there’s an increased risk of leukemia in breast cancer patients who take Amgen’s Neulasta and Neupogen....
What's it like to be on board a plane that carries 500-600 passengers? Today was media day for the A380...
Prototypes of Condé Nast's much-hyped and long-awaited business glossy, Portfolio, are making the rounds in NY, which is kind of...
The Mouse House scores big with first-quarter earnings of 79 cents a share, compared with 37 cents a year earlier...
As could be expected, Jeff Zucker's promotion to CEO of NBC Universal has led to chatter about whether GE Chairman...
Zell enters the ring: The Chicago real estate magnate has approached Tribune Co. with a proposal that may include taking...
Tuesday, Feb. 6
Yeah, we're talking off the charts, but here goes: Millennium Hotels (operator of the Biltmore) is offering what it calls...
Premiere magazine is not for sale, according to its publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., but Ad Age is hearing industry...
Sort of. It's Barneys New York Co-Op, which opens at The Grove next month and offers more casual apparel and...
But she seems to have taken product placement a bit far. Theron had cut a deal with Swiss watch designer...
This is one of those intriguing wire stories that's based on very scant information but gets picked up nonetheless. OK,...
Let's see, you're a news organization that covers major corporate goings-on and you hand out "leadership awards" to some of...
Hollywood deal: The dilapidated Seven Seas building across the street from Grauman's Chinese has been bought by CIM Group, which...
Monday, Feb. 5
The connection between who wins the big game and how stocks will perform for the year has proven to be...
That would be the influx of restaurant and retail investors who have determined that the downtown makeover is not an...
Yeah, I know - enough Judith Regan already. But VF contributor Michael Wolff weighs in for the March issue (he...
Buried amid yet another piece of puffery on AEG head Tim Leiweke comes word that the massive L.A. Live complex...
Now that Jeff Zucker has gotten Bob Wright's old job as CEO of NBC Universal (formal announcement expected later this...
NYT pettiness: TV reporter Bill Carter confirms this morning that Jeff Zucker will replace Bob Wright as chairman and CEO...
Sunday, Feb. 4
LAT TV reporter Meg James gets the big scoop, citing four people at the company. Zucker moves up to CEO,...
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The funeral for Mark Lacter will be held Sunday, Nov. 24 at 12 noon at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles 90045. Reception to follow.
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