October 28 - November 3, 2007
Saturday, Nov. 3
Don't get your hopes up, but there is some 11th hour chatter going on by writers and producers - plus...
Friday, Nov. 2
Bloomberg's Seth Lubove examines the lawsuit-happy Ron Burkle in a profile of the L.A. billionaire (his annual legal bill could...
At least there weren’t any signs of it in Friday's session, where most of the big media issues saw little...
The WGA walkout goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, the WSJ is now posting. Picketing at the major...
All set to strike: Hollywood writers will be walking off their jobs, most likely next week. It'll be the first...
Thursday, Nov. 1
Can't Ron Burkle cut a deal that's easy? The latest adventure involving our peripatetic L.A. billionaire involves Interstate Bakeries, the...
A three-year contract was finalized today, believed to be worth around $14.5 million. "Having grown up in Brooklyn, I have...
Now that his return to NY airwaves has finally been announced - he starts Dec. 3 on WABC - the...
Ari Emanuel the voice of sanity? Who would have thunk it? But the chieftain of talent agency Endeavor makes a...
Everybody remembers the scene where the Julia Roberts character, dressed in faux-hooker attire, is given the brush by a couple...
Strike talk: Well, it doesn't look great. Talks between the Writers Guild and the studios and networks broke down last...
Wednesday, Oct. 31
What will come first: a writers strike or a deal with Joe Torre? Perhaps neither. What seemed like a nearly...
So what exactly did the folks from Sacha Barron Cohen's production company tell those people who appeared in the movie...
It's Martin Smith, who leaves his senior editor post at the LAT magazine for the top job at Orange Coast...
As if the two-joint Nancy Silverton/Mario Batali/Joe Bastianich creation needed additional acclaim. Now you won't be able to get in...
What recession?: We're looking at 3.9 percent annual growth rate for the third quarter, which is way more than most...
Tuesday, Oct. 30
The LAT reports that a Torre deal could be announced tomorrow. The former Yankee manager has apparently agreed to contract...
It's still more than a week before the official launch of the much-awaited British grocery chain, but MetroBlogging posts that...
The Daily News essentially gutted its biz section today. Instead of having its own section front, as has been the...
That's Virgin America, the start-up airline launched by British billionaire Richard Branson and offering service from L.A. to NY and...
To cut or not to cut: For several days it's been assumed that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates...
Monday, Oct. 29
The leader of Teamsters Local 399 is advising members that they should honor WGA picket lines, even if the local...
All right, it's a shameless plug - my piece in the November issue of Fast Company on police surveillance cameras...
The Union Square store is apparently among the highest grossing locations in the chain, with 5,000 daily customers and sales...
The weak dollar, Middle East tensions, weather-related production cuts in Mexico - all the usual culprits were behind today's jump...
The NBC/Universal CEO said it's looking "more and more likely." Speaking at a meeting sponsored by Syracuse University’s Newhouse School,...
Writers prep for deadline: They'll meet tomorrow with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers - this time joined...
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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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