December 23 - December 29, 2007

Friday, Dec. 28
He's back on the air next Wednesday - with writers. The Writers Guild has cut a deal with his Worldwide...
Alan Greenspan knows a thing or two about trying to project into the economic future and admits that it's pretty...
That's the likely launch date for contract negotiations between the Directors Guild and the media companies (aka the Alliance of...
Don't expect the brouhaha over living wages at LAX-area hotels to end just because an appellate court upheld a city...
Thursday, Dec. 27
Stock prices for most of the big media companies have barely budged since writers walked off their jobs in early...
The parent of the OC Register had planned to buy out two private equity firms - Blackstone Group and Providence...
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, along with a decline in crude-oil stockpiles, should keep prices above $96 a barrel today...
Wednesday, Dec. 26
He'll be back on the air on Jan. 2 with or without writers, reports the NY Post, and considering that...
You might be surprised how many folks are putting in three and even four days this holiday week. A ays=0&postorder=asc&vote=viewresult"...
Normally we focus on Dataquick's median prices, which have stayed relatively stable in L.A. County for much of the year...
The head of DreamWorks Animation tried and failed to broker a compromise last week between striking writers and the media...
Lots of luck. As usual, the preliminary numbers are being deciphered any number of ways. Here's the lede of Monday's...
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