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CAROLINE KENNEDY MAKING THE GRADE AS SCHOOLS EXEC
LAST October, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein hired Caroline Kennedy to tap Park Avenue philanthropists and Wall Street titans for money to help the Big Apple's cash-starved schools. She signed on...
CABLEVISION AXES 600 TO HELP SAVE $55M
Cablevision, the cable TV operator that owns Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks, will lay off about 600 employees, or 4 percent of its workforce. The job cuts...
RETIREMENT? JACK IS BUSIER THAN HE EVER WAS!
Jack Welch is having the time of his life. "This is a very nice program," he told The Post yesterday of his lazy days of retirement. "What's not to like?"...
BRONFMAN BAILS ; STEPS DOWN AT VIVENDI; PLANS NEW VENTURE
Edgar's out and on the lookout for a new job. Edgar Bronfman Jr. will step down from his executive role at media giant Vivendi Universal - and will begin seeking...
OLD GUARD BOWS AMID SHIFTS IN ECONOMY, VALUES
Is there something in the water? This week alone, three legendary chief executives put in their walking papers: AOL Time Warner's Jerry Levin, Vivendi Universal's Edgar Bronfman Jr., and Hearst's...
IT'S PARSONS OVER PITTMAN AT AOL TW
The race is off. Dick Parsons won. AOL Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin shocked the media world yesterday by announcing he will step down from his post in May of...
LEVIN'S ARTSY SIDE COMING OUT
Jerry Levin wants to get in touch with his creative side. The departing AOL Time Warner CEO decided to cut short his role so he can "write and make and...
COVERING HIS ASS-ETS - BERTELSMANN BOSS SAYS NO SCHMIDT AFTER BIG MISSTEPS
Bertelsmann Chairman Thomas Middelhoff restructured his e-commerce unit yesterday in an apparent admission of defeat - and now faces a rising tide of criticism from those who say his strategy...
SCHMIDT HITS FAN - BERTELSMANN DUMPS 'NET ARCHITECT
Andreas Schmidt, the brash, young German charged with spearheading Bertelsmann's Internet strategy, is out. Schmidt, 40, CEO of Bertelsmann's eCommerce Group, was pushed out of the German media conglomerate by...
CNBC'S FABER SIGNS ON FOR 4 MORE YEARS
The Brain is staying put. CNBC's "Squawk Box" Wall Street correspondent David Faber has signed a new, four-year contract to stay at the financial news network, said sources familiar with...
DUO NEEDS LIFELINE - BRAUN, BLOOMBERG ON OUTS AT ABC
The two top execs at Disney's ABC may soon be out of a job if the ailing network doesn't rebound by the end of the season, say sources close to...
MASSAGE-CHAIR SHOP TO SIT ON MADISON AVE.
New York's economy may be hurting, but at least New Yorkers' backs won't have to suffer. The maker of Japan's top-selling massage chair has decided New York needs its services...
REPORT: NBC INKS SASSA TO CONTRACT
Suddenly, everything "out" is "in" again. Scott Sassa, the NBC West Coast president rumored to be leaving the Peacock network as a result of several programming mishaps, has reportedly signed...
E! NETWORKS GETS REAL, SLASHES STAFF
Next up on "E! True Hollywood Story" - the downsizing of a Hollywood television network. E! Networks confirmed yesterday that the company will lay off about 9 percent of its...
MOUSE EXECS: WE'RE GOING KID-FRIENDLY
Disney will revive its slumping ABC network with kid-friendly shows, the company said yesterday in reporting its weak fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. ABC ratings have fallen dramatically this season, forcing the...
NEWS CORP. POSTS $83M PROFIT IN QUARTER
News Corporation reported a drop in first-quarter earnings as the advertising slump offset box office successes. The media giant, which owns Fox Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox film studios, reported...
AOL TW GIVES KELLY COO SPOT
On the same day AOL Time Warner CFO Michael Kelly was brandished a stonewaller for refusing to speak with Merrill Lynch analysts who downgraded the company, the company moved him...
EDGAR'S MISTAKE - MESSIER WANTS TO TAKE BACK USA'S TELEVISION STUDIOS
Edgar Bronfman Jr. gave it away - and now Jean-Marie Messier wants to take it back. Vivendi Universal Chairman Jean Marie Messier is looking to restructure his arrangement with Barry...
CHAO DOWN, OUT AT USA NETWORKS
Ciao, Chao! Stephen Chao, the head of Barry Diller's USA Networks cable properties, resigned yesterday after failing in his attempt to spark a ratings bonanza at the company. He will...
MTV ROCKS STAFFERS WITH NEWS OF LAYOFFS
The MTV generation has been hit with a harsh reality: layoffs. The MTV network said yesterday it would cut 8 to 9 percent of its work force, or about 450...