Allyson Lieberman
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VIRGIN KICKS BERRY OUT OF BED
Virgin's Nancy Berry was given the boot yesterday as the newly appointed chiefs of Virgin-parent EMI began cleaning house. Alain Levy, the recently-named CEO of EMI Recorded Music, announced yesterday...
WILL BERRY BE PICKED BY BMG?
Former EMI music chief Ken Berry could soon be headed to BMG, say music industry sources. The axed music man, who this weekend was forced out of the top spot...
TED'S OUTTA HERE NEW CONTRACT IS UNLIKELY FOR CNN FOUNDER
Ted is hanging on for dear life. With only three months left in his contract with AOL Time Warner, CNN founder Ted Turner has been brushed aside by the execs...
VIACOM SAYS THE ATTACKS COST $200M
Mel's got no ads. Viacom President Mel Karmazin said yesterday he expects about $200 million in costs in the third quarter directly related to the Sept. 11 attacks. The bullish-turned-bearish...
EMI PLUNGES 35% ON WARNING
The wrath of Mario Monti is taking its toll. EMI, the British music giant, which twice fell victim to the European Commission competition czar's merger ax, lost a third of...
AOL TIME WARNER WON'T MAKE NUMBERS
The "Will they?" or "Won't they?" game is finally over. They won't. AOL Time Warner said yesterday 2001 revenue and profit will be less than forecast due to the decline...
LIZ INKS A DEAL TO DISH ON GEMS & MEN BEHIND THEM
Liz Taylor will finally dish it out - on her jewelry and the men behind it. Hollywood's reigning diva will pen a book about her famous jewelry collection for Simon...
AOL-TW MAKES AT&T CABLE OFFER: REPORT
AOL Time Warner has reportedly made an "undisclosed offer" to AT&T to merge their cable systems into a publicly traded, stand-alone company with 25 million subscribers. The new entity would...
GE'S JACK IS ALL PACKED: LOOKS FORWARD TO CATCHING BREATH
All good things must come to an end - including Jack Welch's reign at General Electric. But at least he's going out in style. The 65-year old icon of corporate...
EISNER, ARMSTRONG DISSED IN VF'S MOGUL RANKING
General Electric's Jack Welch and former BMG Entertainment chief Strauss Zelnick are out. Vivendi Universal's Jean-Marie Messier and Tom Cruise are in. And Disney's Michael Eisner is somewhere in between....
SPRUCE-D UP FASHION MAG SHOPS FOR TV SLOT
First Wallpaper*, then Spruce - and soon, the TV show. The team behind the magazine design bible Wallpaper* is set to launch a new magazine, Spruce, a global glossy that...
BACKSTREET BOY PLANS OWN LABEL
Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell is branching out. Littrell, along with his wife, Leighanne, have launched their own music label and production company, Brileigh Productions. The 26-year-old boy-band member said the...
WARNER MUSIC BRINGS IN GURU TO BOOST LABEL
The turnaround continues at Warner Music Group. Record industry guru Jeff Ayeroff was yesterday named the creative director of Warner Brothers Records. He was also tapped to be Warner Music...
CNN PUTS PETER BART ON ICE
Lou Dobbs has told Peter Bart to take a walk. Bart, the embattled editor-in-chief of Daily Variety who was suspended last week after a Los Angeles magazine article quoted him...
CNN TAKES AIM AT CNBC IN A.M.
CNN, in its quest to liven up its look, is beginning to look a lot like CNBC. CNN yesterday announced its plans to launch a morning business show that will...
VARIETY EDITOR HIT WITH SLUR-SPENSION
Peter Bart, one of Hollywood's most powerful voices, has been silenced. The editor-in-chief of Hollywood bible Daily Variety was abruptly suspended from the entertainment trade paper while it investigates offensive...
AXMAN DUNNING IS CHOPPED AT ZD
After swinging the ax at Ziff Davis for months, CEO Jim Dunning has been axed himself. Chicago-based Willis, Stein & Partners - which financed Dunning's $780 million purchase of Ziff...
WB RECORDS WELCOMES WHALLEY
Warner Bros. Records finally got their guy. One year after Warner Bros. Records signed Interscope President Tom Whalley to a record-breaking $40 million contract to become chairman and CEO, Whalley...
AILING OVITZ TV DIVISION LAYS OFF 18
Mike Ovitz' empire continues to unravel. Ovitz' ailing Artists Television Group laid off nearly half of its staff yesterday as the super-agent-turned-entrepreneur aggressively searches for a white knight to save...
CNN WILL START ITS DAY FROM THE GROUND UP
J. Lo could soon be shaking her famed booty outside the new CNN street-level studio when CNN launches a new morning show. The all-news cable network is developing a new...