Allyson Lieberman
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OVITZ AND OUT FOR TV VENTURE - SHUTDOWN LOOMS; NO BACKERS IN SIGHT
August 9, 2001 | 4:00amMichael Ovitz' comeback has hit a wall. After plowing through a good chunk of his $100 million-plus severance package from Disney, the former super-agent turned entrepreneur is set to fold...
BIZ NEWS TIME WARS - 'MONEYLINE' GOES HEAD TO HEAD WITH 'BUSINESS CENTER'
August 7, 2001 | 4:00amAfter nearly three months of duking it out with CNBC's "Business Center" - CNN's "Moneyline" has been rescheduled in an effort to steal some of CNBC's thunder. As of Aug....
AOL BELTS CNBC EXILES RIVAL TO CH. 64 IN FAVOR OF CNNFN
August 2, 2001 | 4:00amAOL Time Warner finally gave CNBC the shaft big-time yesterday, booting the dominant financial news network to Channel 64 on its New York City cable system. AOL apparently has grown...
WHITNEY NEAR $50M+ ARISTA DEAL
August 2, 2001 | 4:00amWhitney Houston is expected to renew her contract with Arista Records in a deal valued well above $50 million, The Post has learned. Insiders at the label say the ink...
TALKS HEATING UP - AOL, AT&T HEADS IN SECRET CABLE POW WOW
July 30, 2001 | 4:00amAOL Time Warner chief Gerald Levin and AT&T boss Michael Armstrong held a secret meeting Thursday night to work on details of a possible mega-merger of their cable systems, The...
CNN RE-HIRES AN EXEC IT THREW OUT OF HQ
July 25, 2001 | 4:00amDavid Bohrman is proof old wounds do heal. Bohrman, the CNNfn exec who was booted and escorted out of the building after a nasty contract dispute, has returned to the...
DISNEY BUYS FOX FAMILY FOR $5.3B
July 24, 2001 | 4:00amThe Walt Disney Co. confirmed yesterday it will buy the Fox Family cable television network from News Corporation and Saban Entertainment for $5.3 billion. Disney will pay $3 billion in...
DE NIRO'S NEW ACT: BARTENDER
July 18, 2001 | 4:00amRobert De Niro may soon be making a "Midnight Run" for a nightcap at his new bar. The Hollywood actor is developing the site for a bar at 116 Hudson...
MOGULS PLAY 'LETS MAKE A DEAL' AT SUN VALLEY
July 11, 2001 | 4:00amOprah won't be there this year, but Tom Hanks will. Embattled AT&T Chairman Michael Armstrong has a few other distractions to keep him away, but Comcast President Brian Roberts -...
COMCAST BID SMACKS OF MALONE
July 10, 2001 | 4:00amComcast's push to gain control of AT&T's cable assets has Malone written all over it. Liberty Media Chairman John Malone is believed to be behind Comcast's unsolicited $58 billion bid...
LAMBERT STEPS DOWN AS FT'S TOP PENCIL
July 6, 2001 | 4:00amRichard Lambert is stepping down as editor of the Financial Times and is to be succeeded by Andrew Gowers. The 56-year-old Lambert, editor of the paper for 10 years, will...
EU'S MONTI SWEARS HE'S FAIR
June 27, 2001 | 4:00amEU UNDER FIRE EU competition czar Mario Monti fired back at a U.S. Senator yesterday - proclaiming his concerns about the European Union's handling of the General Electric-Honeywell merger were...
A NEW KRAVIS TAKING AIM AT LEVERAGED BUY OF NYC STUDIO
June 27, 2001 | 4:00amLike father, like son. Robert Kravis, the son of leveraged buyout king Henry Kravis, is looking to raise money to buy the Shooting Gallery, the fledgling indie movie production studio,...
CBS AD GAMBLE MAY COST FORTUNE
June 23, 2001 | 4:00amMel Karmazin may have seriously miscalculated the TV ad market this year - and that could cost Viacom's CBS a bundle. While the other major networks have caved in to...
DISNEY STUDIOS CHAIRMAN QUITS
June 21, 2001 | 4:00amPeter Schneider is out as chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, as the studio continues to reel from the disappointing performances of both "Pearl Harbor" and "Atlantis." Schneider, a 16-year...
SENATOR SLAMS EC - ROCKEFELLER THREATENS RETALIATION ON GE DEAL
June 21, 2001 | 4:00amA prominent U.S. Senator has slammed the European Commission for failing to greenlight General Electric's $42 billion takeover of Honeywell - and threatened action if it is rejected. Sen. Jay...
GE-HONEYWELL MERGER LOOKS ALL BUT DEAD
June 20, 2001 | 4:00amThe General Electric-Honeywell merger appears all but dead. European Union antitrust officials have said they plan to "formally" recommend that the deal be blocked, according to several reports last night....
REPORT: FT EDITOR WILL RUN THE BBC
June 20, 2001 | 4:00amThe editor of the Financial Times will reportedly step down within a few weeks as the rumor spreads that he is headed to the top spot at the BBC. Richard...
IT'S GETTING UGLY - MONTI BLASTS GE; U.S. SENATORS FUME
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe battle between European competition watchdog Mario Monti and U.S. corporate giant Jack Welch escalated into an international war of words yesterday - with high-ranking officials on both sides of...
MIDDELHOFF: 'BERTELSMANN HAS JUST ONE VOICE: MINE'
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe media company chief who dressed up in a Star Trek uniform in an ad to lure visionary thinkers to his company wants his executives to be more shy in...