Brian Garrity
The Archive
CABLEVISION STICKING WITH TICKETMASTER
September 19, 2008 | 8:31amCablevision Systems boss James Dolan found himself doing damage control yesterday after suggesting earlier in the day that he'd consider dumping Barry Diller's Ticketmaster as his company's ticket provider. In...
VIRTUAL FATALITY
September 16, 2008 | 8:17amTake-Two Interactive's stock had a no-game day after Electronic Arts pulled the plug on talks to buy the company. Shares in the New York-based video game publisher plunged 24 percent,...
BIG ADVERTISERS LINE UP FOR SPACE ON MYSPACE MUSIC
September 15, 2008 | 10:47amMySpace is busy lining up advertisers for its MySpace Music joint venture with the major labels ahead of the service's launch. The company late yesterday unveiled new relationships with Toyota,...
EA PULLS THE PLUG ON ITS $2B TAKE-TWO BID
September 15, 2008 | 8:02amIt's game over for the merger talks between Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive. EA late yesterday dropped its $2 billion bid for the publisher of the wildly popular "Grand Theft...
WAKING UP NAPSTER
September 14, 2008 | 8:31amEveryone wants to be like Carl. Napster Inc. shareholders Perry Rod, Thomas Sailors and Kavan Singh won't be confused with Carl Icahn anytime soon, but they're making headlines for ripping...
SLIMMED-DOWN JOBS, IPOD AT APPLE LAUNCH
September 10, 2008 | 7:39amA still noticeably thin Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday poked fun at lingering concerns about his health as he unveiled a refreshed fall lineup of iPod portable media players and...
NAPSTER BOARD UNREST
September 9, 2008 | 8:13amA dissident shareholder group's bid to muscle its way onto the board of struggling digital music service Napster is getting a thumbs-down from a pair of leading independent proxy advisers....
REALDVD MOVIE PRODUCT MAY SPUR C-DRIVE COPYRIGHT FIGHT
September 8, 2008 | 11:21amRealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser wants consumers to start making digital copies of their DVD collections on their computers in much the same way they already do with CDs - whether...
MYSPACE HUNTING FOR MUSIC VENTURE BOSS
September 8, 2008 | 7:56amMySpace co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have 243,738,669 friends on the social networking giant, and seemingly almost as many rumored CEO candidates for MySpace Music, their new digital-music joint...
TIVO REPLAYS BIZ PLAN
September 7, 2008 | 8:11amTiVo might have stumbled upon a growth strategy that, if successful, it will want to record and play back. After having had the rug pulled out from under it in...
TAKE-TWO GETS A BIG LIFT FROM 'GRAND THEFT AUTO IV'
September 5, 2008 | 8:28amStrong sales of "Grand Theft Auto IV" helped Take-Two Interactive swing to a third-quarter profit of $51.8 million. The New York-based video-game publisher said yesterday consumers have snapped up more...
DEATH ROW RECEIVES 'GLOBAL' LOVE FROM DUAL MUSIC SUITORS
September 3, 2008 | 8:15amIt's a case of double trouble for Death Row Records as two companies with the same name vie for the bankrupt rap label. A Delaware-based company called Global Music Group...
SALE OVERTURES
September 2, 2008 | 7:28amThe Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is exploring strategic options for its classic catalog of standards and Broadway tunes, including a possible sale of the company, sources tell The Post. The...
NINTENDO UPS GROWTH GAME
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amNintendo says growth in its current fiscal year won't be so slow after all, thanks to stronger-than-expected sales of its Wii and DS gaming systems. The Japanese video game giant...
COPYRIGHT CASE MAY AID GOOGLE
August 29, 2008 | 8:06amGoogle's hopes of bucking Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube are on the rise in the wake of a rival's win in a similar court case. A California...
THE WB'S WEB DREAM
August 28, 2008 | 7:56amTime Warner's Warner Bros. Television Group yesterday moved to cash in on audiences and ad dollars gathering around shows streaming on the Web with the launch of its new teen...
DILLER AIMS YOUNG
August 27, 2008 | 9:54amIAC boss Barry Diller plans to go head-to-head with Disney's Club Penguin in the kids virtual world business. In one of its first moves since IAC's split into five different...
DEATH ROW MAY BE OFF LIFE SUPPORT
August 27, 2008 | 9:54amGlobal Music Group Inc., the New York-incorporated company vying to purchase the assets of bankrupt rap label Death Row Records, said yesterday it has lined up financing to complete the...
IS IT TIME TUPAC IT IN?
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA new scramble is on to buy the assets of bankrupt rap label Death Row Records, after trustees for the estate on Friday terminated a $24 million deal to sell...
BOOMING ROYALTIES FOR BMI
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amBroadcast Music Inc. reports that performance royalties it collects on behalf of songwriters, composers and publishing copyright owners for airplay of their songs on radio, TV, and the Internet grew...