Peter Lauria
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Lap of luxury: $56 for a box of condoms?
Size matters. I refer to the size of your wallet, when it comes to Naked condoms. Naked is one of the most upscale brands in the growing business of luxury...
'Gate slams on Icahn
Carl Icahn running a movie studio -- oh, the horror! That is essentially what Lionsgate, home to torture porn movies like "Saw" as well as Academy Award winners "Precious" and...
EMI hit with legal 'Brick'
The hits keep coming for record label EMI. A British court yesterday ruled in favor of Pink Floyd, bringing to a close the acid rock band's lawsuit seeking to prohibit...
Fall guy at EMI
Elio Leoni-Sceti's sudden decision to quit as EMI CEO was driven partly by a lack of support for his strategic plan for the label and his not wanting to be...
Pink Floyd dragging EMI boss to court
Pink Floyd is suing EMI over online royalty payments and the ability to sell single tracks in a bid to make sure the record label doesn't, to borrow a line...
'ABC' of TV battle: Time Warner Cable
In the long run, Disney's feud with Cablevision over what the Long Island-based cable operator pays to carry ABC's signal may have less to do with Cablevision than sending a...
Studio splices IPO
The Film Department attempts to go public: take three. The struggling independent movie studio founded by Warner Bros. and Miramax veterans Mark Gill and Neil Sacker is slashing the amount...
Family ties bind analyst to NBC's Zucker
Sanford Bernstein analyst Michael Nathanson has been quite bullish in research notes and press reports about NBC Universal's competitive position against its peers -- but he hasn't disclosed lately that...
Cablevision hits Iger
Cablevision yesterday tried to put a face on its battle over fees for ABC's broadcast signal -- Disney CEO Bob Iger's. Disney is threatening to pull the plug on WABC...
Cablevision, ABC get down & dirty
Faced with an impasse over the value of ABC, parent company Disney and cable distributor Cablevision yesterday resorted to that tried and true negotiating method: slinging mud. The two sides...
TiVo adds features, devices
TiVo has gotten a major makeover. In a bid to stay ahead of the technological transformation taking place in television, TiVo has for the first time in its 13-year history...
Dolan isn't blinking in battle with ABC
Cablevision boss James Dolan yesterday showed no signs of backing down in his fight with ABC over the fees the cable operator pays to carry Channel 7, which could go...
Sumner Redstone slips up on air
The senior moments appear to be catching up to Sumner Redstone. During an interview Monday with CNBC's David Faber, the Viacom and CBS chairman had more than a few mental...
Sirius XM rises into new orbit
What a difference a year makes. Last February, Sirius XM Radio was on the brink of bankruptcy, with a stock price of just a few pennies and the auto industry's...
Zakkour takes over tech M&A at JPMorgan
Anwar Zakkour, one of Wall Street's biggest media rainmakers, is taking over the technology mergers and acquisitions practice at JPMorgan. Zakkour already leads media and telecom M&A at the bank,...
Top Viacom, CBS execs open advisory shops
Two refugees from Sumner Redstone's media empire are setting up separate advisory shops in the hopes of getting media and technology companies to work together more cooperatively -- though they...
PC-TV link
Cablevision today is expected to unveil a new service that allows subscribers to view any computer-related content on their television, The Post has learned. Through the service, called PC to...
ABC-ing you later
In what it calls a "fundamental transformation" of its business, ABC News plans to cut about 20 percent of its workforce -- or around 300 people -- through buyouts or...
Slim Jims are back in the ring
Truck drivers of America can breathe easy -- Slim Jims are staging a comeback. Slim Jim maker ConAgra is expected to announce today a multi-million dollar promotional partnership with World...
Decade's biggest hits highlight music's misses
The music industry ended the last decade in much different shape than when it started -- as overall album sales continued to slide, finishing 2009 down 8.5 percent, to a...