Peter Lauria
The Archive
Handicapping Howard
Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin has shock jock Howard Stern right where he wants him. Conventional wisdom suggests that with Stern's contract coming up for renewal at the end...
Bewkes getting Ginsberg
Time Warner plans to hire former News Corp. executive Gary Ginsberg to be a senior adviser to CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, The Post has learned. According to several sources with knowledge...
Exclusive: Time Warner's Bewkes taps ex-News Corp. exec Ginsberg as senior adviser
Time Warner plans to hire former News Corp. executive Gary Ginsberg to be a senior adviser to CEO Jeffrey Bewkes on a wide range of corporate issues, including oversight of...
Icahn locks 'gate
Carl Icahn wants to keep Lionsgate locked up. The billionaire investor yesterday announced an unsolicited tender offer to buy another 13.2 million shares of Lionsgate stock, in an attempt to...
We can work it out
The place where the Beatles' fourth album, "Beatles for Sale," was recorded is now itself for sale. In a move that has more historical than financial significance, struggling record label...
Be seeing ya, CNBC
Fox Business Network is near a deal to steal Charlie Gasparino away from rival CNBC. The famously feisty Wall Street reporter has officially departed from CNBC after being largely absent...
P.R. firm spreads the love on Valentine's Day
What, no flowers?Included in our daily snail mail delivery Friday was a most unusual card -- a Happy Valentine's Day from Brew Media Relations.While Christmas and New Year's cards regularly...
CNBC's 'docu' drama
Call it the winter of CNBC's discontent. The crown jewel of NBC Universal's cable stable, CNBC has tried to extend its business day audience into primetime with original programming, but...
Adler departing Time Warner
Ed Adler, widely recognized as one of the most powerful executives in corporate communications, is leaving Time Warner after spending his entire career there. Adler, who began his rise through...
Paramount lifts quarterly results at Viacom
Brad Grey's Paramount Pictures was a huge bright spot for Viacom last quarter. Spillover revenue from the surprise hit "Paranormal Activity," which Grey calls his "miracle movie," and stronger-than-expected DVD...
MySpace's Van Natta didn't see it coming
Dressed nattily in a tuxedo, Owen Van Natta glad-handed his way around Grammy weekend parties thrown by Clive Davis and EMI with the composed and confident look of a man...
EMI's Hands is down on buyout biz
Guy Hands seems to have a well-developed sense of irony. At an industry conference yesterday, the head of Terra Firma Capital Partners -- which is trying to convince investors to...
New Universal era promises scrutiny for L.A. Reid
Now that Lucian Grainge has officially been promoted to CEO of Universal Music Group, Island Def Jam leader Antonio L.A. Reid is going to be under increasing pressure to score...
Warner's Bronfman takes a bite of Apple
He's not regularly accused of being an industry leader, but Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. is the lone person in media -- let alone music -- willing to...
Mouse snaps profit
After two losing quarters, Disney's beleaguered film studio is making money again. Thanks largely to cost-cutting measures, the Mouse House's movie unit posted operating income of $243 million for the...
Lionsgate may spurn MGM and pounce on Miramax
Lionsgate, the movie studio home of Tyler Perry and "torture porn" horror franchises "Saw" and "Hostel," intends to submit an "aggressive" offer for Miramax even as it advances to the...
Epix picks up Charter
Epix, the fledgling premium movie channel jointly owned by three of Hollywood's biggest studios, is gradually getting traction among television distributors. The channel inked its latest distribution deal with Charter...
AOL boss raids former company
AOL boss Tim Armstrong continued to raid his former company Google, snagging perhaps his highest-profile plunder to date. David Eun was hired as president of AOL Media and Studios, effective...
Randy's hit list
As Comcast CEO Brian Roberts prepares to take over NBC Universal, his No. 2, COO Stephen Burke, has met several times with ex-NBCU executive Randy Falco for advice on integrating...
Primary Wave does deal with The Agency Group
Primary Wave Music Publishing, the marketing home to the music of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Daryl Hall & John Oates and others, yesterday struck a strategic alliance with...