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NBCU price must be right: Vivendi CFO

Vivendi's CFO yesterday hinted the French conglomerate was perfectly happy to play spoiler in Comcast's pursuit of NBC Universal if it doesn't get what it wants from General Electric. Speaking like a man who has all the negotiating leverage, Chief ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Vivendi|VIVEF|other-OTC,  Comcast,  General Electric,  Morgan Stanley

DirecTV taps Pepsi for a CEO

DirecTV yesterday named Michael White, head of PepsiCo's international operations, as its chief executive, effective Jan. 1. White, who will also join DirecTV's board, beat out interim CEO Larry Hunter and Bruce Churchill, CEO of DirecTV Latin America, ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael White,  News Corporation Limited,  Rupert Murdoch,  Charlie Ergen

NFL Network attempts to huddle with politicos

After years of fruitlessly trying to get subscribers to demand it be carried on their cable systems, the NFL Network is once again courting lawmakers. The fledgling network yesterday went after Time Warner Cable with an ad in Politico, the Washington, ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Time Warner Inc.,  Comcast,  Dish Network,  Cablevision

EMI on shaky ground

A game of chicken is starting to hurt EMI's ability to attract talent. Sources said that artists have become wary of signing with the music company because of the battle between private-equity firm Terra Firma and Citigroup over restructuring EMI's ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Citigroup,  Reckitt Benckiser,  Snoop Dogg,  Simon Rattle

Vivendi sets a high bar on NBCU

General Electric and Vivendi execs spent the weekend in talks over the value of the French conglomerate's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal, The Post has learned. The window for Vivendi's put option officially opened yesterday, and the company has ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Comcast,  General Electric,  Golf Channel,  Universal Pictures

Mouse House switcheroo

Bob Iger may have found his replacement -- or at least his right-hand man. That was the chatter among observers yesterday after Disney announced that CFO Tom Staggs and Jay Rasulo, chairman of Disney Parks and Resorts, were swapping jobs as of Jan. 1. ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bob Iger,  Jay Rasulo,  Michael Eisner,  Anne Sweeney

War game is a hit for Activision

Christmas came early this week for Activision Blizzard. Despite releasing its new game, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," in the doldrums before the holiday shopping season, when videogame buyers are holding off on purchases, Activision moved 4.7 ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Activision, Inc.,  Vivendi|VIVEF|other-OTC

AOL axes 100 before spin

AOL laid off roughly 100 employees yesterday as part of an effort to bring its cost structure in line with its strategic goals ahead of its spin-off from Time Warner next month. The cuts spanned all areas of the company, in keeping with new CEO Tim ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: America Online,  Time Warner Inc.,  Tim Armstrong

Leno becomes butt of the joke

Things are so bad for NBC's new "Jay Leno Show" that one of President Obama's top security advisors compared its futility to the war in Afghanistan in a confidential memo. Well, not really, but that's what comedian Andy Borowitz imagined in a spoof ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jay Leno,  Barack Obama,  Andy Borowitz,  David Letterman,  Conan O'Brien

'Dear Aerosmith...'

The boys are at it again. Not unlike their late ’70s cocaine-fueled feuds, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry are once again talking some serious trash about each other and threatening to break up the band. Let’s hope the threat ...

From PETER LAURIA, New York Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Aerosmith (musician),  Steven Tyler,  Mick Jagger

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