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This article focuses on the personal life and business management practices of media industry giant Rupert Murdoch and his potential successor, Peter Chernin. Issues include the dynamic leadership of Chernin and possible future conflicts within the Murdoch family for control of the business.

The television network ABC's earnings have gone from a $400 mil profit in 1995, the year it was acquired by Disney, to a $100 mil loss in 1998. The network is trying to get its affiliates to help pay for expensive programming. ABC and other networks have seen their viewership taken by the Internet, so they are researching ways to take advantage of on-line programming.

The man behind gangsta rap is mild-mannered, old-money and into politics. Is Interscope Records' Ted Field a menace to society? TED FIELD GETS EMOTIONAL REMEMBERING it now, that quiet moment [...]

TIME WARNER'S DEAL TO SWALlow up Turner Broadcasting hadn't even been finalized, and already Time Warner executives were trading Ted Turner stories. The favorite: how the billionaire had once asked [...]

Black entrepreneurs are battling for ownership of the lucrative assets they produce for the music business. But will their continued reliance on big record companies - and persistent violence in [...]

INVESTMENT BANKER HERBERT A. Allen Jr.'s annual mogulfest in July drew the usual mix of Hollywood and Wall Street media barons, packed wallet to wallet amid Sun Valley, Idaho's verdant [...]

FOR MICHAEL OVITZ, IT WAS ALL TOO IRONIC. Five years ago, on Thanksgiving eve, the Japanese were poised for another landing in their so-called invasion of Hollywood. Negotiators for MCA [...]

The article profiles Bonnie Hammer, the chief executive officer of the USA Network television station. Beneath her tutelage, the network has produced a consistent number of hit television programs. Controlled by the umbrella company NBC Universal, the USA Network is the top-ranked cable outlet in the U.S. Successful shows overseen by Hammer include “Burn Notice” and “In Plain Sight.”

Motown is leaking money and struggling to produce hits. Can it be saved? IT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE MIKE Tyson-Evander Holyfield showdown. A hip crowd had gathered at the [...]

This article reports on the ways that media businessman Rupert Murdoch has redesigned the "Wall Street Journal" to compete against "The New York Times." The article discusses Murdoch's business empire and how he has changed the worldwide media market through running News Corp. and holdings such as the "New York Post" and the Fox News Channel. Information on the changes to the journal, Murdoch's leadership role, and his views on the 2008 U.S. presidential election is provided as well.

The article reports on the family crisis Hollywood, California media mogul Sumner Redstone is in, battling with his daughter, Shari, his son Brent, and nephew Michael over control of his vast media empire and the value of their stock holdings. Redstone, whose holdings include Viacom, has also battled and fired star actors and several of his top Viacom officials over company control and direction.

The article discusses the complicated relationships and happenings within the Bancroft and Murdoch families. The two media empires are reportedly struggling over ownership of Dow Jones & Company. A detailed history between the two families is presented. The main individuals discussed are William Cox, Jr. and Rupert Murdoch.

The article discusses the career of radio talk show host Don Imus. His radio program was broadcast by Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and simulcast on Microsoft National Broadcasting Company (MSNBC). Imus claims to have invented shock radio. Imus was banished from his job after making an insensitive remark rooted in race and gender about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. This event triggered the re-examination of the relationships between African-Americans and whites in America.

This article presents a review of the motion picture "High School Musical," starring Ashely Tisdale, Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, and directed by Kenny Ortega. INSET: LUNCHROOM POLITICS.

This article covers anchor Katie Couric's departure from the "Today" show as she makes the transfer over to the "CBS Evening News" and the television program "60 Minutes." Couric will become the first solo anchorwoman in the history of network television. The CBS network was adamant at winning Couric in an effort to revive the evening news and to attract a younger audience. CBS announced that the runner up for Couric's spot on the news program was Couric's "Today" show successor, "The View's" Meredith Vieira.

Reports on the upcoming release of domestic diva Martha Stewart from prison following five months served for lying to authorities about a stock sale. How her decision to serve her time and get it over with has helped erase her bad publicity; Stock in her company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia which has quadrupled while she was in prison making her a billionaire once again; Two new television shows on the launching pad; Upcoming release of a new furniture line; Roll-out of her third act which is being managed by a team of New York and Hollywood A-listers; Belief that prison has been her best career move yet; Concerns over the financial health of her company despite the high stock price; Support from television producer Mark Burnett and long time friend Donald Trump; Conditions of her release; How her life will be different following release. INSET: Where Are They Now? (Martha Edition).

NO ONE IMAGINED IT WOULD BE EASY conceiving the globe's biggest media company. But no one realized how tough it was until last Friday. On a rain-drenched day in New [...]

THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE partners? Just last year Ted Turner whined that Time Warner, which owns a large chunk of Turner Broadcasting System, was preventing him from buying [...]

ON FRIDAY MORNING SUPERAGENT Michael Ovitz prepared for a conference call in his art-filled office at Creative Artists Agency, the legendary talent-supply house. The subject: the affairs of his new [...]

Discusses Warren Lieberfarb, "father of the DVD". Potential Lieberfarb saw in the DVD industry; Lieberfarb's former job as chief of Warner Home Video; How DVDs have transformed Hollywood; Controversy surrounding his termination; Next-generation DVDs and other future technologies Lieberfarb is involved with.

Discusses attempts by Comcast to acquire Disney. Recent efforts by Disney and President Michael Eisner to improve the financial conditions of Disney; Details of the hostile bid by the CEO of Comcast, Brian Roberts, to acquire Disney; Reasons for the actions by Comcast; Financial status of Comcast compared to that of Disney; Technological capabilities of Comcast. INSET: A Stomach-Churning Ride.

EVER SINCE THE WARNER BROTHERS and fellow pioneers established the modern movie industry, a stream of industrialists, high rollers and, more recently, Japanese consumer-electronic giants have succumbed to the intoxicating [...]

Long ago, there was the sovereign state of ITT. International Telephone and Telegraph, as the company was formally known, bestrode the globe. It was the very embodiment of the ruthless [...]

Focuses on Russell Simmons, a Def jam record label executive, who is a social and political activist. Discussion of his philanthropy and his business empire; His efforts to soften the Rockefeller drug laws in New York; His potential as a post-civil-rights generation leader; Fund-raising that he has done; How he describes his political leaning as progressive; Comments of Simmons and his wife, Kimora.

Discusses the creation of AOL Time Warner by Gerald Levin, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Time Warner and Steve Case, chairman of America Online. Power struggle between the two men despite their January 2001 merger in the United States; Topics of the decline of company stock, the marketing strategy of CEO Richard Parsons, reasons that the merger deal was not as successful as predicted, revenues from various divisions such as cable television, publishing, and America Online, and the financial status of the AOL Time Warner.

Focuses on United States Vice President Dick Cheney who formerly was a chief executive officer (CEO) at Halliburton Co. Discussion of his absence from the debate on how to reform corporate America, in the wake of business and accounting scandals; History of Cheney's former company, which is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its accounting practices during his tenure; Idea that Cheney's stint at Halliburton shows how CEO make fortunes while shareholders lose out.

Focuses on the collapse of Enron Corp. Appearance of former chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling before a United States Senate hearing; Role of Rebecca Mark in the company and her relationship with Skilling; Role of inside competition in the collapse of the company; Other issues in the Enron scandal.

Profiles three African-American corporate leaders. Richard Parsons of AOL Time Warner; Kenneth Chenault of American Express, and Stanley O'Neal of Merrill Lynch; Reasons they have been able to find success; Impact of their positions on black youths in America.

Discusses the merger of America Online (AOL) and Time Warner, which was approved by the United States Federal Trade Commission on December 13, 2000; Requirement that AOL Time Warner make its cable network available to competitors; Details of the deal and criticism that the merged company will be too powerful; Plans of the company for cost-cutting measures and advertising; Issues of their different corporate cultures and the online music industry.

Focuses on Lyor Cohen, co-president of Island Def Jam. Company co-founder Russell Simmons, and the sale of their interest in the Def Jam recording label to Seagram Co. in 1999; Background on Cohen and his career in the music industry as a hip-hop and rap executive; The invention of street-marketing; Examples of his pop music acts, including DMX and Elton John.

Discusses the merger of United States corporations America Online and Time Warner. Details on chairmen Steve Case, of America Online, and Gerald Levin, of Time Warner; Reasons for the merger; How the deal agreements were done in secrecy; Comments by Case and Levin; Possibility that shareholders could prevent the finalization of the deal from taking place. INSET: Something Old, Something New, by Adam Bryant.

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Just a year after buying The Wall Street Journal, the press rapscallion has revitalized the fusty paper. Andrew Leckey, an inveterate reader of newspapers, recently grabbed [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Why even the very rich are cutting back on conspicuous consumption. Multimillionaire Michael Hirtenstein used to flaunt his acquisitions of opulent real estate. 'I collect homes [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff's new book, 'The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch,' won't hit bookstores for another month. [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts and Andrew Murr Luxury stadiums are on the rise. A top seat can cost $150,000. Beer costs extra. Two diligent, if hapless, would-be sports entrepreneurs couldn't [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Financier and Democratic moneyman Steve Rattner seems to have it all. Looks can be deceiving. People to the manner born once deemed Manhattan apartment-living declasse. A [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Once upon a time, A-list actors wishing to go behind the camera could count on the 'vanity' production deal. But after losing fortunes on such multimillion [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Time Warner and GE could be the marrying kind. It's a hotly rumored corporate dalliance--that of CEOs Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner and Jeff Immelt of [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts CBS news had a problem. It was 1952, and the network had dispatched its stars to the first nationally televised Republican National Convention. But CBS wanted [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Digital impresario Mika Salmi is transforming Viacom's MTV Networks into a new-media powerhouse, saving it from a fate worse than death: middle age. Mika Salmi's band [...]

Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts John Malone helped build a generation of media titans like no other--only to cut them down to size and reveal them as mere mortals. Just ask [...]