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Posted 05/15/08 in Daily Intel

If Murdoch Really Hires a New ‘WSJ’ Managing Editor, Who Will It Be?

Citigroup's ban on fruit, ice-cream-truck wars, praise for Frank Gehry, and more in our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: bear stearns, blackstone, cbs, citigroup, company town, david paterson, jack welch, jpmorgan, les moonves, mayor bloomberg, media, mister softee, moynihan station, municipal art society, rupert murdoch, wall street journal, warrenn buffett, will lewis, wolfgang puck

Posted 05/12/08 in Daily Intel

‘Playboy’ Profits: Going Down?

Plus, '02138' graduates to a new publisher, Bush goes online, and Skadden makes big bucks — all in our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: 02138, atlantic monthly, bert fields, citigroup, company town, george bush, grammar, latham & watkins, law, lexus, manhattan media, media, merrill lynch, playboy, politico, rent, skadden arps, spence, uma thurman, yahoo

Posted 05/05/08 in Daily Intel

Murdoch Won't Go Any Higher on ‘Newsday’ Bid

Also, Microsoft gives up on Yahoo, Berkshire Hathaway's profits tank briefly, and Buzz Bissinger apologizes to Will Leitch, all in our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: berkshire hathaway, buzz bissinger, company town, deadspin, downtown, eliot spitzer, elle, jamie dimon, jerry yang, jp morgan, law, marie claire, media, microsoft, newsday, project runway, rupert murdoch, supermarkets, vanity fair, warren buffett, will leitch, yahoo

Posted 04/30/08 in Daily Intel

Eliot Spitzer Saga to Be Made Into Enron-Style Book

Also in our daily industry roundup: No recession! High-end boutiques on the LES! And law professors suing students!

Filed Under: 15 central park west, aol, books, cbs, china, company town, eliot spitzer, katie couric, lehman brothers, les moonves, lower east side, media, recession, time warner, vikram chatwal, warren buffett

Posted 04/29/08 in Daily Intel

Jonathan Franzen's Latest (Unsurprising) Target Is Michiko Kakutani

'Vanity Fair' fights back over the Miley Cyrus pictures, Stuyvesant Town has a square dance, and more, in our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: andrew ross sorkin, blackrock, carlyle group, company town, cranes, goldman sachs, jonathan franzen, lawyers, media, meriweather, miley cyrus, robert thomson, stuyvesant town, turtle bay, upper east side, vanity fair, wall street, wall street journal

Posted 04/25/08 in Daily Intel

Buyouts Not Enough? ‘Times’ Newsroom Braces for Clearance

Also, the rest of today's media, finance, law and real-estate news.

Filed Under: amber valletta, bill miller, cbgb, charlotte gainsbourg, chloe sevigny, clear channel, company town, ford, heidi montag, john varvatos, media, microsoft, msnbc, new york times, wall street, yahoo

Posted 04/24/08 in Daily Intel

Zuckerman, Sulzberger, and the News Corp. Board Weigh In on Murdoch's ‘Newsday’ Bid

Once again, the Aussie media mogul is all over our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: arthur sulzberger jr., bank of america, barclays capital, business, clear channel, company town, finance, law, manhattan, media, mort zuckerman, new york times, news corp., rupert murdoch, staten island, tribune co., tudor city, ubs, wall street

Posted 04/22/08 in Daily Intel

Les Moonves Has Bigger Fish to Fry Than Katie Couric

He's got to deal with Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, who the 'Post' says is out for Moonves's neck.

Filed Under: atlantic city, bank of america, bear stearns, cbs, chelsea, chelsea hotel, company town, jerry yang, jp morgan, katie couric, law, les moonves, marriott, media, philippe dauman, sean avery, times square, tony snow, viacom, victoria's secret, vogue, white house, yahoo

Posted 04/16/08 in Daily Intel

Good-bye ‘Real Housewives of New York,’ Hello ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’!

Not enough 'Times' newsroom workers are taking the buyouts, BlackBerrys are outlawed at a law firm, and Ikea is finally arriving.

Filed Under: 15 central park west, company town, foreigners, ikea, jpmorgan, law, london, meatpacking district, media, new york times, real housewives of new york city, red hook, skadden arps, ubs, wall street

Posted 04/10/08 in Daily Intel

Lehman Liquidates Three Funds to the Tune of $1 Billion

What's going on with Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and the News. Corp — as well as the Willets Point Stadium, 'Us Weekly,' and Wall Street. Read our daily roundup.

Filed Under: bill clinton, business, chelsea, company town, finance, freedom tower, google, law, lehman brothers, media, michelle obama, microsoft, news corp., us weekly, wall street, willets point, yahoo

Posted 04/09/08 in Daily Intel

Private Equity Switches to the Full-Court Press

Plus, what's going on at 'Portfolio,' why you'll be hearing more from Perez Hilton, and where the Beatrice Inn is headed next.

Filed Under: 02138, atlantic city, beatrice inn, blackstone group, business, citigroup, company town, finance, jacob lewis, john mack, law, media, morgan stanley, new yorker, perez hilton, politico, portfolio, real estate, wall street

Posted 04/07/08 in Daily Intel

Katie Couric and Sean McManus: Chipper at CBS in Spite of It All

More troubles for Sam Zell, Heather Mills is coming to town, and half of Bear Stearns employees are facing the ax. Click through to read the rest of our news roundup from the fields of media, law, finance and real estate.

Filed Under: abc, bear stearns, business, cbs news, columbia, company town, david petraeus, david westin, finance, google, gramercy, heather mills, katie couric, law, media, real estate, sam zell, sean mcmanus, tribune co., ubs, wall street, warren buffett

Posted 03/31/08 in Daily Intel

Company Town

Buyout Exodus at ‘Newsweek’

A dating blogger seeks a book deal, trading desks think recession, and Jean Nouvel wins the Pritzker in our daily roundup of media, finance, law, and real-estate news.

Filed Under: alan greenspan, andy warhol, barry diller, business, company town, david ansen, david gates, finance, fried frank, glamour, latham & watkins, law, lehman brothers, media, mike cherico, new york times, newsweek, real estate, scott galloway, tishman speyer, upper east side, warren buffett, williamsburg

Posted 03/20/08 in Daily Intel

Company Town

Jamie Dimon: ‘Many’ of Bear's 14,000 Employees Will Lose Jobs

Did Bear Stearns collapse in part because of a whisper campaign? How will Starbucks keep its customers if everyone starts pinching pennies? And what did Sarah Jessica Parker think of Maxim naming her the "unsexiest woman alive"? Our weekly roundup of law, media, and business news.