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Sumner Redstone, billionaire media mogul, dead at 97
Sumner Redstone, the billionaire media magnate whose family company controls CBS and Viacom, and whose career spilled over from boardrooms to gossip sheets, has died. He was 97. Redstone's health...
The 'best city in the world' is in Mexico — and not on the beach
In Mexico, early on a Sunday morning, the sound of rapid shots in short succession would lead a traveler to think the worst. Lying rigid in bed, this gringa feared...
Yogurt company eyed for consolidation: sources
Our financial sources suggest that some major snack food companies are ripe for consolidation, and the next target is very likely to be France’s Danone, best known for its yogurt...
Trump insiders are flooding the publishing world with politics
Books about politics are crowding out every other topic, according to frustrated sources in the publishing world. Indeed there’s a flood of books already on the market and plenty more...
Altice joins talks to buy Charter Communications
Charter Communications, which just a year ago swallowed Time Warner Cable in a $60 billion deal, is now being chased by a slew of potential bidders. Altice, the European-headquartered cable...
ESPN is dragging down Disney's stock
Even a slew of big news announcements about a corporate shift toward online distribution couldn’t stop Wall Street from focusing on a weak quarter at Disney’s cable unit. Segment operating...
Judge Judy sells show archive to CBS for $95M
Judge Judy Sheindlin, one of television’s biggest stars, sold her entire 10,400-show archive back to CBS as part of a deal to extend her contract through the 2020-21 TV season....
DC politics delays AT&T-Time Warner deal
AT&T brass grew frustrated on Monday after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delayed the confirmation of a key antitrust cop — pushing back by perhaps a month a vote on the...
Dish's Charlie Ergen rips Sinclair in protest over Tribune deal
If you think HBO talk show host John Oliver’s take-down of Sinclair Broadcast Group was vicious, wait till you read Charlie Ergen’s take on the Maryland-based TV company. While Oliver...
Google Camp is for tech royalty and British royalty alike
Forget corporate rivalry. Google Camp in southern Italy last week was the place to be for newfound tech royalty — and the real, aristocratic British variety. The exclusive get-together was...
TV news power couple will donate $300K to top programs
If you’re in TV news, then chances are you know Richard Leibner and Carole Cooper, the married duo who represent the likes of CNN’s Anderson Cooper and CBS’ Norah O’Donnell....
US Tennis Association throwing 2-day festival ahead of US Open
The United States Tennis Association is throwing a two-day event at the South Street Seaport to whet appetites for what could be Roger Federer’s 20th Grand Slam when the US...
Former Mexican president 'wants to be the R.J. Reynolds of marijuana'
Our sources south of the border say to keep an eye on the business interests of former Mexican President Vicente Fox, a vocal President Trump critic. “He wants to be...
Viacom stock tumbles on slumping sales forecast
Remember that fast-growth/slow-growth corporate split more than a decade ago? Well, Viacom, the supposed fast-growth stock, is now worth less than half of CBS. Viacom’s market cap clocked in at...
AT&T plans to dump Time Warner name after merger
AT&T, gearing up to take charge of Time Warner, plans to dump the media company’s corporate name as well as name a new Jeff Bewkes to oversee its units, The...
AMC's dramatic stock plunge sends shock waves through movie industry
The movie theater business is turning into a horror show. Shares of the nation’s largest theater chain, AMC Entertainment, suffered the worst of the chill on Wednesday, plummeting 27 percent...
Time Warner wants to retain senior staff amid AT&T merger
Time Warner is spending big to retain senior staff ahead of its expected merger with AT&T. The entertainment giant, which houses CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., granted 5.7 million shares...
Apple shares surge on better-than-expected revenue outlook
Apple smashed profit and revenue estimates in its latest quarter, sending its shares to a new high in after-hours trading — despite producing (for them) an ordinary three months’ worth...
Discovery cooks up a winning plan for Scripps
John Malone’s Discovery Communications hooked a long-hunted prey on Monday, reeling in Scripps Networks Interactive for $14.6 billion. It is the third time that the David Zaslav-helmed Discovery has pursued...
Discovery deal with Scripps to drop as early as next week
Discovery Communications could be the new owner of Food Network and HGTV as early as next week, sources told The Post. Viacom got booted from the process on Wednesday after...