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63-Year-Old Woman Sues AARP For Age Discrimination

Nov 30, 1999
AARP, the national advocacy group for older Americans, is being accused of age discrimination.

University of Texas Plans Sports TV Channel

Nov 30, 1999
The school is in talks with Time Warner, Comcast, and AT&T to distribute Longhorn Sports Network, a first for a specific college. In what would be a first for college sports on television, the University of Texas is planning to launch its own 2...

Business Leaders Call for CO2 Agreement

Nov 30, 1999
Building global consensus to reduce greenhouse gases is anything but easy. From Europe’s fledging carbon dioxide trading scheme to America’s reluctance to cap industrial CO2 emissions to India’s belief in its right to economic...

Magazine Death Pool's Grim Reaper On What Market Woes May Mean For Mags

Nov 30, 1999
There is, you may have heard, much tumult in the financial markets. Ad Age had an interesting story this Monday on what the fallout for media may be, in terms of advertising cutbacks.

ANA Conference '08: Three Out Of Four Chief Marketing Officers Surveyed Strongly Suggest Ad Spending Cuts Are Coming

Nov 30, 1999
At today’s CMO Roundtable lunch, moderator and former GE marketing exec Richard Costello admirably came right at the panelists with a very direct question about marketing right now.

So Long AOL Time Warner, Old Friend

Dec 9, 2009
For media reporters everywhere, Thursday will be one wistful day. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is expected to climb the podium and ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. With that, AOL will officially be unleashed from Time Warner. The divorce...

Marvel Studio Chairman to Jet Off to New Adventure

Dec 7, 2009
David Maisel will soon be an ex-super hero. The Chairman of Marvel Studios, who helped build the comic book company into an action movie powerhouse, is leaving the New York-based company once its $4 billion deal with the Walt Disney is finalized,...

Dow Jones Executive Recruited To Be Bloomberg BusinessWeek President

Dec 7, 2009
A Dow Jones executive charged with boosting revenues across the company's various print and online properties will become the first president of Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Paul Bascobert, 45, will be responsible for finding new revenue opportunities...

Can AOL Be Saved?

Dec 3, 2009
In less than a week, AOL's corporate overlords at Time Warner will spin out the Internet unit, ending what is arguably the worst corporate marriage ever. Here's our take in this week's magazine, the first edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek, on what CEO...

GE, Vivendi Move Closer to NBC Deal

Nov 30, 2009
General Electric (GE) and French telecommunications company Vivendi(VIVDY) are inching back toward a deal for GE to buy Vivendi’s 20% stake in NBC Universal, sources say. The movement comes a week after talks between the two sides seemed near...


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