Most New Yorkers know Pat Kiernan, a morning anchor on NY1, the New York City cable news channel, as the host of “In the Papers,” a quirky review of the day’s tabloids and broadsheets. Now Mr. Kiernan is trying to expand the segment — and enhance his personal brand — with a national edition.
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On the Web, a National Version of ‘In the Papers’ From NY1
April 6th, 2009 · No Comments
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Scene Stealer: Who Threw the DVD From the Train?
March 24th, 2009 · No Comments
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T.K. Carter, left, Kurt Russell, center, and Donald Moffat starred in “The Thing” in 1982. A prequel is in the works.
DESPITE the feverish attention on box-office results each weekend, the truth is that Hollywood stopped relying on the multiplexes to make money a long time [...]
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Off the Shelf: India’s Potential, Seen From the Inside
March 14th, 2009 · No Comments
THERE are scores of books by well-known businessmen who pontificate about social, political and economic issues affecting a broad swath of humanity. Unfortunately, far too many of these books are exercises in self-promotion or revisionist history, and with thinly veiled ideological agendas.
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“Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation” [...]
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Executive From Google to Replace Two at AOL
March 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Time Warner abruptly fired the two top leaders of its struggling AOL unit Wednesday and replaced them with one of the top executives from Google.
AOL’s new chairman and chief executive will be Tim Armstrong, who joined Google in 2000 to start a sales operation for the then-tiny search engine. Since then, Google has grown to [...]
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Sirius XM Wins a Critical Loan From Liberty Media
February 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Sirius XM Radio said Tuesday that it struck an investment deal with Liberty Media, the owner of DirecTV, helping the beleaguered satellite radio company stave off a default on some of its bonds and a potential bankruptcy filing.
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The agreement also fends off an aggressive takeover by EchoStar [...]
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S.E.C. Charges 4 From BlackBerry Maker Over Options
February 17th, 2009 · No Comments
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The co-CEOs and two other executives at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:RIMM) have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with tampering with stock options to enrich themselves and other workers.
The charges, filed Tuesday by the SEC in U.S. District Court for the District [...]
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Memo From Beijing: Chinese Learn Limits of Online Freedom as the Filter Tightens
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments
BEIJING — It was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek alternative to the stultifying variety show beamed into hundreds of millions of living rooms on the eve of each Lunar New Year holiday. But the program, called “Shanzhai,” which roughly translates as “knockoff” or “underground” gala, was not to be.
After television stations withdrew their promised [...]
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Angels Flee From Tech Start-Ups
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Technology entrepreneurs are having a devil of a time finding angels.
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Rose Ors, a founder of TwoSmartDogs, a Web site based in Los Angeles, abandoned her plans and is looking for a job.
Angel investors are the optimistic financiers who give entrepreneurs their crucial [...]
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Smartphone From Dell? Just Maybe
January 31st, 2009 · No Comments
The compact keyboard of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry turned mobile e-mail messaging into an addictive pastime. The slick touchscreen on Apple’s iPhone turned consumers on to phones as pocket-size Web portals.
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The Axim by Dell suffered from lackluster demand.
Now Dell and other personal computer makers face a [...]
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A Page From an Old Playbook
December 30th, 2008 · No Comments
AUSTIN, Tex. — Shortly after taking the helm of Hewlett-Packard in early 2005, Mark V. Hurd realized that, despite being one of the world’s leading technology suppliers, H.P. had an embarrassing and crippling technology problem.
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NeoView setups can cost more than $10 million. [...]
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