Media & Money

@ Media & Money: Keynote: Russell Simmons, Founder, Rush Communications - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 Nov 2007 10:40 AM PST

The final event at the Media & Money Conference was a keynote interview with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, whose business empire is approaching conglomerate status. Much of the conversation was…

@ Media & Money: Keynote: Steven Rattner, Principal, Quadrangle Group - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 Nov 2007 10:05 AM PST

Comparing the recent era of cheap credit to the Dutch tulip bubble, Steve Rattner, principal at the PE firm Quadrangle Group, offered his outlook on a range of media…

@ Media & Money: Ad it Up; How Advertising Will Pay the Way - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 Nov 2007 07:47 AM PST

After Sumner Redstone’s proclamation that “advertising would pay the way,” the ad panel at the Media and Money Conference got into the specifics of how. At times, it looked like…

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@ Media & Money: Keynote: Sumner Redstone, Executive Chairman, CBS and Viacom - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 Nov 2007 07:02 AM PST

When it comes to technology, Sumner Redstone says he’s not an early adopter, but rather a “non-adopter”, joking about the fact that he doesn’t blog or Twitter. Still, during his…

@ Media & Money: Has the Death of Print Been Exaggerated? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 Nov 2007 12:18 PM PST

Do the rough results from several newspaper publishers in the past quarter speak for themselves, or is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Judging by the decent…

@ Media & Money: Keynote: Jeff Bewkes, President and COO, Time Warner - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 Nov 2007 10:44 AM PST

“Of course, I didn’t turn down the offer,” Jeff Bewkes told Alan Murray, executive editor of Wall Street Journal Online, during a lunchtime interview at the Media and Money…

@ Media & Money: Is Going Private A Panacea?; More To PE Than Cheap Credit - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 Nov 2007 09:34 AM PST

Contrary to popular belief, there’s more to private equity than leverage and cost cutting… at least that’s what the panelists on the private equity panel at the Media and Money…

@ Media & Money: Keynote: Michael Eisner: Strike is ‘Insanity,’ No Profit Online—Yet - 9 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 Nov 2007 07:54 AM PST

"Insanity.” That’s how former Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Michael Eisner described the writers’ strike during an interview with Neil Cavuto at the Media & Money Conference. Eisner’s current role is…

@ Media & Money: The Ultimate Quest—The Consumer; Value Of Content ‘Overrated’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 Nov 2007 06:38 AM PST

For the first panel of the Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) and Nielsen Media and Money Conference, MIT’s Michael Schrage leads a panel that’s ostensibly about what it takes to reach…

Will PE Money Return to Big Media & Entertainment Deals? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 Nov 2007 07:21 AM PST

The flow of PE-led buyouts in the media and entertainment field have certainly come to an abrupt halt, fueled by increase in deal multiples and the ongoing turmoil in the…

NYC Conference Coverage This Week: Ad:Tech; Media And Money - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 04 Nov 2007 11:03 PM PST

Another busy week ahead with two New York conferences; lucky for us we have two New York correspondents now: -- David Kaplan will be at ad:tech, taking place at the…