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Second round Dodgers bids due about Feb 23: sources
Feb 09, 2012 18:47 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The second round of bids for the highly sought after Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team is due around February 23, according to several people familiar with the process.
Second round Dodgers bids due around Feb 23: sources
Feb 09, 2012 18:47 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The second round of bids for the highly sought after Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team is due around February 23, according to several people familiar with the process.
Selig confident Dodgers will be sold by April 30
Jan 14, 2012 23:30 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Bud Selig said Saturday he was counting on the bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers to be sold by April 30.
Fox, Dodgers clash in court spat over media rights
Dec 07, 2011 19:01 EST
WILMINGTON, Del./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prospective bidders are piling up for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Fox Sports argued on Wednesday that the bankrupt team's owner Frank McCourt is improperly breaking its broadcasting contract in his effort to sell the team.
MF Global trustee must prove "disinterestedness"
Dec 07, 2011 18:55 EST
(Reuters) - Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn said he needs more information from James Giddens, the trustee winding down bankrupt brokerage MF Global <MFGLQ.PK>, to determine if Giddens has a conflict of interest in the case.
Judge dismisses non-U.S. claims against Toyota
Dec 01, 2011 20:53 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit brought by vehicle owners in 14 other countries who said their Toyotas lost value because of the Japanese automaker's mishandling of alleged unintended acceleration problems.
Rid Dodgers of McCourt and return to baseball: Fox
Nov 25, 2011 11:47 EST
(Reuters) - Fox Sports stepped up its battle with Frank McCourt, the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying he needed to "get out of the way" and let the bankrupt team return to the business of baseball.
TCW damages expert argues for trade secrets cash
Oct 25, 2011 18:34 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A damages expert asserted Trust Company of the West (TCW) is owed $81.7 million in royalties due to trade secret theft as the high-profile civil case pitting the asset mangement firm against its former chief investment officer Jeffrey Gundlach resumed on Tuesday.
Time Warner's Bewkes skeptical of Netflix plan
Dec 02, 2010 08:48 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes questioned whether Netflix Inc's current business model of paying top dollar for rights to stream movies and TV shows over the Internet is sustainable in the long-term.
"Naked Gun" actor Leslie Nielsen dead at 84
Nov 28, 2010 23:48 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian comic actor Leslie Nielsen, star of a string of madcap spoof movies including "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," died of complications from pneumonia in Florida on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 84.
MGM studio files for bankruptcy, Icahn backs plan
Nov 03, 2010 18:54 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, marking a climax to a drawn-out restructuring for the storied Hollywood studio that controls the James Bond films and made "The Wizard of Oz."
Google in talks to unblock access to TV websites
Oct 21, 2010 22:50 EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is actively negotiating with three television networks that have blocked access to their websites on Google TV, a source familiar with the matter said.
Hulu prepares IPO amid battle with Netflix
Oct 08, 2010 14:24 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Popular U.S. Web video service Hulu is prepared to raise as much as $300 million in an initial public offering likely to be led by Morgan Stanley, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Disney's ABC looks inside and outside for ABC News chief
Sep 27, 2010 18:19 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Will Silicon Valley digerati shape the destiny of Walt Disney Co's ABC News?
Blockbuster expected to file Chapter 11: source
Sep 22, 2010 14:13 EDT
NEW YORK/Wilmington, Delaware (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within the next few days, a source familiar with the video rental chain's plans said on Wednesday.
Disney to get more cash from TV stations
Sep 21, 2010 18:56 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Robert Iger said the company has struck deals to collect additional cash from television station affiliates after negotiating higher fees from cable operators, most recently Time Warner Cable.
Paris Hilton woken by knife-wielding prowler
Aug 26, 2010 20:53 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Socialite Paris Hilton called police on Tuesday after seeing a man wielding two large knives and banging on her windows, apparently trying to break into her Los Angeles home.
Paris Hilton woken by knife-wielding prowler
Aug 26, 2010 20:53 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Socialite Paris Hilton called police on Tuesday after seeing a man wielding two large knives and banging on her windows, apparently trying to break into her Los Angeles home.
Fan Appz social media platform tops 100 million users
Aug 24, 2010 15:50 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fan Appz, a developer of social media marketing applications for broadcast network shows like News Corp Fox's "Glee," said on Tuesday its platform has surpassed 100 million users through Facebook.
Blockbuster delays Q2 release as deadline looms
Aug 12, 2010 21:53 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc <BLOKA.PK> said it has delayed releasing its second-quarter results until Friday from Thursday.