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  • July 2008

    • NYC Biz Leaders Search for Next Mayor/CEO

      New York Times  |  Jul 7, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      NYC Biz Leaders Search for Next Mayor/CEO

      (Newser) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will vacate his office in 18 months, the New York Times reports, and local business honchos are already hunting for a replacement candidate who shares Bloomberg's financial independence and city-as-a-business approach. "What the business community wants is not just a businessman but a Bloomberg-type businessman, who is not beholden to special interests," said one corporate bigwig. More »

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      New York City  • business  • politics  • Michael Bloomberg  • mayor  • Donald Trump  • billionaires  • Richard Parsons

  • November 2007

    • AOL Drags Time Warner Income Down 53%

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 7, 07 11:47 AM CST

      AOL Drags Time Warner Income Down 53%

      (Newser) - Time Warner’s net income tumbled to $1.09 billion this quarter, compared to $2.32 billion a year earlier, thanks to a deeply underperforming AOL division, the Wall Street Journal reports. AOL last year dropped Internet-access fees, and with them 38% of its revenue, to focus on advertising. But the company expects already-low ad growth to slow next quarter, as search revenue declines. More »

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      Internet advertising  • Time Warner  • AOL  • Richard Parsons  • Jeff Bewkes

    • Time Warner Names Bewkes New CEO

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 5, 07 3:26 PM CST

      Time Warner Names Bewkes New CEO

      (Newser) - Time Warner named Jeff Bewkes its new CEO today, effective Jan. 1, reports the Wall Street Journal . Bewkes, currently the president, will take over from outgoing CEO Richard Parsons, who will remain chairman of the struggling media giant. "We have a lot to do, and I'm intensely focused on shareholder value," said Bewkes. More »

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      Time Warner  • Richard Parsons  • Jeff Bewkes

  • October 2007

    • Parsons Set to Leave Time Warner

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 26, 07 2:55 PM CDT

      Parsons Set to Leave Time Warner

      (Newser) - Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons is about to announce his departure, sources tell the Times of London, and will hand the reins to current second banana Jeff Bewkes. In his 5-year-plus tenure, Parsons held together the media behemoth after the much-ballyhooed AOL merger went south. Bewkes is expected to shake up the structure, likely spinning off underperforming AOL. More »

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      Time Warner  • AOL  • CEOs  • Richard Parsons  • Jeff Bewkes

  • May 2007

    • TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

      Reuters  |  May 9, 07 8:01 AM CDT

      TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

      (Newser) - A panel of top television executives at a Vegas conference yesterday went on the offensive against their digital rivals, blasting the perception that cell phones, the Web, and other digital formats are killing their business. Quite the contrary, pronounced Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons: "The Googles, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux Nation." More »

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      Internet  • Google  • television  • YouTube  • media  • News Corp  • Viacom  • online media  • Richard Parsons

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