5 posts and columns on David Geffen

Zynga Appoints DreamWorks CEO to Board, But No ShrekVille in the Works

in Commerce on April 4, 2011 at 10:30 am PT

Zynga is beefing up its board of directors by announcing today that it has added Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO and co-founder of DreamWorks Animation.

Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff: How to Make Money While Music Becomes “Demonetized”

in D7 on May 27, 2009 at 9:31 am PT

As a longtime music executive and talent manager, Irving Azoff has had to find a way to work with everyone from inebriated rock stars to David Geffen. But he’s never had to placate Washington, D.C. before. But that’s what Azoff needs to do in order to pull off the deal of a lifetime: A merger between his Ticketmaster Entertainment, which dominates the ticketing business, and Live Nation, which dominates the live concert business. When Azoff isn’t busy trying to convince people that the merger doesn’t violate antitrust regulations, or running his ticketing company, he manages the careers of everyone from the Eagles to Christina Aguilera. Note the one thing in the music business he doesn’t spend time on: Selling recorded music.
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Why the New York Times Took Carlos Slim Over David Geffen

in Media on May 26, 2009 at 1:00 am PT

The New York Times turned down a chance to borrow money from Hollywood mogul David Geffen last winter and went with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim instead. So says the New Yorker, which also reports that Geffen tried to buy the paper outright in September.
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David Geffen Thinks The New York Times Is a Charity Case. So What Does He Want to Do About It?

in Media on May 14, 2009 at 6:10 am PT

A new series of reports argues that billionaire David Geffen doesn’t want to make money by investing in the New York Times–he wants to save it. Fair enough. But how exactly does he plan to do that?
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David Geffen Wants a Chunk of the New York Times. But What Does Google Want?

in Media on May 11, 2009 at 5:03 pm PT

David Geffen, who had previously tried to buy the Los Angeles Times, has been trying to buy a chunk of the New York Times. It’s not clear why. Also unclear: Why Google would have “looked seriously” at the opportunity to buy the Times in the last few weeks, as Fortune says it has.
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