6 posts and columns on Quadrangle

Don’t Tell a Soul! Media, Tech Moguls Take Manhattan for Semisecret Quadrangle Conference.

in Media on November 3, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Wouldn’t you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Eric Schmidt, Biz Stone and James Murdoch? Me too! Alas, Quadrangle’s Foursquare conference is closed to the public and the press. But at least I can tell you whom you won’t be hearing from.
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Tribune Co. Headed for Chapter 11?

in Media on December 7, 2008 at 5:14 pm PT

One of the country’s biggest newspapers may be headed for bankruptcy court. Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and a host of other media properties, has hired the Lazard investment bank and law firm Sidley Austin to try to stave off a Chapter 11 filing. But that may not be enough: Owner Sam Zell, who took on substantial debt to buy the company for some $8 billion last year, is reportedly preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing “as soon as this week.”

Want to Hear What Katie Couric Said Yesterday? Don’t Read Portfolio

in Media on November 13, 2008 at 9:57 am PT

How serious is media investment group Quadrangle about keeping its annual Foursquare conference private? Serious enough that the only account I’ve seen of it stayed live on the Web for just a few hours yesterday. Portfolio.com media blogger Jeff Bercovici posted a short item about one of the panels yesterday afternoon; later that evening, the story had disappeared.

Katie Couric: I Got Help Before My Sarah Palin Interviews

in Media on November 12, 2008 at 4:43 pm PT

Notes from Quadrangle’s Foursquare hush-hush media and tech conference: CBS anchor Katie Couric says she consulted former senator Sam Nunn and Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haas before her now-famous interrogation of the VP candidate.

MC Hammer, Conference Correspondent

in Media on November 11, 2008 at 3:26 pm PT

MediaMemo couldn’t wrangle an invite to Quadrangle’s big deal Foursquare conference in New York this week (and we tried, oh, we tried). But MC Hammer got into the mogulfest, and he’s writing about it, 140 characters at a time, on Twitter.

Shhhhhh! Media, Tech Moguls Meeting Today. Don’t Tell Anyone!

in Media on November 11, 2008 at 8:08 am PT

Under normal circumstances, if the CEOs of big companies like Cisco, Microsoft, and Comcast speak in front of an audience of bigwigs, it’s news. But you’re unlikely to hear what John Chambers, Steve Ballmer and Brian Roberts say today and tomorrow at Quadrangle’s Foursquare conference–no press allowed. Unless…