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David Geffen Thinks The New York Times Is a Charity Case. So What Does He Want to Do About It?

Peter Kafka 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?

Viacom CEO Dauman: Yep, We’re Still Suing Google

Peter Kafka in Media on March 18, 2009 at 2:10 pm PT

Viacom hauled Google into court over copyright violations at YouTube two years ago. So what’s happened since then? Not much, says Philippe Dauman. But he does say that his son continues enjoy working at the company he’s suing.