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...silver-tongued Ross always extricated himself from dicey situations and moved on to the next play in a bigger game. The 1989 merger of Time Inc. and Warner was his triumph. Personally, he reaped $193 million in stock from the deal, and while, technically, Time was acquiring Warner, and Ross and Time chief Nick Nicholas were to be co-CEOs, Ross quietly maneuvered himself into supremacy by dazzling the board with promises of a rich future. He then orchestrated a coup in which the directors ousted Nicholas...
...Edition -- are scorned by mainstream journalists, dismissed by most critics, laughed at by many viewers. Yet when sensational crimes and celebrity scandals grab the nation's attention, these are the shows that do the spadework, uncover the dirt, get the scoops. Their style may be cheesy and their tactics dicey (including liberal use of the checkbook), but they are doing a lot of old-fashioned, roll-up-your-sleeves journalism. What's more, at a time when the network- magazine shows are not only embracing more sensational material but also getting into serious trouble for employing some irresponsible techniques...
...There are so many details and even general principles to be agreed on," Peretz said. "It's really quite dicey still...
...much again from theaters overseas, and a similar amount from video around the world -- and from all of that around $100 million flowed back to the studio, a sum that might just cover Columbia's costs on Last Action Hero. Unfortunately for Columbia, reaching even that minimum threshold looks dicey...
...before the screen test, NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield, groping for an alternative to Late Night with Conan O'Brien, had called comedian Garry Shandling's manager (who also represents Miller, Carvey and -- this is the dicey, potential-conflict-of- interest part -- Michaels) to broach the Late Night job. According to Shandling's people, NBC was willing to pay him $5 million a year. Last Monday morning, however, Shandling, having dithered for two weeks, turned down the job, and before lunch O'Brien's agent got NBC's phone call: $1 million plus, a one-year contract, take...