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Executives at the MTV networks stood and roared their approval at a budget meeting last November when Sumner Redstone, chairman and CEO of parent company Viacom, pledged $30 million of corporate cash to launch Logo, a gay channel that the MTV brass had regarded as a top priority. Under Viacom president and heir apparent Mel Karmazin, the channel had been delayed. But at this meeting, attended by Karmazin, Redstone openly said to MTV chief Tom Freston, "You want to do it? You have the money." Karmazin was silent. "It was a dramatic moment," Freston recalls. "All of a sudden...
...Redstone stunned his team with a commitment to bankroll more of the big-budget films that studio heads love but that Karmazin loved to avoid. The divide over how far to wade into expensive movies and risky programming was not gaping. Karmazin says he was eager, for example, to launch the gay network. But things weren't moving fast enough for Redstone. Ultimately, Karmazin realized he would never really run the company, and he last week announced his resignation...
...catching on, is a Dolby-certified surround-sound wireless headphone system. Sony, which introduced its flagship set, the MDR-DS8000 ($800), last year, is about to roll out the MDR-DS3000 ($300). Pioneer this month will begin selling its first pair, the SEDIR800C ($475), and in August Philips will launch its SBC HD1500...
Here Come iTunes (At Last!) Could the wait finally be over? Having sold 85 million songs since its U.S. launch more than a year ago, Apple's iTunes music store is expected online in Europe this week, with the U.K., France and Germany its likely first markets. But Apple should brace for a fight: more than 50 online music sites already play to 800,000 subscribers in Europe. Napster went legit in the U.K. last month, and plans to expand in Europe. Sony Connect plans to cross the Atlantic within weeks. Even Microsoft is reportedly negotiating to put Beatles' songs...
...student representative on Harvard’s Committee on Ethnic Studies, and helped to launch the Asian American Studies Seminar Series that sponsored lectures by visiting professors in Asian American studies to introduce students to the subject area...