Word: letterman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Bill Gates, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft, rose above the confines of computer land and became a global celebrity, an icon of the information age. He wrote a best-selling book, The Road Ahead (Viking; $29.95), and hawked it on talk shows from David Frost to David Letterman. He commandeered the world press to promote the launch of Windows 95. He defied government probes of his finger-in-the-eye business practices, even as he was leveraging his control of computer software to edge his way into banking, retailing, interactive television and Hollywood. His net worth ballooned...
Perera, a resident of Canaday who hails from Australia, believes that there is "nothing out there on American television for a young audience by the young. Leno and Letterman try, but they haven't been [young] for 25 years...
...looking to set up a show like Letterman, in a dorm atmosphere," Perera said. According to the host, Conan O'Brien '85 has agreed to be a guest on one of the pilots. Tommy Lee Jones '69, John A. Lithgow '67 and Visiting Professor Spike Lee are among the University affiliates whom Perera also wishes to pursue...
...ignominious week in September, it even fell to fourth, behind Fox). Earnings were off 55% for the first nine months of 1995 compared with last year. The network has lost an archipelago of important affiliates, as well as such longtime executives as former broadcast chief Howard Stringer. Even David Letterman, one of the network's few bright spots, has fallen behind Jay Leno in the ratings, prompting the moody late-night host to talk about quitting when his contract is up in five years...
...DAVID LETTERMAN Oscar jilts him for Whoopi; CBS pulls his Bonnie Hunt sitcom