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...schlock as silver bracelets and cubic-zirconia rings, plus a series of scandals, mired the medium at the low end of the retail business, even as it grew to gross about $2.2 billion a year. Recently, though, home shopping has spiffed up its image, thanks in part to media mogul Barry Diller. Since joining QVC as chairman six months ago, Diller has buffed the industry's reputation by luring Saks Fifth Avenue and famous designers like Diane von Furstenberg to sell goods on television. And in a move that could further help clean up and expand the business, he proposed...
...deal likely to create a giant broadcast marketplace, QVC Network, headed by former film mogul Barry Diller, offered to take control of its only serious competitor, the Home Shopping Network, for an estimated $1.2 billion in stock...
...campaign offensive. That makes sense; for one, the burden is on the GOP to close the gap between the minority and the Democratic majority. For another, the Republicans have an easy target. Bumbling Bill taints his entire party with his personal poll troubles. And any free-market mogul knows that you've got to capitalize on an opportunity...
...allows mogul to reacquire the New York Post...
...this. At 31, after bustling triumphs on stage (Hamlet), in films (Henry V ) and on TV (Fortunes of War), he is still a young man in a hurry. His ambition is the best thing about him. Having directed the box-office success Dead Again, he confidently grabs some mogul by the Armani lapels and says, Mickey-and-Judy style, Let's put the Bard on right now! And put lots of pretty young people in it. Even Americans -- they can learn their lines phonetically. And we'll photograph them in loving slow-mo while they bathe naked. This...