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...ascendancy of conservative outlets such as Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel - and particularly such ratings powerhouses as commentator Bill O'Reilly - have been a growing source of frustration for Democrats. And while liberal commentators such as former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower have made a stab at syndicated talk shows, they have by and large been unsuccessful. In March, the MSNBC cable news network canceled Phil Donahue's talk show after a disappointing six-month run against The O'Reilly Factor. However, some liberals point to the success of Hillary Clinton's just-released memoir as evidence that...
...million, plus a $5 million marketing partnership. For programming, among other deals, CSTV has bought national rights to all sports other than basketball and football from Notre Dame, which has millions of fans. DirecTV, the satellite operator recently acquired (from GM's Hughes Electronics) by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., has agreed to place CSTV on its sports tier, which reaches some 2.5 million subscribers and should benefit from aggressive News Corp. marketing...
...feel it in my kishke," he'll say, referring to his gut. The assets were being auctioned off by the bankrupt German firm KirchMedia, which failed after owner Leo Kirch overexpanded into pay TV and sports programming. Saban was a dark horse, competing against global media giants like Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. But by early this year, Saban had talked his way into Germany's insular media community and, with a $2 billion offer, snagged the prize. "Haim never takes no for an answer," says Shuki Levy, a longtime friend...
With $1 billion in cash, Saban could get the deal done fast. Other potential suitors, including Murdoch and Italian magnate Silvio Berlusconi, were hobbled by concerns that they might use Kirch's networks to forward their political views. German media giant Bertelsmann didn't bid because of antitrust problems. The only other serious bidder, a German publisher, didn't have Saban's TV experience and faced regulatory pressures. By late February, Saban's mostly cash offer was a virtual lock...
...cash gusher. The Japanese show had been seen as too quirky for foreign audiences. Saban saw it differently and bought the foreign rights in 1985 for just $10,000 an episode. Eight years later he finally found a U.S. buyer in a fledgling children's cable channel owned by Murdoch's Fox Corp. With production and distribution support from Fox, Saban built the Power Rangers into a massive global franchise and in 1996 merged his media company with Murdoch's, eventually forming Fox Family Worldwide. In 2001, when he and Murdoch sold Fox Family to Disney for $5.3 billion, Saban...