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...BSkyB. Part of the concern is that bringing in Murdoch blood could threaten BSkyB's relative independence within News Corp. Under James, decisions about stock dividends, accounting procedures, acquisitions and expansion could be driven from New York City and Los Angeles, the two cities that the Australian-born Murdoch Sr. calls home these days, instead of from London, where the local market expertise resides. Installing James could even signal an attempt by News to buy a controlling share in BSkyB, or to place more News directors on the 15-person BSkyB board, which already boasts chairman Rupert, son James...
Others registered for the upcoming election include Carole Bellew, Jeffrey Blanson, Matt De Borgalis, Daniel Greenwood and Craig Kelley. Robert Hall Sr. will be running for the third time, while Boston University administrator Ethridge King, who garnered nearly 400 votes in the last election, will be running against the incumbents once more...
...Metaphysical Club, published in the summer of 2001, earned glowing praise from accomplished scholars and casual readers alike for its portrait of a loose group of American intellectuals after the Civil War—including such luminaries-to-be as Henry and William James and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr...
...which can push them prematurely into the pro arena. The parents of tennis wunderkind Donald Young Jr., 13--the No. 1 player in his age group in the country--have been fending off agents since he was 11. "For now, we want to keep him amateur," says Donald Young Sr. "At this point, it's not about money. We want to keep control and guide him through the process." --By Heather Won Tesoriero. Reported by Deborah Fowler
...Group could sell for about $7 billion, and the rest of the entertainment units--Universal Pictures, TV networks including USA and Sci Fi, Vivendi Universal Games and the Universal Studios theme parks--for at least $13.5 billion. Bronfman's spokesman says financing is falling into place. The Edgar Bronfman Sr. side of the family will contribute some cash; Wachovia Securities and Merrill Lynch have agreed to help finance the debt; and Cablevision would add its cable assets to any deal in exchange for an equity stake. Bronfman is said to be confident of snagging private-equity backers by the time...