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...general counsel--as well as Karl Gallant, who had served as executive director of DeLay's political-action committee. Buckham's firm has a long and lucrative client list, which, according to its website, includes the American Bankers Association, BellSouth, Eli Lilly, Fannie Mae, R.J. Reynolds and Time Warner (parent of this magazine...
...entertainment division, Jim Moloshok, met repeatedly with Mark Burnett, producer of the Survivor series, trying to land the exclusive Internet rights to Burnett's other hit show. Semel knew Burnett was talking to competitors AOL and MSN too. So early last fall the former co-chairman of Warner Bros. made a Hollywood move: he combined a personal plea with a hard sell. When he walked into Burnett's office, Semel didn't waste time with niceties. Burnett recalls, "He said, 'We want to provide valuable content, and we think that your show is the perfect model. We'll invest more...
HOLLYWOOD AND SILICON VALLEY were shocked when Terry Semel became CEO of Internet portal Yahoo! in 2001. But the ex-Warner Bros. chief has led the company out of dotcom-bubble troubles to a new era of record profits. He has also done well personally, making a profit of more than $250 million on stock-option sales, according to analysis firm Thomson Financial. Semel talked to TIME's Jeffrey Ressner about technology, Tinseltown and the competition...
...prolific output, she is developing into the Nora Roberts of the religious set. That has not escaped the notice of mainstream publishers, many of which are trying to cash in on the ever burgeoning religious market. Last summer she was signed by Center Street, a new imprint of Time Warner Book Group (like TIME, a division of Time Inc.), which the company says will release "wholesome" books targeted at "America's heartland." A Thousand Tomorrows, her first book for her new publishers, is due out next month...
There is unrest in Middle-earth. Lord of the Rings filmmaker PETER JACKSON has sued New Line Cinema (a unit of Time Warner, TIME's parent) for breach of contract, alleging the studio mishandled home-video sales, video games and merchandising for The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of the LOTR trilogy, which grossed nearly $3 billion. New Line declined to comment on pending litigation, but Jackson's complaint isn't the first. In 2003, 18 LOTR actors reportedly banded together and demanded better pay. (They got a bonus.) Actor Sean Astin still grumbled later that he made...