The Morning Fix: Lots of cash for Carey; Slingbox’s Krikorian a candidate for DirecTV; more on `Moneyball’ saga
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After the coffee. Before checking if the Yankees won again (they did).
It’s cash and carry for Chase. Rupert Murdoch spared no expense to lure Chase Carey back to News Corp. to be deputy chairman and president/chief operating officer. Carey’s first year alone includes a $10 million signing bonus and the potential to earn north of $40 million. Oh and he can use the jet for vacations. The Los Angeles Times.
Slingbox founder to DirecTV? PaidContent’s Staci Kramer reports that Slinbox co-founder Blake Krikorian is a candidate for the top job at satellite broadcaster DirecTV, which has been vacant since Chase Carey opted to rejoin News Corp.
Mel gets a raise. Sirius XM Satellite CEO Mel Karmazin, who guided the Sirius-XM merger and subsequent loan from John Malone’s Liberty Media has been given a raise and more stock options. The Wall Street Journal.
They’re rivals at the bank too. Angelina Jolie and Jenifer Aniston don’t just have a man in common The two are also in battle to be the best paid actresses in Hollywood with Jolie again walking away with the big prize, according to Forbes.
Upfront action. Broadcasting & Cable reports that NBC and media buyer Group M have wrapped up a big upfront deal.
More `Moneyball’ play-by-play. You’d think Sony’s decision to pull the plug on `Moneyball’ was the first time a movie ever got killed just before shooting was set to start. Today The New York Times weighs in with its take on what happened behind the scenes.
Long overdue. Facebook is overhauling its complex privacy settings to make it easier for users of the social networking site to decide who sees what on their profile pages and elsewhere. Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reports, said the new changes will not affect what data the company shares with advertisers.
Sharpen those teeth! The success of ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’ have made vampire fashion hot. “The vampire is the new James Dean,” Julie Plec, the writer and executive producer of CW’s fall series “The Vampire Diaries,” told The New York Times.
In today’s Los Angeles Times: Marketing ‘Bruno’ is a whole different ball game from marketing ‘Borat,’ reports John Horn.
-- Joe Flint
