New York Times in Talks to Sell Red Sox Stake

New York Times Co. (NYT) is in talks to sell its stake in the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

“It continues to be for sale,” New York Times CEO Janet Robinson said, according to Reuters. “We are continuing to talk to a variety of prospective buyers, la…

Carlos Slim Buys Stake in BlackRock

Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, bought a stake in BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world’s largest asset manager.

Mexican billionaire Slim bought a stake worth less than 2% of the asset manager, Bloomberg News reported. Slim spokesman Arturo Elias did…

Confirmed: Michael Wolff Joining e5 Global Media

As DailyFinance deduced way back in August, professional rude person Michael Wolff (Vanity Fair columnist and Newser.com co-founder) is joining e5 as the new editorial director of its media trade magazines.
Con…

Hearst CEO: Newspapers Will Survive

The rest of the industry may be envisioning an all-digital future, by Frank Bennack Jr., vice chairman and CEO of Hearst Corp. is sanguine about the prospects for dead-tree newspapers. “They’ll be around as ink and paper for as…