Emily Berl for The New York Times
"A Universal tram rolling into the "Fast and Furious"- themed
attraction, which simulates, among other thrills, a high-speed chase."

"Universal's Back Lot Tour
Adds a Bigger Dose of
Movie Fantasy" 
            July 3, 2015NYTBy Brooks Barnes
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                                                                                   T.J. KIRKPATRICK/GETTY IMAGES
"The floor of the San Diegi Comic-Con International in San Diego last year."

"Comic-Con, Defending Fantasy
Culture and, Now its Brand" 
                                  June 28, 2015NYTBy Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes
=MEDIA=

"EisnerBrings HisMedia ExpertisetoLocalTVMarkets"
June 28, 2015NYTBy Brooks Barnes
                          MEDIA

                                                        Pool photo by Mikhail Klimentyev

Vlaadimir Tolstoy, a descendent of Leo Tolstoy,
is an advisor on cultural affairs in Russia.

June 29, 2015NYTBy Andrew Roth

"Series of Russian Literature in Translation is Planned" "Columbia University Press to
Publish New Translations of Russian Literature."
"A hope that a project will 'find bridges'
between American and Russian culture."

Wednesday, July 1,2015TheOregonianBy Allan Brettman

             Thomas Boyd/ The Oregonian/ OREGONLIVE.COM

"Phil KnighttoStep AwayFromNIKE"

Rub-A-Dub, Repeat.
If It Sells Soap, 
There's Hope.

"Old Media, New Again"
     June 29, 2015NYTBy Michael Wolff
                                                OP-ED

                                                   Mario Tamo/Getty Images

NYT
Twenty-First 
Century Fox Inc.
Due Dilligence
MEDIA

                                                                            Stuart Goldberg

"Podcasting
 Blossoms
 but in
 Slow
 Motion"
               June 17, 2015
NYTPERSONALTECH
       STATE OF THE ART
   By Farhad Manjoo

                                            Dan Steinberg/ Invision, via Associated Press
Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Lachlan, left, and James, right

Full Copy/Text: 
Article By Emily Steel
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The New York Times
___________________________________
21st Century Fox Announces
Murdoch Sons' New Roles
___________________________________
A succession plan long in the making for Robert Murdoch.
_______________________________________________

     The media conglomerate 21st
Century Fox announced on Tues-
day that Rupert Murdoch's two 
sons would assume new leader-
ship roles in the company, con-
tinuing the elder Mr. Murdoch's
plans to keep control of the com-
pany in his family. [para. 1]
     The appointments, effective
July 1, had been telegraphed to
investors   and    analysts     for
months, and were widely report-
ed last week in advance of a com-
pany board meeting Tuesday 
morning. [para. 2]
     James Murdoch, 42, will be-
come chief executive at 21st Cen-
tury Fox, succeeding his father,
while Lachlan Murdoch, 43, will
be executive co-chairman. The
entertainment company includes
cable and broadcast television 
networks, film studios and satel-
lite companies. [para.3]
     The company said that its cor-
porate functions and its global 
television and film operations
would report jointly to Lachlan
and James Murdoch. [para. 4.]
     Ruport Murdoch, 84, will stay
on as executive co-chairman of
the company he started in 1954
with a single Australian newspa-
per. [para. 5]
     As part of the executive 
changes, Chase Carey will step
down as chief operating officer at
Fox. Widely respected on Wall
Street as a stable force at the
company, and long a trusted ad-
visor to Rupert Murdoch, Mr.
Carey will continue to work as an
executive vice chairman through
June 30, 2016. [para. 6]
     In a shift, Roger Ailes, the chief
executive of Fox News, will re-
port to Lachlan and James Mur-
doch and "will continue his
unique and long-standing rela-
tionship with Rupert," a company
spokeswoman, Julie Henderson,
said. In the past, Mr. Ailes has 
clashed with Lachlan Murdoch.
[para. 7]
     The leadership changes are
part of a carefully devised suc-
cession plan. Mr. Murdoch long
has desired that his children take
over his $80 billion global media
empire, which includes both 21st
Century Fox and News Corpora-
tion, which is focused on pub-
lishing and owns The Wall Street
Journal, a portfolio of British
newspapers and the HarperCol-
lins publishing house, among oth-
er assets. (The management
changes do not affect News Cor-
poration.) [para. 8]
     "it has always been our priori-
ty to ensure stable, long-term
             _______________
             A succession plan
        long in the making for
             Rupert Murdoch.
              ______________
leadership for the company, and
these appointments achieve that
goal," Rupert Murdoch said in a
statement. "Lachlan and James
are each talented and accom-
plished executives and together,
we, as shareholders and part-
ners, will strive to take our com-
pany to new levels of growth and
opportunity at a time of dynamic
change in our industry." [para. 9]
     Mr. Murdoch is expected to re-
main active in the Fox business,
going into the office and provid-
ing broad oversight, according to
people who have been briefed on
the plans. [para. 10]
     The Murdochs retain effective
control of the company through a
dual-class stock structure that 
gives them more influence than
ordinary shareholders. The Mur-
doch family trust owns about 40
percent of the voting shares in
both 21st Century Fox and News
Corporation. Rupert Murdoch
has more rights in the family
trust than his children. [para. 11]
     In a joint statement, Lachlan
and James Murdoch said: "We
are both humbled by the opportu-
nity to lead, with our father and
the talented team of executives at
21st Century Fox, this extrordi-
nary company." [para. 12]
     Wall Street reacted with a
shrug last week when news
broke that Mr. Murdoch was ex-
pected to pass the reins of his me-
dia empire to his sons. That move
had been signaled 15 months ago
when he named both sons to sen-
ior positions at the company. [para. 13]

                         ###

Before Warren Buffet,
There Was Kirk Kerkorian

                                                                             Don English/ Las Vegas News Bureau

Wednesday, June 17, 2015NYTObituary By Jonathan Kandell 

For The Love of 
a Good Laugh...

SICKHEADO1master675-v2.jpg/ Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow as Harpo Marx
for Halloween  in 1975.

     

             "Sticking Up For Stand-Up"
"Judd Apatow Writes A Love Letter to Comedians"
               June 14, 2015NYTBy Jason Zinoman

 Snark Oil Salesman

Nick Denton Covered
by Story in The NYT
============
Don't Ask Why
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                 Photos From the lens of Jesse Ditmar For The New York Times

        "Snark's Moment of Truth"
June 12, 2015NYTBy Jonathan Mahler
" Nick Denton has taken Gawker from insurgent to
establishment. Now his empire is fighting off a new
set of upstarts."

                                                                              Adrees Latif/ Reuters

"Young Murdoch Views
TV as 'Real Killer App'
in a New Digital World"

Friday, June 12, 2015
   =NYT=
     By Emily Steel

Contemporary 
Business 
Dynasties 101

       Frank Micelotta/ Invision for the Television Academy

"Business Dynasties 
 Try to Pass the Torch 
 Without Dropping It"

June 13, 2015 NYTBy David Gelles

From left: James, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch

 Light & Shadow LordEdward Snowden
Weighs In On Worldwide Surveillance 
      Opinion PagesNYT06-04-15
Op-Ed Contributor; Edward J. Snowden
  "The World Says No To Surveillance"

                                                                                   Brian Ach/ Getty Images For AOL
Verizon>AOL Deal Leaves
Huffington Post in the Lurch
06.02.15NYTRavi Somaiya
"After Deal, Whence Huffington Post?

Also on media news radar:
"Antitrust Scrutiny for 
3 Big U.S. Theater Chains"
06.02.15NYTArticleBy Brooks Barnes

Renza Piano Building Workshop/ A.M.P.A.S.
May 26. 2015NYTMichael Cieply
"Motion Picture Academy Contemplates Changes"

   With Broadband In Mind
            MegaMergers Happen

Jeff Roberson/ Associate Press and Mark Lennihan/ Associated Press

NYTEmily Steel:
May 26, 2015
"Broadband at Center of
 Charter Time-Warner Deal"

Starbucks to Link Up 
Spotify for Customers 
NYTBen Sisario
"Starbucks in Deal With Spotify to Stream Music"

NYTEmily Steel
"Charter and Bright House 
Renew Their Merger Plans"
" A deal is expected to presage a pursuit
                            of Time Warner Cable"