• Chernin, Roberts Go One-on-One at Cable Show

    Former Fox chief will interview Comcast chairman-CEO at Newsmaker Brunch

  • Dino-Might? Fox Rolls Dice on Spielberg Series Despite Spotty TV History

    Report: Hollywood heavyweights could team up for “Terra Nova”

  • Engaging Hollywood With World Policy

    Donna Bojarsky’s Foreign Policy Roundtable aims to get Hollywood thinking about global affairs.

  • It’s ‘Rehab’ For Fox

    Peter Chernin, Will Gluck will produce Sam Laybourne comedy.

  • Chernin Sets Up 2 Workplace Comedies

    20th Century Fox-based shingle sells shows to CBS.

  • Chernin Boards Fox Pictures

    DiCaprio attached to “Deep Blue Goodbye,” a John D. MacDonald mystery.

  • Media Leaders in Need of a Worldly Vision

     Last week I attended a media panel at the Milken Institute’s annual Los Angeles-based conference on all things media, economy and philanthropy. Something about the panel — a discussion between media magnates Peter Chernin, Jon Miller, Les Moonves and Brian Grazer (and moderated by former Daily Variety editor Peter Bart) on how digital technology is…

  • Lame Ducks at Warners, Two Years Out

    Nerves are taut over at Warner Brothers, where executives are enduring all manner of gossip about their fearless leaders, Barry Meyer and Alan Horn. The indignity of chairman Meyer and president Horn’s being offered a mere two-year contract offer — after decades of service at the studio — is the talk of the town.   “It’s…

  • Tom Hanks to SAG-AMPTP Rescue?

    A-list stars said to be stepping in to help the Guild resolve its differences with the studios.

  • News Corp at the Crossroads

    The morning after the Oscars, the news of Peter Chernin’s departure sent a chill of anxiety rippling through the Fox lot.

  • The Heirs to Peter Chernin’s Throne

    Who will become the new President of News Corp?

  • Peter Chernin Leaves News Corp, Rupert Takes Direct Role

    The number two at NewsCorp announced that he was leaving the company after 12 years. Rupert Murdoch said he would take a more direct role.