Eliot Spitzer

Same speculation, different styles for O'Malley, Cuomo

2013-05-18 11:52:11

By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning — efforts that...

Jeff Zucker could be wise and winning choice to lead CNN

2012-11-29 08:12:00

UPDATE (11 a.m. Nov. 29): Jeff Zucker named head of CNN Of all the major executive, talent and programming moves that CNN has made in the last few years, the expected announcement of Jeff Zucker as the president of CNN Worldwide looks like one of the...

New report shows CNN International as top news channel in Africa

2012-07-19 00:17:00

I know some of my more parochial colleagues can't get past the troubles CNN continues to have in its prime-time American operation. And I am right up there in being dismayed by some of the moves management has made with Eliot Spitzer, Kathleen Parker,...

Al Gore to anchor Current TV's convention coverage -- with Spitzer, Uygur, Granholm

2012-08-08 13:48:00

Former vice president Al Gore will anchor convention coverage on his Current TV channel, it was announced Wednesday. This is what happens if you own the candy store, I guess. But when was the last time a former Nobel Prize winner sat in the anchor...

A trap for small businesses

2012-05-29 11:14:00

Laws are like fine nets, catching the common fish even as the biggest push their way through. Or so you might think on learning of how federal prosecutors keep nabbing small and medium-size businesspeople who violate an obscure law relating to bank...

Cable TV news the biggest loser in Wisconsin recall

2012-06-06 18:12:00

UPDATES WITH LINK TO RESPONSE POST BY GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: After watching coverage of the Wisconsin recall, I am convinced more than ever that it's time for a major press gut check. We have been in real trouble for a long time with cable TV news, but we...

John Edwards: Here's a man who could have used a Super PAC

2012-05-02 08:11:00

The more I read about John Edwards' shenanigans during the 2008 presidential campaign, the more I'm convinced he is a mirror-gazing, fork-tongued, tramp-chasing weasel. But the more I read about the federal case against him, the more sure I am that he...

Olbermann and Gore deserve the pain they are inflicting on each other

2012-03-31 10:14:00

Talk about a Friday afternoon dump: Keith Olbermann and his $50-million, five-year contract dumped by Al Gore's audience-challenged Current TV after less than a year on-air. There is�no shortage of�meat for analysts to chew on these bones, and that is...

CNN lineup looking much better without Spitzer

2011-07-06 13:44:00

As one media reporter who was genuinely concerned about the turn CNN seemed to be taking last year when it hired Eliot Spitzer, I am not going to try and hide how impressed and pleased I am with the lineup the cable news network announced today. Yes, I...

Spitzer signs off quoting Theodore Roosevelt - shades of Nixon

2011-07-06 19:15:00

Eliot Spitzer signed off for good at CNN Wednesday night following the announcement earlier in the day that his "In the Arena" show would be replaced in the prime-time lineup Aug. 5. Spitzer, who started out paired with Kathleen Parker in "Parker-...

CNN's new host Erin Burnett: Smug, superficial and acting like she knows

2011-10-05 18:39:00

I promised myself I was going to give CNN's new weeknight host Erin Burnett a full week of shows before I reviewed her. It was hard keeping that promise Monday night when I saw her pay a visit to the Occupy Wall Street encampment so she could look down...

Al Sharpton looks to be new host on MSNBC

2011-07-21 11:27:00

After almost a week of speculation, it looks as if the Rev. Al Sharpton is going to be a new weeknight host on cable channel MSNBC. Sharpton, who has been filling in recent weeks on MSNBC, will reportedly be taking over the 6 p.m. timeslot that has...

George R. Mesires has been named co-chair of the Finance and Restructuring practice at Ungaretti & Harris. Mesires joined the firm as a partner in 2009.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer cheated on his wife Silda for years with very expensive call girls (over $80,000), including one named Ashley Dupre.

2012-07-26 10:33:00

Ashley Dupre, escort involved with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer scandal

2011-10-25 11:49:10