CKX CEO bids to take Elvis, "American Idol" private
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Some very public names may be going private. CKX Inc.  Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Sillerman on Thursday said he and other executives have made a $1.3 billion bid to privatize the company, which controls the names, images and likenesses of the late music and movie icon Elvis Presley and the living boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Lisa Marie Presley is keeping Graceland but selling the bulk of the Elvis estate, including rights to her father's name and image, in a deal worth approximately $100 million. Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.
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Sirius Satellite Radio's hiring of former Viacom President Mel Karmazin as its new chief executive is its most aggressive move yet to steal market share away from larger rival XM Satellite Radio. It's also the clearest signal so far that the satellite upstarts intend to be real competitors in the media world.
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When executives at Sirius Satellite Radio committed half a billion dollars to broadcasting&#39;s scatological shock jock Howard Stern last week, asking him to carry the company and
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Some fans wanting a state-issued Elvis Presley license plate are getting a free ride thanks to an anonymous donor in New Jersey who covered the $35 specialty fee.
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By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 8--Richard Parsons runs one of the world's biggest entertainment  conglomerates in New York City, but when his old college basketball coach  asked him to speak in Corvallis, Time Warner Inc.'s chief executive couldn't  say no.
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If USEC Inc., the Bethesda-based supplier of enriched uranium, were to post a help-wanted ad for a new chief executive, it might read something like this:
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The King may be dead, but he&#39;s still bringing in the big bucks from the grave. Lisa Marie Presley, sole heir to Elvis, announced Thursday that she has sold the bulk of her father&#39;s estate, including
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NEW YORK -- Mel Karmazin, former president of media conglomerate Viacom Inc. , is joining Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. as chief executive, replacing Joseph Clayton, who is staying on as chairman, the company said yesterday.
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Elvis Presley&#39;s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley has sold his estate, including his name and likeness to SFX Entertainment founder Robert FX Sillerman.
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Multiplex, the Australian developer of the Wembley Stadium project, is being eyed as a takeover target.
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Canadian luxury hotelier Four Seasons Hotels Inc.   said on Monday it has agreed to be taken private by a group of investors that includes Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and an investment firm owned by Microsoft Corp.  Chairman Bill Gates.
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Some of Elvis Presley's first RCA  recordings from nearly 50 years ago, including  never-before-heard takes of "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse  Rock," will be put up for bid on Sunday at an auction of show  business memorabilia.
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K-mart has called upon a former executive in the fast food trade to be its new CEO and president. Aylwin Lewis spent 13 years with Yum, which is the parent of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC.
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If you want American Idol exposure, you have to pay the   price.
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Business & money: Â·  Rebels want cash payout from American spin-off Â·  Fresh row likely over executive remuneration
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The legal action is the latest bid by the music industry to wrest back control over content.