James Dolan
Last Wednesday afternoon, James Dolan rose from his stool on a makeshift stage in the bowels of Madison Square Garden and shuffled to the podium to introduce Carmelo Anthony, the unstoppable small forward for whom the Knicks had just dealt half of their starting lineup to anoint as the team's latest savior. "While we have always respected Carmelo as a player, when we met the other night--I enjoyed that meeting, liked him a lot--it was... MORE >
Newsday editor in chief Debby Krenek announced to her staff today in a memo that the paper will be expanding! Ms. Krenek plans to hire 37 employees — 34 journalists and three staffers to help the editorial board. Her goal is to add 2,600 pages to the paper in the next year and fill them with local news about Long Island.... MORE >
James Dolan — the singer-songwriter, not the vengeful media owner — is profiled in The New York Times Style section today. “I draw pictures in my mind,” Mr. Dolan told The Times about his approach to... MORE >
By | June 17, 2010 | 8:07 am
James Franco exhibition preview. [WSJ] The Post feels it has prompted a carding crackdown.... MORE >
Following James Dolan-owned Rainbow Media's purchase of Gothamist, Foster Kamer poked fun at Mr. Dolan on The Voice's Runnin' Scared. Three days later Independent Film Center, also a Rainbow Media property, pulled all of its advertising, worth some $20,000, from the paper, wrote Mr. Kamer.... MORE >
Cablevision Systems reported a three-fold increase in net income for the first quarter, thanks to a slew of new subscriptions and robust cable ad revenues. Revenue rose 5 percent, to $1.75 billion, slightly higher than the average estimate of $1.73 billion. A highlight was a 35 percent increase in cable advertising revenue. Revenue in the same period last year was $1.67... MORE >
Newsday has a new policy for its sports page. The paper’s editors have told their writers there has to be a new, softer tone. They don’t want loaded words. They don’t want name-calling. They don’t want stories to be unnecessarily... MORE >
In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall, so in media circles it has been followed with interest. Could its fate be a sign of what others, including The New York Times, might expect? So, three months later, how many... MORE >
The execs at the Tennis Channel need a little lesson on how the Dolans work. We're here to help you! First, a little background. The Tennis Channel is a relatively new, 24-hour tennis network, much in the same style as the NFL Network. They're out here at the U.S. Open and broadcasting matches on the back courts (ESPN2 gets the bigger matches). They even have Martina Navratilova as a color analyst, which makes us nostalgic... MORE >
The Dolans are enacting their first big job cuts at Newsday. In total, 5 percent of the workforce will be reduced with hits on both in the newsroom and on the business side. For editorial, the sports department, photo department and newsroom editors will be hit hardest. The position of sports columnist will be entirely eliminated, which affects three positions. Newsroom cuts will impact travel budgets and lead to significant cuts in the freelance budget.... MORE >
After a trip to Tiananmen Square, Times columnist Harvey Araton wrote about the media policy for reporters covering the Knicks that the Observer chronicled back in November (quick refresher: reporters were restricted from speaking to a player or an MSG employee without a P.R. person present with a BlackBerry in hand to take notes). On a trip to Tiananmen organized by the Main Press Center for the Olympics, Mr. Araton learned of a newly installed rule: On the bus, the... MORE >
Newsday, you're free of Sam Zell! The $650 million transaction that has brought the Long Island daily into the hands of Charles and Jim Dolan closed today. It should be cause for grand celebration. But then again, only days after the deal was announced, a Newsday reporter told The Observer, "People are so beaten down here there’s not much of anything that could cause much of a... MORE >
Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steve Roth told investors Tuesday that he wants to redo Penn Station in a scaled-back version of the grand Moynihan Station plan, moving Madison Square Garden’s WaMu theater out of the arena structure to make way for a large train station entrance hall. Despite a push by Vornado and co-developer Related Companies to keep the larger-scale project alive via government support, Mr. Roth indicated he considers that scenario unlikely. ... MORE >
When Madison Square Garden unceremoniously announced on March 27, via late-afternoon calls to reporters, that it was moving forward on a renovation of its arena, it seemed to be the death blow to the planned redevelopment of Pennsylvania Station and the surrounding area. The Garden, led by chairman James Dolan, was exhausted with the lack of progress in a slow-moving, state-led plan to remake and expand the station, to be called Moynihan... MORE >
Yesterday at Cablevision's annual shareholders meeting, Cablevision boss Charles Dolan acknowledged that he's not quite sure what he got himself into with buying Newsday. "We're very aware of our inexperience with newspapers," he said. But! "We plan to consult widely and seek advice from people who have backgrounds and are professionals in the... MORE >
