News Corporation’s Bid for a Stake in YES Would Value Channel at $3 Billion
Date: 18 November 2012
By Richard Sandomir and Amy Chozick
Richard Sandomir
The giant media company is on the verge of acquiring up to 49 percent of YES, the channel that carries Yankee games and perhaps the most valuable regional sports network in the country.
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News From the Advertising Industry
Date: 18 November 2012
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.
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Party's Base Is the Reason Romney Lost
Date: 18 November 2012
By Albert R. Hunt | Bloomberg News
Albert Hunt
The Republicans' problem is that their base is stridently intolerant on issues like immigration, abortion, religion and gay rights.
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Sunday Breakfast Menu, Nov. 18
Date: 17 November 2012
By Emmarie Huetteman
Emmarie Huetteman
Lawmakers who attended the closed-door hearings on the Benghazi attacks with David H. Petraeus, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will join the Sunday shows this week.
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Family Ties and Hobnobbing Trump Merit at China Helm
Date: 17 November 2012
By Edward Wong
Edward Wong
Critics, including some Communist Party insiders, say China’s process of selecting leaders produces a meritocracy of mediocrity.
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Week in Pictures for Nov. 16
Date: 17 November 2012
By The New York Times
Subjects include the continuing cleanup from Hurricane Sandy, the Veterans Day parade and a development in the Etan Patz case.
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Bal Thackeray, Extremist Hindu Leader, Dies in Mumbai
Date: 17 November 2012
By The New York Times
After several weeks of illness, divisive politician dies.
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Russians Look Askance at Anticorruption Drive Even as New Scandals Arise
Date: 17 November 2012
By Ellen Barry
Ellen Barry
Mushrooming scandals are unusual in Russia, given past reluctance to prosecute high-level officials, but as more pop up, some are wondering what has changed.
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How Back Pain Turned Deadly
Date: 17 November 2012
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
The use of steroid injections has skyrocketed, but at what risk?
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Matchup: Jets (3-6) at Rams (3-5-1)
Date: 17 November 2012
By Ben Shpigel
Ben Shpigel
The most popular phrase around the Jets’ complex last week — well, besides anonymous players — was self-inflicted wounds.
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