Mort Zuckerman

It's a charity softball game that started with the likes of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Koonig rounding the bases in sculptor Wilifrid Zogbaum's front yard. This Saturday, the annual Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game celebrates its 60th year,...

Just had a long phone chat with Susan Sarandon, actress extraordinaire and Oscar winner for Dead Man Walking. And, believe it or not, we never once mentioned politics or any kind of social activism. We talked about making movies and also about her Emmy...

As talks continued yesterday for the sale of Newsday, owner Tribune Co. assessed three similarly structured offers to determine which best fit its own strategic plan and need for debt-bound cash, a source close to the negotiations said. With a...

Cablevision Systems Corp., the largest provider of cable television in the New York metropolitan area, said Wednesday it has agreed to buy the Sundance Channel for $496 million. The channel specializes in independent programming and is probably best known...

New York's trio of tabloids saw further declines in paid circulation during the six months ending March 31 in a trend that experts said justifies a consolidation wave likely to result in the sale of Newsday. According to a report released yesterday by...

New York's Mort Zuckerman called Sam Zell to congratulate him last week after Tribune Co.'s board accepted the Chicago real estate tycoon's proposal to take the media company private. "I wished him well, but I haven't spoken to him about it in any kind...

Tucker Carlson, the bow-tie wearing co-host of CNN's "Crossfire," said he often gets a hankering for chocolate milkshakes, French fries and other diner fare during production of his daily show. But there is usually little to satisfy the conservative...

Tina Brown has seen the media future and she doesn't like it. "The trouble with bloggers is that they've created a universe where everything you see is Rashomon," Brown said, referencing the 1950 Kurosawa classic about how we perceive reality....

John "Bradshaw" Layfield, whose villainous Texan TV persona is a cross between J.R. Ewing and Pat Buchanan, will visit the Republican Governor's Association meeting next Thursday to promote "Smackdown Your Vote." His cause is a non-partisan political...

John "Bradshaw" Layfield, whose villainous Texan TV persona is a cross between J.R. Ewing and Pat Buchanan, will visit the Republican Governors Association meeting Thursday to promote "Smackdown Your Vote." His cause is a nonpartisan initiative for the...