Who knew? Sumner Redstone could be humiliated

Sumner Redstone has a love life you know, he is probably a stud in bed too. The media mogul didn't reveal any of the above in Vanity Fair but he sure did, share his thoughts on weirdo movie star Tom Cruise and explained how his rival Rupert Murdoch, humiliated him leading him to can Tom Freston. VF takes us inside Grandpa Sumner's home and chats it up with him and wife Paula who is slowly but surely calling some serious shots of her own within her husband's media empire. An afternoon spent at the Redstone home doesn't entirely dispel the theory. Sitting in a straight-backed chair in the living room, attired in an unfortunate blue plaid jacket and black shoes, Redstone comes across as feisty as he did when he burst onto the financial scene, 20 years ago. But he looks frail and has a senior moment or three, losing his train of thought, repeating stories, and asking that a question or two be repeated. Still, he appears in total command, roundly attacking Cruise and, while emphasizing how much he admires Freston, trashing him nonetheless. He appears in command, that is, until the very end, when he stands to shake my hand and, to my horror, suddenly lurches to one side and begins to fall. This poor guy doesn't realize that he is just too old for the game. Sleeping with the Fishes [Vanity Fair] Photo: by Don Flood

Businessweek's Best Young Entrepreneurs are scary looking but kinda smart

Businessweek reminds us that we're losers with their Top 50 Entrepreneuers list. We can't help but wonder which one of these youngsters will hit the corporate takeover lotto? Our money is on the music website AmieStreet.com. Some of the businesses founded by these smarties seem boring when reading about it, but it can work out to major dollars in the long run. However there is one we just don't get and its called First Flavor. Here is what this company does: First Flavor, developed the technology to manufacture small soluble flavor strips and filed a patent in 2005. Advertisers will soon be able to offer prospective customers sample sachets for products like flavored vodka, soda, and candy. Now why would we want to lick a strip to taste Vodka or anything else for that matter. Scratch and sniff is enough for us thank you. America's Best Young Entrepreneurs [BW]

Time Warner shares remain Bewkerized

The gang at Time Warner are probably all smiles due to the fact that the stock seems to be rising from the dead and analyst are feeling pro Time Warner lately. Time Warner was up 6 cents at $20 after Cowen's Lowell Singer said the shares are poised to break a three-year trading range of $15 to $20 and outperform the market by at least 15% over the next 12 months. "We are encouraged by AOL's aggressive new advertising-focused strategy," Singer wrote. "While it will take several years for investors to fully evaluate the success of the strategy, near term data points are likely to be positive and drive margin improvement in its newly acquired Adelphia systems." Cowen upbeat about Time Warner [Marketwatch]

Creddit: CondeNast reportedly snapping up Reddit

Adding to what may become yet another "Headline Lemming Effect" we wanted to dub this alleged union "Creddit". If CondeNast did indeed snap up Reddit, its a clear sign that Charles Townsend is making sure that Conde's digital dick is solid enough to swing with the big boys. So will Reddit fall under the CondeNet umbrella or remain as a stand alone? Breaking News: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Reddit [TechCrunch]

Google gets green light to swallow Chad and company

U.S. antitrust gave their OK for Google to swallow YouTube which means it's check cutting time. No one is more happier than Chad Hurley and Steve Chan. We can only imagine the ass these two are going to get with their new found mega fortunes. Lets wait and see how long it will take for one of them to fall into Hollywood circles. Google gets U.S. antitrust nod for YouTube purchase [Reuters] Img: zedomax via Flickr

Mo Martha, Mo Martha, Mo Martha

Jeff Zucker and company has decided to give us another dose of Martha Stewart renewing the domestic diva's show for a third season. We are thrilled with Martha's strong return to daytime television and the overwhelmingly positive response we have received from our local broadcast partners and viewers," said Barry Wallach, president of NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. "Martha's fresh and lively approach to how-to instruction, mixed with the show's live format, has been a winning combination from the start." Added executive producer Mark Burnett: "Thanks to NBC Universal and our station partners for showing such incredible support so early in this, our second season. We look forward to a third year of entertaining content, filled with great storytelling and how-to information that will make a difference in the daily lives of our viewers." Well put Mark. Martha Renewed for Third Season [Mediaweek]

Read-ables this week: Bruce, George & Iraq

Businessweek: Not many people know who Bruce Wasserstein is but they may be fans of one of his many publications and probably even work for him too. This weeks issue of Businessweek re-introduces Bruce to those in the know and those who didn't know and takes inside on how Bruce came to be. Time: This week's cover is clean white and to the point. Is George Bush a "Lone Ranger" in the battle against the cancers of the world? Newsweek: We may have won the war but are we losing the battle? Newsweek's front page headline kinda answers our question. -Neil Yoshida

Morning Wire: Paula Redstone pulled the trigger on Tom Cruise and more.....

And now the mornings worthy media news: Paula Redstone hates Tom Cruise After all is said and done, it was Paula Redstone, wife of Sumner who pulled the trigger on Tom Cruise. Gandpa Sumner tells it like it is in the December issue of Vanity Fair and man is he still ripping Tom Cruise a new ass hole. "Paula, like women everywhere, had come to hate him. The truth of the matter is, I did listen to her . . ." Redstone says. "His behavior was entirely unacceptable to Paula and to the rest of the world. He just didn't turn one [woman] off. He turned off all women, and a lot of men." With all the money Tom Cruise allegedly cost Paramount Pictures, is there a lawsuit brewing? Entertainment & Politics Is it a coincidence that some of the major organizations in the entertainment/media industry are ran by former underlings of past administrations? No matter what next week's election brings, Dan Glickman, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Assn. of America (MPAA), said he hopes to expand the major studios' agenda beyond the House and Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. He plans to mount a push in the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee; because all revenue bills are constitutionally required to begin in the House, that panel is key. Again.....Start a rumor, pretend, and get some leg room to recover We've been saying that this is the new norm in media when execs want to generate interest, spike the stock price of their companies or to simply get shareholders and people like Carl Icahn off their asses. They either pretend to be in talks to merge with, or buy another company. Or they pretend to put themselves on the block like Tribune in this case..Allegedly. " As circulation at Tribune Co.'s biggest newspapers continues to nose dive, some Wall Street bankers are wondering whether the media giant and owner of the Chicago Cubs is serious about selling itself in the first place." -Shomari Hines

Some CondeNast execs want to end digital/print apartheid

Some CondeNast execs are speaking out from behind an article in Crain's New York Business saying that they want to take control of their own online destiny. All Conde's online properties are current controlled and managed by Condenet the online unit of CondeNast which is run by President Sarah Chubb. As big and as influential as Vogue may be, it's website which it shares with sister pubs like W has week traffic and its getting weaker. Will Conde CEO Charles Townsend listen? Magazine executives, who would speak only if granted anonymity, say that with the center of gravity shifting toward the Internet, they no longer want their online identities controlled by a separate division that not only administers the sites but collects the ad revenue, too.Insiders aren't the only ones complaining. Media buyers eager to reach new audiences also want to see the digital and print sides unite. "More and more agencies are looking for one-stop shopping," says George Janson, director of print for WPP Group's Mediaedge:cia. "I'd like to see Condé Nast lead the charge." At Condé Nast, it's print versus digital [Crain's NY]

Since no one else will, we'll ask: Did Liz Spiers take the bait?

Ok so it has been almost forever now since Dealbreaker Liz Spiers claimed to have gotten some inside juice about a possible new hire at MTV in the Presidential suite. However we have kept close watch on this alleged scoop and searched high and low for any other sites talking about this possible hire without referring to Dealbreaker and we couldn't find one. Not saying Liz is pulling our legs but unless this announcement is coming later on today or tomorrow nothing is moving at MTVN. Is MTV hiring Mika Salmi or is it just what Dealbreaker called it, "vicious unconfirmed rumors"? From DealBreaker: UPDATE: In the "more passable" vein (fun!) Now we're told Salmi's promotion is a bit further down the chain. Salmi's heading MTV (the channel) but not MTV (the entire division). [Ed.--Less interesting! Boooooo!] ** If we're wrong, we'll eat our blog. Or something.

Afternoon Wire: And now the afternoon's worthy media news

Even though Liz Spiers at Dealbreaker.com got scooped in that MTV may and then later on did hire a new president of something, the only news we could find related MTV so far has nothing to do with the scoop. Did Liz and company take a bait or will they come through? [Yahoo! News] Speaking of MTV, it seems like MTV co-founder Bob Pittman is interested in buying everything. Now there is word that he could be a potential bidder for the Hard Rock Cafe. [YorkShire Post] Producer Jermaine Dupri who left Virgin Records as President of Black Music because he mixed business with pleasure is said to be in talks with EMI about running a new label. Just what the music industry needs! Oh yeah and who told Rush & Malloy that Both Jay Z and Jermaine Dupri had the same jobs? [R&M] Its good that after you get canned you can make fun of yourself [NYT]

Wait a minute now.....

Our friends over at Dealbreaker broke that they heard that some new guy who runs Atom Films is going to be announced as the new President of MTV. We were kinda confused however with the headline they chose which read " And the Tom Freston Replacement Is...." As far as we know Tom Freston's replacement is Philippe Dauman who is now CEO of all of Viacom which is what Tom Freston was when he got canned. However, being that MTV's current president is Christina Norman, If this is true, should we expect some kind of shuffling in Judy's house this coming week? Is Christina Norman leaving the company or is Judy McGrath pulling her up? We hate having to wait to hear what is what? BREAKING(ish): And the Tom Freston Replacement Is... [DealBreaker]

Did we mention that the Bewkes Doctrine is already in play at Time Warner?

So the stock price of the world's biggest media company finally hit a new note since 2000 and all are hoping that it continues to hit even greater notes. Sure the new stock movement can be credited to the fact that Wall Street is paying attention to how well Time Warner's cable business, which accounts for a quarter of the company's sales is doing. But no one can ignore certain plans put in play by Time Warner number two, soon to be number one Jeff Bewkes. Like we said before in our lengthy coverage of Mr. Bewkes, his finger prints are all over what Time Warner is doing now and we are all taking notice. Revenue at Time Warner Cable increased 15 percent in the second quarter thanks to strong increases in subscribers for digital cable, Internet phone and high-speed data services. Profits, as measured by OIBDA, were up 16 percent. Time Warner stock: best since 2002 [CNNmoney]

Morning Wire: Bullishness does em good

Big Media and entertainment companies saw a spike in their stock prices due to investor bullishness ahead of the third-quarter earnings and holiday-shopping seasons. Among the key gainers were Time Warner Inc., whose shares hit a four-year high, Walt Disney Co. and cable operator Charter Communications. Clear Channel Communications Inc. gained nearly 10 percent on news that a group of private-equity firms were in advanced talks to buy the radio giant. Media giants running with bulls on Wall Street [Reuters]

Afternoon Wire: Barry Diller is richer bitch

And now the afternoon's worthy media news if we may: Rich get richer and the poor play the lotto. IAC CEO Barry Diller probably has some seriously underpaid workers at his company which could be due to him being overpaid. The internet pimp pocketed and/or bagged a sweet $295 million.......Allegedly [NYT] So another blog is about to be pimped for ad dollars. Former AOL Time Warner big shot Bob Pittman is said to be in talks to inject music blog Stereogum with a lethal dose of the green stuff. [Musicwiredaily] Clear Channel put on it's best and is now standing on the corner hoping to be bought [FT] Entertainment execs continue to envision things that have already been envisioned [Techweb] Yeah my girl cheated on me with free papers. Hell it's blamed for everything else [Daily Intel]

Tom Freston's an asshole

Tom Freston was roasted by his big media friends and even the man who took his job. But it was all in good fun.....we think. "How bad it must feel for Tom to be screwed over by a man so old that he needed a little blue pill to do it," said News Corp. president Peter Chernin to a big laugh "I don't think there's anyone in this room today who feels Viacom treated Tom fairly. And I think everyone here knows Tom's continued success will haunt Viacom for years to come - but enough about Tom Cruise. We're here to talk about Tom Freston - and Tom Freston is an [bleep]hole." "While you were all at Michael's yesterday, I was creating content," Freston said. "I could go on forever, but if I don't get going, I'll never get a seat at Starbucks," he cracked. "It gets crazy busy." That's some funny shit. [NYP]

Tom Freston not burning Viacom bridges just in case

Tom Freston, the canned CEO of Viacom is making sure not to burn bridges to his former employer . For 26 years I had the incredible good fortune of working at a job I felt passionate about," Freston told fellow media moguls in New York, where his career was honored by the Center for Communication. "Nothing will ever change the good feelings I have for Viacom," said Freston, one of the founding executives of youth-oriented MTV networks. Ousted CEO Freston still feels good about Viacom [Reuters]

AMI's David Pecker should be canned and replaced by Mary Berner

We don't know how David Pecker still manages to hold on to his job as CEO of American Media, publishers of gossip rags like Star, Enquire and others. The stock has been getting a beat down circ is reportedly down on Star and now they missed a third deadline to restate its earnings. Is this company being mismanaged or what? Maybe its time for change at the top and we think we have the right candidate for the job. Former Fairchild Prexy Mary Berner quit her gig after being demoted when her company was thrown under the Conde Nast umbrella. We haven't heard anything about Ms. Berner since. We think she has been laying in the cut waiting to see an opportunity to resurface again and we think we found it. David Pecker wouldn't have to completely be out of the picture, he can still play the chairman roll but Ms. Berner will be calling the shots. We're not sure how Bonnie Fuller would get along with her new boss but AMI needs some new blood and if it mean Bonnie getting the boot too then so bit it. -Neil Yoshida AMI BLOWS DEADLINE FOR RESTATEMENT YET AGAIN [NYP]

Double Wire: Viacom may soon be homeless, Martha takes care of her own

Will the mighty Viacom end up on the streets when the lease is up on their Times Square HQ? Well the owners of 1515 Broadway don't seem too interested in renewing a lease with the media giant and has already start looking into ways to attract a higher paying tenant. Hey maybe Dick can make some room in the hotter than ever Time Warner Towers as we like to call it. [Exploring options] It looks like working for Martha Stewart Omni Media (MSO) isn't a bad gig. Martha Stewart Living agreed to cover as much as $50,000 of the annual costs of a New York apartment for merchandising president Robin Marino. Wonder if this person gets a grocery allowance too? [Martha exec gets big perks ]

Bob Wright: We're important too you know

"There is not as much sympathy for ... the entertainment business from Congress as there would be if it was more of a traditional business that was impacted," Bob Wright told a business gathering in Beverly Hills. "If the paper tomorrow said that Boeing had just announced that a whole series of major engineering drawings on a military plane, a B-1 bomber replacement, had been taken and they were on a Norwegian Web site, the whole place would go crazy. Um yes Mr. Wright the place would go crazy, can you say National Security? Wait did Bob Wright compare something that is considered high level military secrets to stolen movies and music? Shame on you sir. [Reuters]

Morning Wire: How do you take your Maxim, rare, medium well or well done?

The powers that be at Maxim magazine is expanding the brand yet again. The magazine which already slapped it's name on lounges, furniture, condoms and any and all things men, now has plans to get into the steak house business and boy did our mouth start to water when we heard this one, assuming that steak dinners will be served by hot......Well you know. The first of about 15 steak restaurants called Maxim Prime will open in the United States from next spring under a joint venture between Maxim's Dennis Publishing and restaurateur and financier Jeffrey Chodorow's China Grill Management. It's the latest move by the magazine to try to bolster its bottom line through licensing new ventures, having already put its name on shower curtains, furniture, and a soon-to-be-built casino in Las Vegas. What's next, a Maxim Ferrari? [Reuters]

Quick Item: Viacom's future ruler steps out with the hubby

MTV overlord and future Viacom boss Judy Mcgrath stepped out with the hubby the other night to attend The 2006 Whitney Gala Celebrating Picasso and American Art.

King Rupe, digging Digg?

According to Techcrunch.com Rupert Murdoch is at it again in his never ending effort to rule the world. King Rupe and company is said to be in talks with Digg's owners about a possible deal, but the Digg guys are said to be asking for too much. It appears that rumors of the upcoming financing led News Corp. and possibly others to initiate acquisition discussions with Digg, and the discussions were subsequently opened up to other interested parties as well. No formal written offers for Digg were tabled, sources say, because Digg’s minimum sell price was at least $150 million. Digg Does The Acquisition Dance With News Corp. [TC]

Just look at what Chad and Steve started

YouTube's impact on media and Hollywood is huge and everyone wants in. United Talent Agency wants in so bad that they actually set up an online unit which will scout and sign hot "Online" talent who are creating worthy content and find them work. The move by the United Talent Agency — best known as the home of comedians like Vince Vaughn and Jack Black, filmmakers like M. Night Shyamalan and television producers like Dick Wolf and David Chase — amounts to a bet, albeit a modest one, that Web video is on a growth curve similar to that of cable television a generation ago. It is also a return by Hollywood’s core talent representatives to the sort of new-media business they tested, without great success, at the peak of the dot-com boom. Talent Agency Is Aiming to Find Web Video Stars [NYT]

Morning Wire: And now the morning's worthy media news

Internet execs attended the Digital Hollywood conference in Santa Monica to tell each other that there is a high demand for videos on the web. On exec even said that videos of celebrities in public bounces around the internet like a boomerang. We had no idea a boomerang bounces around [Reuters] Major television networks told Nielson to take their panned commercial viewership tracking and shove it. Guess they don't want to find out if commercials are doing better than the actual programs. [Reuters] Steve Wynn may have fucked up his pricey painting but that's all behind him now that he and one time rival Donald Trump are joining forces to build what could be the world's biggest casino and hotel in the world on the Atlantic City board walk. Why did we even make this story part of our morning wire?? [NYP] Mayor Bloomberg and his girlfriend multi-tasked in the back of a moving car, and they did all for the Mets. [NYP] The son of CBS White House correspondent Bill Plante should get his ass kicked for being an asshole. And to think his dad colleagues sometimes report on assholes like him [P6]

NBC to test the Canadian waters

NBC's recent hit show which is prompting Jeff Zucker to go the non-scripted rout is about to get a run in Canada hopefully before a bust. Last June at their upfront in Toronto, CanWest Global executives invited Howie Mandel north to promote their pickup of his hit NBC game show Deal Or No Deal. Mandel went on stage at Massey Hall and played a mini version of Deal, improvising by using his hand as the dealer phone and choosing from among just four briefcase-toting models before giving a few thousand dollars away to ad industry insiders. This January, Mandel will be coming back to his native city to host the real Deal: Five all-Canadian editions of the Endemol game show. Global made the announcement yesterday and plan to air the episodes next spring. It's a Deal! [Toronto Sun]

Morning Wire: And now the morning's worthy media news

This internet thing is really changing the way record labels do business, including looking for the next big thing. EMI, the third biggest music group is now soliciting wannabees to submit their demo's via the internet. [Musicwire Daily] Plan to take your little ones to Disney? Well here is a survival guide on how to keep them out of danger while having fun. [FWS] Some say Time Warner is selling AOL but AOL says it aint so. Like they would know if Momma wants to get rid of them right? [Bloomberg]

Taking on big media even when you know you won't win

Two groups are challenging the FCC's recent easing of media rules which will allow old hands like Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone to take even more control of what you watch, when you watch it and how you watch it. The Benton Foundation and the Social Science Research Council, are arguing that the little guy will be cut out of the pie if big media firms are allowed to swallow up more vehicles for delivery of entertainment, news, music etc. At the end of the day, sure the FCC will review the report submitted by these groups or so they say, but both groups know that the FCC, who is now in bed with the big media companies instead of policing them will rule in the direction they have already started moving in anyway. 2 groups challenge easing of media rules [AP]

Today in poor bastards:

We feel sorry for the husbands who actually need to read this mag. We also want to say shame on you for making other married men look like pussies, that's if this is even real. This landed in our inbox a few minutes ago. We tried going to a web address but it says its under construction. We doubt its real but can you imagine what their circ would be?

Read-ables this week:

Newsweek: Its mid-term elections or something like that so politician dudes being on the cover Newsweek is the norm Businessweek: This week's issue takes a look at greedy investors who buy companies, take them public, make a shit load of cash and then look to bail out. Gluttons helped build this great country you know. Time: This week's Time looks at America, Now 300 Million strong, and that's not even counting the illegals

BET, the sleeping giant

We have to say that in the past we have been huge critics of the cable network Black Entertainment Television and we still have some gripes now and then. But the network has been stepping up their game and people are taking notice. BET's president of Entertainment Reginald Hudlin is the man behind the new look and feel of BET and he is just getting started. Now if only they can get the hosts of 106 & park to stop speaking to the viewing audience as if they are all on a corner or something. BET can become as big a brand as MTV. But it has to do it with original programming and must avoid one legacy of the Johnson years. "BET has always been a successful network, it's always made a lot of money, but for it to grow and for it to become a network that really transcends entertainment, there really has to be an infusion of cash. You can't do a network on the cheap." Hudlin trying to move BET forward [AP]

Morning Wire: And now the morning's worthy media news

Oprah Protege Rachel Ray is becoming quite the litter media diva herself [NYT] Anna Wintour actually runs a business [NYP] Deep pocket money men/women kicking the tires on Tribune [Reuters]

Weekend Wire: See? Spark a rumor spike your stock

We said it before and we'll say it again, "Spark a rumor, spike your stock". This seems to be the formula being used in the media industry these days. Talks of secret deals in the works will pop up on the wires and in your local newspaper's business section about two rivals possibly getting in bed together, and then both companies will respond in the same manner if contacted by the media. Either they don't comment on speculations! or they just wont comment at all. This week's rumor mill looks like it will be all about a possible Time Warner takeover of Long Island's Cablevision. However we have to admit that if this turns out to be true, we would hope that Time Warner is only looking to buy the company's cable operations due to the fact that the last thing Time Warner needs is real estate (CV owns Radio City Music Hall & Madison Square Garden) and even more so, sports teams (CV owns the NY Knicks and NY Rangers). A merger between Time Warner's cable business and CV's cable business would make sense for Time Warner, as the company has been looking at ways to expand their cable reach. Lets see how this one plays out, if at all. RUMORS LIFT CVC [NYP]

Weekend Wire: Rupe's poison pill may work for now but.....

Rupert Murdoch is at rest mentally now that he doesn't have to worry about News Corp shareholder John Malone launching an attack to take control of the company he built. News Corp's shareholders voted to keep the "Poison Pill" defense strategy in place which prevents John Malone from increasing his shares in the company. But the pill is only through 2008, what will happen then? King Rupe is hoping that John Malone and company will take his offer, which calls for Liberty Media which is controlled by Malone to take News Corp's stake in Direct TV in exchange for Liberty's 19% stake in News Corp. But why would Malone take this bait when he could basically wait out the poison pill and take another run at increasing his share in News Corp in 08, or if he has big balls, which we think he does, take over the whole company. We don't know what Mr. Malone thinks of king Rupe but one person shot King Rupe straight during yesterday's News Corp meeting: Mr. Murdoch, I believe that you are a good man with solid values, said Lee Weil, the group's chairman, and yet News Corporation has clearly carved out a niche for itself by specializing in smutty, vulgar and violent entertainment, all in pursuit of profit. You should be ashamed but it's clear that you aren't. Cliff Kinkaid, the editor of the conservative group Accuracy News Corporation Shareholders Back Murdoch’s Takeover Defense [NYT]

Wassup wit dat/Correction: Gawker's advertisers probably won't hurt your Picasso, but they'll fuck up your font size

Just doing their usual cock stroking for their advertisers which they do every Friday, Gawker's headline this week is Our Advertisers Will Not Hurt Your Picasso OK, but they, or something sure did a serious number on the site, increasing the font size and scrambling anything below that post. However it looks like it was a glitch related to that damn "Running with Scissors" ad.

NBCU2.0: NBC's Kevin Reilly just doesn't see eye to eye with the boss

NBC's entertainment Prexy Kevin Reilly is said to be in disagreement with TV chief Jeff Zucker on what we should see during the 8pm time slot on the network. Zucker wants to go the games and reality route (yawn) and Reilly is thinking scripted programming. Reilly pulled no stops in sharing his views in public: Reilly told a Beverly Hills luncheon Thursday, "You can't be exclusive with reality at 8:00. You have to be in the scripted business. It's not an absolute." Appearing to publicly overrule Zucker, Reilly said that the network plans to continue airing My Name is Earl and The Office during the 8:00 p.m. hour on Thursdays. We should probably look out for a press release about Kevin Reilly's departure in the coming weeks as NBCUNI2.0 goes into full swing CM>>

Afternoon Wire: King Rupe' s rule will continue to go on un-threatened

News Corp ruler Rupert Murdoch will get to keep his "poison pill" defense strategy in place blocking any potential overthrow of his ruling regime TAB>> NBC aint crumbling but they didn't make any money last quarter WSJ>> The MPA (Motion Picture Association of America) is taking desperate measures to stop illegal movie downloads. Yeah like boy scouts can sway anyone AP>> The kids over at Motleyfool.com felt wanted to make sure that individual investors get their hands on the same info as the fat cats on Wall Street so they gave us "Fool on the Street" MotleyFool>>