Al Gore already has won a Nobel Peace Prize, an Oscar and a presidential popular vote. Now, he's won the mergers-and-acquisitions lottery, too. When Al Jazeera cuts its check to buy failed progressive media outlet Current TV, Gore's 20 percent stake looks like it'll be worth $100 million.
The recent revelation of Gen. David Petraeus' affair cost him a promising political career. But in the grand history of marital infidelity, it barely warrants a footnote. If you want to see where Petraeus ranks when it comes to expensive affairs, take our quiz.
Nope, Angelo Mozilo won't be serving time, no matter what the evidence shows. In fact, he won't even face a trial. Wondering how the most convictable CEO among the titans who brought down the financial system is getting off so easy? The answer lies in the revolving door between Wall Street and its "regulators."
CNN host Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor who resigned amid a prostitution scandal, was rejected for membership at the Harvard Club in New York City. The club rarely turns down qualified candidates, and Spitzer is a Harvard Law School graduate.
CNN says it's confident about its newest show, starring Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer, but there's reason to think the network is already quietly lining up the fire trucks next to the runway in expectation of a flameout.
CNN's great 8PM hope, Parker Spitzer, garnered lackluster ratings in its debut Monday night, trailing Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and CNN's own sister network HLN. Television critics, meanwhile, savaged the program.
CNN president Jonathan Klein has been hard at work this year remaking the network's primetime lineup, its most important programming block. But whether or not his effort proves successful, he won't be around to find out.
The British newspaper journalist and TV personality will take over in 2011 from King, who was originally set to retire this fall. Morgan is already known to U.S. viewers of America's Got Talent, the British show's spin-off.
Usually conservative in its programming choices, CNN is going for broke as it remakes two-thirds of its prime-time schedule by, among other things, replacing a fixture -- Larry King -- and hiring a scandal-tinged newcomer -- Eliot Spitzer.
It's truly touching to see how concerned the New York Post is about CNN's innocence following its hire of Eliot Spitzer. But while the Post looks out for CNN's soul, who's looking out for the Post's?
As expected, CNN announced it has hired Eliot Spitzer to star in a new 8 p.m. debate show starting this fall. It also announced who his co-host will be: Conservative writer Kathleen Parker.
Weird as it might sound, it's looking like former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer really is going to be CNN's next big hire as host of a political debate show. But who should the network hire to spar with him? We have a few thoughts. Now we want to hear yours.
CNN is in talks to hire Eliot Spitzer as a "talking head" political commentator, even though the former New York governor comes with plenty of baggage. One solution to his image problem: Pair him with a strong female co-host.
