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    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 8:16AM 7/27/2010
    Walt Disney is calling on its Miramax suitor to pay up a nonrefundable $40 million deposit towards its purchase of the movie studio. A consortium of buyers led by California construction mogul Ron Tutor is currently conducting due diligence on the $675 million deal.

    By Sarah Weinman

    | 9:06AM 7/08/2010
    Just when the saga of Disney's attempt to sell financially troubled production company Miramax seemed to be settled, a new twist has added an unlikely suitor to the mix: actor Rob Lowe.

    By Jeff Bercovici

    | 1:20PM 10/15/2009
    Bruce Wasserstein, who died Wednesday at 61, will be remembered by many in the media world less for his dealmaking prowess than for turning New York magazine from a predictable, shallow city magazine into the most consistently clever and ingeniously packaged publication of the last few years. But...

    By Jeff Bercovici

    | 5:00PM 6/04/2009
    It looks like Mike Bloomberg has gotten over his pique at The New York Observer. The media mogul-turned mayor recently made headlines by getting snappish with a reporter from the salmon-colored weekly at a press conference. The reporter, Azi Paybarah, had asked Bloomberg a question about his plan...