Sidney Harman

Obama's Gone, But The Big Dog's Here

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 07.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton spoke this afternoon at a moving memorial service for industrialist and Newsweek co-owner Sidney Harman, w...

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Janice Hahn Leads The Pack In Race To Replace Rep. Harman

AP | Posted 07.18.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn advanced to a runoff in the election to fill Democratic Rep. Jane Harman's Southern Cali...

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Newsweek Owner Sidney Harman Dies

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 06.13.2011

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Sidney Harman, the entrepreneur and philanthropist who purchased Newsweek last year and recently merged it with The Daily Beast, died Tuesday night of...

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How Daily Beast-Newsweek Merger Fell Through

New York Magazine | Steve Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Then, on Sunday, October 17, as [Daily Beast editor Tina] Brown sat at home watching Boardwalk Empire, her weekly "act of escapism," she began to unde...

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CUTS HIT NEWSWEEK... SILVER LINING...

nypost.com | KEITH J. KELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

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"A small number of Newsweek's staff was told today that they will not be offered jobs when Sidney Harman assumes control on Oct. 1, 2010," Newsweek sp...

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Daily Beast-Newsweek Merger?

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speculation is swirling anew that Barry Diller is working on a plan to combine his IAC/InterActiveCorp-owned Daily Beast with the Newsweek digital ope...

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Tina Brown And Sidney Harman Discuss Newsweek-Daily Beast Merger On 'Reliable Sources' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast, and Sidney Harman, owner of Newsweek, appeared on CNN's "Reliable Sources" on Sunday to discuss the me...

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Newsweek Merges With Cats That Look Like Hitler

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cats That Look Like Hitler spokesperson Meow Tse-tung had no comment on the merger and, instead, happily played with a tiny rubber mouse with a bell inside it.

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Newsweek, Daily Beast To Merge

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE, 11/12: In a pair of announcements posted Thursday night, The Daily Beast and Newsweek confirmed that they will be merging. In a press release,...

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Daily Beast-Newsweek Merger OFF

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: In a Monday memo to staff, Newsweek CEO Tom Ascheim and owner Sidney Harman claimed that they, not the Daily Beast, withdrew from discussions ...

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What Newsweek Can Learn From Bruce Wasserstein's New York

New York Times | DAVID CARR | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have three words for the haters: New York magazine. Last week, Newsweek was sold (for $1 plus great big liabilities) to Sidney Harman, the audio pi...

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Who IS Newsweek's New 91-Year-Old Billionaire Owner?

Forbes | Posted 05.25.2011

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That the Washington Post Co. has opted to sell Newsweek to Sidney Harman, an electronics tycoon with a history of philanthropy, may reassure some as t...

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Howard Fineman Joining Huffington Post

The New York Times | JEREMY W. PETERS and BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Fineman, one of the more recognizable pundits on cable television and a correspondent for Newsweek for 30 years, is leaving the magazine to bec...

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Newsweek's New Owner Sets Up Shop In D.C. Lunchroom

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hey, kids? Are you wondering how Newsweek's transition into the Sidney Harman era is going? Well, here's a hot scooplet for you: even as we speak, t...

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Newsweek: You're in Good Hands With Harman

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

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If past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior -- and it is -- staffers can be reassured by Sidney Harman's track record as an enlightened boss.

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Upcoming Changes for Newsweek

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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A return to hard-hitting investigative journalism: Fareed Zakaria on "Which clouds are prettiest?" Inception team goes inside every sleeping American's head, plants message: "Weekly news magazines are more relevant than ever."

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Billionaire Buys Newsweek For $1

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE, 5:20 PM: The Washington Post Co. has now officially announced the sale of Newsweek to Sidney Harman. In a press release, both Post Co. Chair...

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Washington Post Co. Rejects Avenue Capital Group's Bid For Newsweek, Cites Ties To National Inquirer

Huffington Post | Lindsay Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Washington Post Company declined to sell Newsweek magazine to Avenue Capital Group because of the hedge fund's ties to American Media, Inc., the f...

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The Arts, Our Government's Respect, and the Aspen Institute

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the Depression years, the WPA provided, encouraged and sponsored great art initiatives employing thousands of artists. The question was asked, "What has happened to us since then?"

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The Doctrine of "Sovereign Immunity" Presents a Grave Danger to Our Security

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Sovereign Immunity has its roots in old English law postulating that neither the sovereign nor the sovereign state can commit a legal wrong. It is an anachronism of another time and poses a great danger to our security.

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