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Family of captured soldier wants privacy in ordeal

AP | JOHN MILLER | Posted 08.20.2009 | Home


The parents of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan say they are overwhelmed by the support of neighbors in their small Idaho community and others abroad.

Blaine County Sheriff Walt Femling read a statement issued Monday by the family of Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl thanking supporters.

Femling declined to answer questions about the family.

Defense Department officials confirmed Saturday that Bergdahl, who grew up in Hailey, a small, central Idaho resort town, was kidnapped in Afghanistan earlier this month.

Bergdahl's parents have refused requests to be interviewed by media.

Sun Valley Media Conference Photos: Mogulmania Day 3!

Huffington Post | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media


The Allen & Company retreat in Sun Valley wound down Friday, but not before we were able to catch glimpses of several moguls for the first time this y...

Jeff Zucker: Market Has Reached Bottom

Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media


NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker said Thursday that while the overall marketplace is still challenged, he thinks it may have bottomed out....

Sun Valley Media Conference Photos: Mogulmania Day 2!

Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media


The Allen & Company retreat in Sun Valley continued Thursday with even more moguls showing up for Day 2. While it remains to be seen if any deals hav...

Liberty Media May Save Weinstein Co.

New York Post | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media


LIBERTY Media saved one struggling company this year with the bailout of Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and now it may reprise its role as the white knigh...

Bill Gates And Eric Schmidt Meet At Sun Valley, No Comment On Google OS

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media


SUN VALLEY, Idaho — The escalating tension between Google and Microsoft didn't prevent the companies' chairmen from sharing a moment of levity T...

Harvey Weinstein In Sun Valley: Cell Phone Chic

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media


Harvey Weinstein gets an A+ for consistency. The movie mogul is once again in Sun Valley at the annual media-fest, and he was snapped by the AP in the...

Sun Valley Media Conference Photos: Mogulmania Day 1! (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


The annual Allen & Company summer media conference kicked off in Sun Valley, Idaho Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning the attendees were decked ou...

News Corp, CBS In Harsh Sun Valley Spotlight

Reuters | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


NEW YORK/SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - News Corp's Rupert Murdoch and CBS Corp's Leslie Moonves will likely be under a harsh spotlight at this year's ...

News Corp Will Keep MySpace, Won't Purchase Twitter: Murdoch

Reuters | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - News Corp is not interested in buying popular microblogging site Twitter and will not sell its struggling social network...

John Malone, Barry Diller Skeptical Of Twitter, Economy

WSJ | Julia Angwin | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley, Idaho, media fest got off to a gloomy start Wednesday, with downbeat panel discussions on the economy (getting worse) and th...

New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin Covering Sun Valley From Afar

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Every year, media moguls gather at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley conference to listen to each other gab, parade around in casual wear and occasionally ma...

Movies, TV Take Backseat At Sun Valley

deadlinehollywooddaily.com | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Congratulations, Hollywood: you're officially irrelevant at the annual Allen & Co investment conference in Sun Valley this week. I've just been read t...

Bob Iger: "People Are Going To Pay" For Content Online

WSJ | Julia Angwin | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


As the media moguls gather here in Sun Valley, Idaho, for their annual schmooze-fest, there is one phrase on everybody's lips as they emerge from thei...

Murdoch, Google Eye Twitter As Moguls Gather In Sun Valley

Guardian | Bobbie Johnson in San Francisco | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


As the media world's most powerful figures gather in Sun Valley, Idaho to discuss the state of the industry the topics are likely to range far and wid...

LeBron James Attending Sun Valley Media Conference

New York Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


Sources confirmed to The Post that LeBron James, basketball's reigning giant, will attend Allen & Co.'s annual media mogulfest in Sun Valley, Idaho, w...

Welcome to Camp Mogul

Paul Krassner | Posted 07.31.2008 | Business


Paul Krassner

I went to spy on a summer camp for billionaires: The 26th annual gathering of the nation's most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho, hosted by Herb Allen.

Selling Your Old Media Now: Internet Whiz Says To Get Out

DealBook | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business


Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen, who now runs the social networking site Ning, kept up his death watch for old media Wednesday morning. In a morning...

Rupert Murdoch's Missing Wedding Ring

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business


You want the sober, serious news from Sun Valley? Check here, or here - there's some interesting stuff about Eric Schmidt and YouTube and Yahoo. You w...

Has Digg Finally Found A Buyer In Google?: Sun Valley Gossip

ValleyWag | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business


This year's Sun Valley retreat, put on as usual by investment bank Allen & Co, will be Digg CEO Jay Adelson's second. But it marks Adelson's third or ...

Sun Valley Photos Day 2

Huffington Post | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media


The Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley continued into its second day Thursday. Below, more photos from the playground for the media elite &md...

Sun Valley Photos: Media, Business Elite Converge On Annual Allen & Co Retreat

Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media


While no major news has yet come out of the Allen & Co. retreat in Sun Valley, which traditionally has the media elite trading in their business suits...

Jeff Zucker: The Hottest Man In Sun Valley

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media


SUN VALLEY, Idaho - In what's certain to be an unfamiliar role for him, NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker is expected to be the popular guy at the Allen ...

Charter Schools Get the Test Scores Up

Tom Lowry | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Tom Lowry

Unlike most of her audience of media moguls, charter school impresario Deborah Kenny has some positive results to brag about. Test scores have improved dramatically at her schools in just five years.