On Showtime, “it is the emphasis on middle-age women that has allowed the network to tap into a much-ignored talent pool. ‘We’ve found a formula that works for us. It certainly took us a long time,’ says Matthew Blank, longtime chairman and chief executive of Showtime Networks Inc.”
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Art Dealer Salander Pleads Guilty To $120M Fraud
”’I am deeply ashamed and sorry for my actions,’ the dealer, Lawrence B. Salander, 60, said after acknowledging that he had defrauded clients including the tennis star John McEnroe; Roy Lennox, a hedge fund manager; and Earl Davis, the son of the painter Stuart Davis.” He admitted “to 29 charges of grand larceny and scheming to defraud investors.”
Bloomberg Ending Charitable Program For NYC Nonprofits
Through the program, the billionaire mayor has channeled “nearly $200 million of his fortune” to local groups. “His decision, which is not yet public, has set off alarm in the city’s arts and social services worlds, which depend heavily on his largesse and are grappling with deep budget cuts and a brutal fund-raising climate.”