L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... Baltimore and Chicago, which is where she has made her home for almost 30 years. The late Roger King, a legendary salesman known as much for his hard-living as for his deal-making acumen, signed her to King World and made her a star, and she made him and his brother Michael incredibly rich. CBS later bought King World for $2.5 billion.When Winfrey premiered, daytime...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... kind of do-it-yourself ethos used to be common in the syndication world -- giants Michael and Roger King, for example, launched their empire by selling old "Little Rascals" films to stations, eventually turning their operation into King World, which they ultimately sold to CBS.More recently, syndie vets Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus managed to launch a major distrib in Debmar-Mercury,...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... show to a different syndication company.CBS became the owner of the show in 2000 when it acquired King World, which had originally syndicated it. Ms. Winfrey was personally close to that company’s top executive, Roger King, who died in 2007.Ms. Winfrey has already moved beyond CBS’s syndication arm with the latest talk show from Harpo, “The Dr. Oz Show.” Television, a partner...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... forced to pursue deals to remain competitive."It's going to happen, but we've got to wait," said Roger King, airline analyst with Credit Sights Inc., of the prospect of a United-Continental deal. "They'd be idiots if they didn't [merge]. They're going to keep losing market share."By 2012, Delta predicts the Northwest deal will have improved its bottom line by $2 billion through a...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... on maths and science, said it was "very difficult" to protect standards without higher fees.Roger King, an expert on higher education, said the Government would probably opt to raise the fees ceiling rather than remove it altogether, as that "would cause considerable dissent from a range of student and middle-class groups". Professor King, of the Open University's Centre for...
