Month: August 2019

A merged CBS-Viacom would put Viacom CEO Bob Bakish at the head of the table, according to reports. CBS acting CEO Joe Ianniello would be offered a job overseeing all of the combined network’s branded assets, the Wall Street Journal reported. The two media companies, which are controlled by Sumner Redstone’s National Amusements, hammered outRead moreRead more

Thursday’s meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy was bound to be explosive, since it centered on a controversial new curriculum. But Chancellor Richard Carranza and his PC posse guaranteed more trouble by failing to bring Mandarin- or Cantonese-speaking translators to a gathering in Chinatown. So much for the chancellor’s constant talk about “respecting communities.”Read moreRead more

These foods are extreme…ly out of touch with recent studies of what people should be eating. The 2019 “winners” of the annual Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Xtreme Eating list are in — and they may convince you to opt for a salad tonight. CSPI, founded in 1971, is a science-based consumerRead moreRead more

TUCSON, Ariz. — Police in Tucson say a 1-year-old girl who was accidentally shot by a toddler at a house has died. They say the toddler somehow got hold of a gun and fired it Tuesday afternoon. The baby girl was found wounded inside the home and was rushed to a Tucson hospital, but laterRead moreRead more

Canada Goose has quietly stepped away from bold guarantees about the “ethical” treatment of animals it uses for its pricey outerwear, The Post has learned. The Toronto-based coat company — which for more than a year has faced a probe by the Federal Trade Commission over allegations of false advertising — has made sweeping changesRead moreRead more

Each journey was unique. Each story was special, until 30 or so similar-sounding tales converged at historic Municipal Stadium in northern Maryland, for the Washington Nationals’ 2009 pre-draft workout. Marcus Stroman shagged flies in the outfield Willie Mays roamed while being racially taunted in his first professional game. He took grounders on the diamond onceRead moreRead more

It may have escaped national viewers of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s performance in Wed­nesday’s debate, but New Yorkers couldn’t help but notice the same old responsibility-dodging, false-credit-grabbing scam artist. Hecklers disrupted his opening remarks with chants of “Fire Pantaleo!” The mayor later blamed the Obama and Trump Justice Departments for the delay in city actionRead moreRead more

Plus size retailer Avenue has 60 days to find a buyer — or it will shutter all of its 260 stores across the country, The Post has learned. Employees of Avenue — owned by Versa Capital Management, a private equity firm that also owns Black Angus Steakhouse and Silver Airways — learned about the loomingRead moreRead more

The final sale from the bankrupt F+W Media wrapped up Monday with Terry O’Toole’s Macanta Partners buying the last two magazine groups on the block for $3.5 million and renaming the new entity Peak Media Properties. Former Newsweek and Philadelphia Inquirer CEO Greg Osberg, who was the CEO of the old F+W from January 2018Read moreRead more

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Thursday subpoenaed the Trump Organization over hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 presidential elections. Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office picked up the probe just weeks after federal prosecutors announced they’d completed their investigation into the payments, made by former-TrumpRead moreRead more