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    Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Dish Network makes $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel

    Dish Network Corp. is taking a run at Sprint. The satellite television company made an unsolicited $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday in an attempt to marry one of the nation's biggest pay-TV providers with the third-largest U.S....

    Tags: DirecTV Group Inc., NBC (tv network), Computing and Information Technology Industry, CBS Corp., ABC (tv network)

    2. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Dish's play for Sprint is about defense as much as it is offense

    Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen once compared his corporate strategy to an episode of "Seinfeld."
    Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen once compared his corporate strategy to an episode of "Seinfeld." “You initially didn’t know exactly where things were going, but it seemed to all come together in the end,” he said. “This is...

    Tags: DirecTV Group Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, CBS Corp., Netflix Inc., Media Industry

    3. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. NASCAR's title sponsor, Sprint Nextel, is takeover target

    NASCAR's title sponsor, Sprint Nextel Corp. is in the middle of a takeover battle.
    NASCAR's title sponsor, Sprint Nextel Corp. is in the middle of a takeover battle. Dish Network Corp. on Monday made an unsolicited $25.5-billion offer to buy Sprint, which already had agreed to merge with SoftBank Corp., a Japanese telecommunications...

    Tags: Auto Racing, NASCAR, Adam Scott, Kobe Bryant

    4. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. SoftBank calls its offer for Sprint 'superior' to Dish Network's

    SoftBank Corp., whose bid for 70% of Sprint Nextel Corp. now faces an unexpected challenge from Dish Network Corp., isn't backing down.
    SoftBank Corp., whose bid for 70% of Sprint Nextel Corp. now faces an unexpected challenge from Dish Network Corp., isn't backing down. In a statement released late Monday, the Japanese telecommunications giant said its deal to invest $20.1 billion in...

    Tags: T-Mobile

    5. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Dish Network makes $25.5-billion bid for Sprint

    Satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp. has made a $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp.
    Satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp. has made a $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. If consummated, the deal would combine one of the nation's biggest pay-TV providers with the third-largest wireless communications company. The unsolicited...

    Tags: Japan, Netflix Inc., SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, The New York Times, SpaceX

    6. Apr 16, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Taxpayers failing to get their fair share of wireless gold rush

    Satellite TV provider Dish Network says it's thinking only of customers as it offers $25.5 billion to buy Sprint Nextel, the third-biggest U.S. wireless company.
    Satellite TV provider Dish Network says it's thinking only of customers as it offers $25.5 billion to buy Sprint Nextel, the third-biggest U.S. wireless company. "A transformative Dish/Sprint merger will create the only company that can offer...

    Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Federal Communications Commission, Media Industry, Politics, Consumers

    7. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  7. Boston Marathon, Rocked by Deadly Blasts, Had Alaskan Runners

    Several Alaskans were in Massachusetts to run the Boston Marathon, where two people died and nearly two dozen others were injured Monday after two explosions at its finish line.
    Channel 2 News
    Several Alaskans were in Massachusetts to run the Boston Marathon, where two people died and nearly two dozen others were injured Monday after two explosions at its finish line. Bloody spectators were being carried Monday to the medical tent that had...

    Tags: Boston Marathon, Road Running, Sports, Running, Verizon Wireless

    8. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Media struggle to make sense of Boston. Stones get ready to roll.

    Before the coffee. After saying a prayer for Boston. The Skinny: Not much to joke about today as another innocent pleasure is shattered forever. Tuesday's headlines include how the media handled and mishandled coverage of Monday's bombing in Boston....

    Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Movies, Netflix Inc., Mick Jagger, 42 (movie)

    9. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. '42' hits it out of the park. Dish makes a run at Sprint.

    After the coffee. Before remembering how to drive in the rain. The Skinny: I guess I'm getting old, as I had no desire to watch the MTV Movie Awards -- and the tweets told me I wasn't missing too much. Monday's headlines include the weekend box office...

    Tags: NBC (tv network), Oblivion (movie), Ann Curry, ABC (tv network), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

    10. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Is Softbank CEO the buyer of $117.5-million Silicon Valley estate?

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Tongues are wagging that SoftBank's billionaire founder, Masayoshi Son, may be the buyer of a $117.5-million estate in Woodside.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- Tongues are wagging that SoftBank's billionaire founder, Masayoshi Son, may be the buyer of a $117.5-million estate in Woodside. No one is willing to go on the record -- everyone involved signed non-disclosure agreements. But one real...

    Tags: Japan, Steve Jobs, China

    11. Feb 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Foosball isn't what it used to be

    The memories are usually fuzzy, clouded by decades of other diversions or simply by the fact that, even back then, you'd already forgotten by the next day that you'd played.
    The memories are usually fuzzy, clouded by decades of other diversions or simply by the fact that, even back then, you'd already forgotten by the next day that you'd played. Once thought to be the beer pong of its time, foosball is now more hardcore...

    Tags: Soccer, Sports, FIFA World Cup

    12. Jan 4, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Wendy Greuel subpoenas cellphone companies for billing records

    L.A. NOW
    City Controller Wendy Greuel said she has issued subpoenas to three cell phone companies that failed to provide billing records for cell phone use at Los Angeles City Hall....
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