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Posts Tagged ‘Granite Boradcasting’

Bankruptcy has been very, very good to WEEK’s corporate overlord

Granite Broadcasting’s Chief Executive W. Don Cornwell wants the $460,000 in bonuses owed to him while the company, owner of WEEK TV, was in bankruptcy, which is “raising the ire” (a phrase found only in the media of creditors and shareholders, and no doubt the lowly peons who work for them. From CNN Money:
Cornwell, [...]

June 23, 2007 in Watchdog
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More ‘dirt’ on WEEK’s new owner

Commenter “Tony ” wants me to do more research on SilverPoint Capital, the company that just bought Granite Broadcasting — WEEK’s parent company — out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, instead of just bashing. I did no bashing of this company. I simply commented that I could not find any evidence on the Web that [...]

June 7, 2007 in Watchdog
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