The problem: He wanted to rock

The vote culminates a latest round of major-Hollywood-guild dealmaking with producers, during which the unions acquiesced meekly

Deal's terms fall in line with the soft 2% wage-increase pattern set late last year when SAG and AFTRA carved out their agreement with the AMPTP

Company will provide Ryan Kavanaugh's independent studio with production and post-production services

Following string of box office hits, Sony re-ups its employment agreement with the studio chief

A $28 million-a-year loser joins a $10 million one; "inevitable" layoffs loom, and Newsweek's digital staff is "in the dark"

A merger "should be done, but isn't quite," an individual close to the talks says. Under the deal, Tina would report to Diller and Harman

As suspected, talent unions get only 2% minimum wage increases on new tentative three-year broadcast TV/theatrical agreement; they do secure 10% health and pension funding increases

Cable company also hit by 50 percent drop in subscriber growth

Sidney Harman acquired struggling newsweekly from Washington Post for a dollar, according SEC document

New three year pact keeps the Broadway awards show on the eye network, where its been since 1978