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Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:06pm on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Edward Woodward, the star of the CBS show The Equalizer (1985-89), died on November 16, 2009 at the age of 79 after suffering from a number of illnesses. As former secret agent Robert McCall on The Equalizer, Woodward won a best actor Golden Globe award in 1987. He also starred in Breaker Morant (1980), the Australian film about the Second Boer War, among many other productions.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 7:58am on Monday, November 9th, 2009

David Letterman's Alleged Blackmailer Wants Trial; Halderman Raising Money for Defense, the New York Observer reported on November 9, 2009:

Over the weekend, Dr. Bob Arnot, a friend and former colleague of Mr. Halderman, told The Observer that Mr. Halderman has already raised $100,000 for his defense, and is planning to meet with friends and advisers in the coming weeks to discuss other fund-raising possibilities.

"This lawyer is a real litigator," Mr. Arnot wrote via email, "and Joe is paying the full boat to go to trial."

The full story:
http://www.observer.com/2009/media/david-lettermans-alleged-blackmailer-headed-court-sources-say-halderman-intent-trial-rais

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 6:37pm on Saturday, November 7th, 2009

CBS Posts $207.6 Million Profit on Higher Rerun and Daytime Program Sales

Bloomberg.com reported on Movember 5, 2009:

"Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves is leading the industry in obtaining retransmission fees from cable and satellite TV systems. They may amount to as much as $200 million by 2012 or 2013, he said in September. CBS gets almost two- thirds of sales from advertising.

“They do have some new revenue streams, or growing revenue streams, including retransmission fees at their stations group,” said Michael Morris, a UBS AG analyst based in New York. “The growth in some of these subscriber fees will continue to bolster that stable cash flow stream for them.”


The full story:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6YM8mJoCNUc&pos=6

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 1:06pm on Monday, October 5th, 2009

Alot of people at CBS want a piece of David Letterman, ABC News reports. During the taping of his Thursday night show on October 1, 2009, David Letterman revealed an extortion plot and confessed to having sex with staffers:

"David Letterman told the audience of his late night talk show that he had sexual relationships with female members of his staff, adding that he'd forked over a bogus $2 million check as part of an extortion plot on the matter.

Letterman, 62, made the confessions to the audience during a taping of "The Late Show" for broadcast Thursday night, according to a statement by Worldwide Pants Inc., Letterman's production company."

The full story:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/david-letterman-admits-sexual-affairs-staffers-details-extortion/story?id=8728424