Kim Masters covers the entertainment business for The Daily Beast. She is also the host of The Business, public radio's weekly program about the business of show business. She is also the author of The Keys to the Kingdom: The Rise of Michael Eisner and the Fall of Everybody Else.

A Magical Merger

A Magical Merger?

As NBC Universal and Comcast executives begin the long process of integrating the two companies, they enlist... a mag...

Posted 10:35 PM | Feb 4, 2010
Ripping Off Larry Platts Pants

Ripping Off Larry Platt's "Pants"

General Larry Platt may have a viral hit, but he's not making money off his anthem. Yet. He talks to Kim Masters abo...

Posted 10:48 PM | Feb 1, 2010
Anger at NBC

Anger at NBC

Now that NBC has paid Conan O'Brien to leave, staffers grumble, "We're not allowed to buy mechanical pencils!" Kim Ma...

Posted 11:23 PM | Jan 21, 2010
NBC Chief No Press is Bad Press

NBC Chief: 'No Press is Bad Press'

How does NBC expect fans to stay loyal after this month's chaos? Its top TV exec tells Kim Masters he hopes the bat...

Posted 11:08 AM | Jan 21, 2010