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One of the more interesting footnotes in the proxy that Liberty Media (LMDIA) filed yesterday was a footnote — in Enron Beelzebub typeface, naturally — that disclosed “$745,832 of tax payments made on behalf of Mr. Malone”. That would be John Malone, Liberty’s Chairman, whose net worth was estimated at $2.2 billion by Forbes last [...]

Ever since TheStreet.com (TSCM) issued this press release yesterday announcing that it had inked a new contract with Jim Cramer, there’s been no shortage of stories about the deal — most of which note the higher salary and the end to the temporary contracts. Love him or hate him, there’s few people on Wall Street [...]

Forget about Spiderman and Wolverine. Sure, they’re really cool and have special powers, but not quite as many as Marvel Entertainment’s (MVL) board of directors. A quick skim of the proxy filed late yesterday shows that Marvel’s board has some super-sized salaries. Three directors made over $300K last year and one — Chairman Morton Handel [...]

How much is Playboy (PLA) spending to provide food, housing and other “personal benefits” for Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, Hugh Hefner’s live-in girlfriends and the stars of The Girls Next Door on the E! Network? About $400K according to the 10-K that Playboy filed on Friday. Although according to Wikipedia, The Girls [...]

Over the weekend, you might have heard the news about a hedge fund’s interest in electing four directors to the New York Times (NYT). Firebrand Partners, headed by NYU Professor Scott Galloway sent the letter to Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger yesterday and it was filed this morning. Here’s a snippet: There is nothing wrong with [...]