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Travel Channel Auction Said to Draw a Crowd – DealBook Blog …

As the auction of Cox Communications’ Travel Channel heats up, Reuters is reporting that Scripps Networks Interactive, the owner of the HGTV network, and NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric, are the top contenders.

Calpers Hopes Riskier Bets Will Restore Its Health – DealBook Blog …

Calpers lost nearly $60 billion in the financial markets last year, which means it has a serious long-term shortfall. Joseph A. Dear, the fund’s new invesment head, thinks the cure is in hedge funds and beaten-down private equity.

UK Music Industry Economists Admit: Music Industry Getting Bigger …

We’re not saying that always happens, but most of the industry studies would only count data that supported their basic premise that the music industry was in trouble and “something must be done.” That’s highly misleading — especially …