Interesting coincidence on AMC today

On my local version of American Movie Classics, they are showing an old war movie starring guess who? Why, none other than that paragon of virtue, Ronald Reagan. I am shocked at the timing of this airing, as I am certain that AMC would not try to paste his (and Nancy's) faces on the screen just to remind people of what a war hero and all around good guy Reagan was, as opposed to that politically motivated and liberal slanted CBS presentation that was just cancelled. Sarcasm off:evilfrown:

...media-mega-McMovie-Wal-Houses owns AMC?

one looks ... of course, with current FCC czar stooge, Michael Powell ... everything can be changed at a drop of the hat ...

I saw a blurb that GE/NBC may have a stake in ownership, along with Rainbow Media, which is part of Cablevision Systems Corporation



http://www.rainbow-media.com/about/

and, the cross-directorships ... board members who sit on other boards, etc. ... the folks who call the shots, count their money and shove their weight ... and send the word down through the subsidiaries ... other than the massive holdings of the Dolan Family ... other key stockholders are:

Gabelli Asset Management, Inc
26,667,322 shares
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580

Comcast Corporation
41,451,682
1201 North Market Street, Suite 1405
Wilmington, DE 19801

Goldman Sachs Asset Management
15,124,806
32 Old Slip
New York, NY 10005

Capital Group International, Inc.
32,231,600 shares
Capital Guardian Trust Company
11100 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025

one to observe closely - ties to Jackson Stephens and ClearChannel
Janus Capital Management LLC
15,545,129
100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-4923

Citigroup Inc.
32,206,803
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043

Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc.
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Salomon Brothers Holding Company Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013

Smith Barney Fund Management LLC
333 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10043


Board of Directors


CHARLES D. FERRIS, 70, Director since 1985. Member of the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. since 1981. Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from October 1977 until April 1981.

RICHARD H. HOCHMAN, 57, Director since 1986. Chairman of Regent Capital Management Corp. since April 1995. Managing Director of PaineWebber Incorporated from March 1990 to April 1995. Mr. Hochman is also a director of R.A.B. Enterprises, Inc.

VICTOR ORISTANO, 86, Director since 1985. Founder and Chairman of Alda Limited Partners, a holding company which has built and operated cable television systems in Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and England since 1966. Mr. Oristano was also the founder of the nation’s largest holder of wireless TV frequencies, a company controlled by Alda.

VINCENT TESE, 60, Director since 1996. Chairman of Wireless Cable International, Inc. since July 1995. Chairman of Cross Country Wireless from December 1994 to July 1995. Mr. Tese served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York State Urban Development Corporation from 1985 to 1987, and as Director of Economic Development for New York State from 1987 to December 1994. Mr. Tese is also a director of Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Custodial Trust Co., Bowne and Company, Inc., Lynch Interactive, Mack-Cali Realty Corp. and National Wireless Holdings, Inc.

THOMAS V. REIFENHEISER, 67, Director since 2002. Mr. Reifenheiser retired as a Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase, overseeing the Global Media and Telecommunications Division, in September 2000 after 38 years with JP Morgan Chase and its predecessors. Mr. Reifenheiser is also a director of Lamar Advertising Company, Mediacom Communications Corporation and F&W Publications Inc.

VICE ADMIRAL JOHN R. RYAN USN (RET.), 57, Director since 2002. President of the State University of New York Maritime College since June 2002. Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from June 1998 to June 2002. Vice Admiral Ryan’s military career included positions as Commander of the Maritime Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force, US Sixth Fleet/ Commander, Fleet Air Mediterranean/ Commander, Maritime Air Forces, Mediterranean until his retirement from the U.S. Navy in July 2002.

CHARLES F. DOLAN, 76, Director since 1985. Chairman of the Company since 1985. Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1985 to October 1995. Founded and acted as the General Partner of the Company’s predecessor from 1973 until 1985. Established Manhattan Cable Television in 1961 and Home Box Office in 1971. Charles F. Dolan is the father of James L. Dolan, Patrick F. Dolan and Thomas C. Dolan.

JAMES L. DOLAN, 47, Director since 1991. President of the Company since June 1998 and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 1995. Chairman of Madison Square Garden, a subsidiary of the Company, since October 1999. Chief Executive Officer of Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, from September 1992 to October 1995. Vice President of the Company from 1987 to September 1992. James L. Dolan is the son of Charles F. Dolan and the brother of Patrick F. Dolan and Thomas C. Dolan.

WILLIAM J. BELL, 63, Director since 1985. Vice Chairman of the Company since 1985. Joined the Company’s predecessor in 1979.

SHEILA A. MAHONY, 61, Director since 1988. Executive Vice President, Communications, Government and Public Affairs of the Company since April 1999. Senior Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs of the Company from June 1995 to April 1999. Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs of the Company and the Company’s predecessor from 1980 to June 1995.

THOMAS C. DOLAN, 50, Director since 1998. Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Company since October 2001. Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Company from February 1996 to October 2001. Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Company from July 1994 to February 1996. General Manager of the Company’s East End Long Island cable system from November 1991 to July 1994. System Manager of the Company’s East End Long Island cable system from August 1987 to October 1991. Thomas C. Dolan is the son of Charles F. Dolan and brother of Patrick F. Dolan and James L. Dolan.

PATRICK F. DOLAN, 51, Director since 1991. President of News 12 Networks of the Company since February 2002. Vice President of News from September 1995 to February 2002. News Director of News 12 Long Island, a subsidiary of the Company, from December 1991 to September 1995. Patrick F. Dolan is the son of Charles F. Dolan and the brother of James L. Dolan and Thomas C. Dolan.

JOHN TATTA, 83, Director since 1985. Consultant to the Company since January 1992. President of the Company from 1985 to December 1991. Chief Operating Officer of the Company from 1985 to 1989 and of the Company’s predecessor from 1973 to 1985. Executive Vice President and director of operations of Manhattan Cable Television during the 1960s and early 1970s.

STEVEN RATTNER, 50, Director since March 2003. Founder and Managing Principal of Quadrangle Group LLC since March 2000. Deputy Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Freres & Co. from 1989 to March 2003. Mr. Rattner serves on the Board of Directors of Pathfire, Inc. and Publishing Group of America.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053112/000095012303005497/y85659def14a.htm

and very much appreciated. Thanks for the info. I'll have to do some searching into the 'guts' of the organizations.:hi:

"I'm not a soldier, but I play one on TV."

But he thinks he did because he acted the part of a soldier in military propoganda films (shot during the war); he did, though, wear uniforms when he made the films.

this entire administration (especially Rumsfeld) then I don't know what is. Maybe they are just showing a movie that many people consider an American Movie Classic.

Several channels had Schwartzenocker film festivals during the Cali debacle...

but what has he really done in the past ten years to deserve all this continued vitriol? I can understand disliking Michael Homophobe Reagan, because he's a smug prick. But it's not like Ronald Reagan got the movie moved over to Showtime, it was the "cries like a bitch with a skinned knee" (to quote Jay from Dogma) Right who put the breaks on this thing. I imagine a bunch of the people who continue to talk poorly of Reagan are pissed whenever the lunatic right brings up Clinton. Neither is correct, leave Reagan alone, focus your hatred on Bush and his ilk.

it's the stuff he did durring his presidency that is the problem, and why so many here are sickened by him.

then you concede the right, who were sickened by what Clinton did in his presidency, is correct in constantly bashing him. Not that I believe that Clinton did anything truly wrong, but all this "what he did" shit is relative, and the right then is correct for constantly bringing up Clinton's transgressions.

you brought it up, I think that this is the same type of 'coincidence' that brought us 2 weeks of Ahhhnold reruns immediately prior to the California recall vote. Again, just an observation on my part.

but responding to the more virtiolic posts about Reagan I've been seeing. The man hasn't been in a good state of mind since I was in kindergarten, let him go away peacefully, and let's focus our collective dislike of republicans on trying to oust this illegitimate president.

your position. The post was not intended to be flame bait. The only reason I even brought it up was because of the seeming coincidental timing. Some of the others have a point though, in stating that his past performance is reason enough to thoroughly dislike the man and what he stands for. I remember the economic environment during his presidency and it was bloody awful! I had friends who were so frightened of it getting even worse that they bought houses at 18% on a first mortgage (up to 25% on a second). Many of them ended up losing those homes ultimately. Also, the Reductions in Force (RIFs) affected a number of very well qualified and well trained government employees, whose pensions and heathcare coevrage are now in danger from the swine in the WH now. My father was one of Reagans RIFs, so I do have something of a personal axe to grind.

let's be real, this guy was about as in charge of what was going on as Ford. The only difference in the Reagan administration was that Bush and his dickhead friends were pulling the strings, while Kissenger ran the show after Nixon resigned.

he was used by * and Kissinger. I would expect nothing less from that ilk. The fact remains, however, that Reagan was president, and was/is accountable for his adminstration. One of the things that gets my goat, frankly, is the unending whining from Michael reagan about the USS Ronald Reagan and the constant soliciting of funds for the decoration of same. Geez, for a guy who didn't have a very good relationship with his father, he sure jumped on the gravy train quickly. I'm tired of hypocrisy and distortions. How about a compromise on this. I will concede that he is ill and has no idea of what is going on in the world, but I will also state that that condition, insofar as he is concerned, is nothing new.

is a filthy bastard who makes me sick

... he lives daily in our lives ... and the Republicans won't let us forget it ... I figure "Ronald Reagan" will be with me until my dying day ... not because any obsession on my part ... it's on their part ... his rhetoric and policies won't leave us alone ...

why waste time commenting when there are other fish to fry, eh?

I hate Raygun!

...to Reagan:

http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=2091

No, no coincidence.

These are fightin' words.

I dispise Reagan, he started this whole trend of Republican faux morality bullshit. My Aunt and Uncle have a picture of him hanging on their wall. They were never hurt by his bullshit policies, I was, my children were, I hope he lives for years and years! Shit, now I'm pissed.