Westwood One News

THE New York Dolls are heading to Scotland next week - almost 40 years after one of the most important meetings in punk rock history.

Westwood-based, award-winning Lawns By Yorkshire Chief Executive Officer Steven Jomides has been appointed to the New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association board of directors.

Not long ago, a first meeting between Hollywood executives and the potential new owners of their studio might have turned on Oscar prospects, this year's ingenue or the exact dimensions of Russell Crowe's salary.

Books of the year: what kept you turning the pages? Was it Thomas Cromwell's machinations, a frustrated MP's diaries, or a novelist's treatment of his father's suicide? We asked a few peoplea Avid readers: Melvyn Bragg, Kazuo Ishiguro, Joan Bakewell, David Cameron, Vivienne Westwood.

The Penn Traffic Co. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the third time, and this time the fate of the Westwood Plaza store more directly hangs in the balance.

Thousands of fans from as far away as New York filled the streets near UCLA on Monday, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite undead stars attending the evening premiere of a oeNew Moona - the second film in the a oeTwilighta vampire saga.

Are cash-strapped American consumers on for another date with energy price misery? The U.S. economy remains weak and one in six Americans can't find enough work.

The Twilight Saga continued as the second installment, New Moon, premiered in Westwood on Monday night.

Commercial lender CIT Group Inc. provided a further glimpse into its troubled finances, saying it lost $1.07 billion during the third quarter as customers jumped ship and it tried unsuccessfully to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection.

"Twilight" fans have taken over the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Thousands of fans from as far away as New York filled the streets near UCLA on Monday, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite "Twilight" stars attending the evening premiere of the latest film in the series - "New Moon." Some "twi-hards" - as they call themselves - ...

Clear Channel CHR WIOQ /Philadelphia is losing it's fine APD/MD Joey Brooks who has tendered his resignation and will exit Q102 at the end of the month to join 104.5 CHUM FM /Toronto as its new afternoon drive host.

Demento -- was given the honor Saturday night at a nationally-broadcast ceremony in Chicago.

The radio industry has hit a recurring sour note. The latest blues are sung by Westwood One, showing an 18.5% decline in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008.

Newsweek film critic David Ansen was named artistic director of the Los Angeles Film Festival Monday.

Westwood One, Inc. , a leading independent provider of network radio content and traffic information to the radio, television and on-line sectors, today reported operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Caption: Peaches Geldof 25th anniversary London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 - Vivian Westwood - Front Row London, England .... GELDOF'S AWFUL HALLOWEEN MEMORIES PEACHES GELDOF jets to America every Halloween because she has terrible memories of trick or treating back home in England.

Preet Bharara, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, spoke after the arrest of 14 people on insider trading charges.

The insider trading case that rocked Wall Street last month grew even larger today, drawing in more Massachusetts companies and a hedge fund manager with a home in Westwood.

When talk turns to the golden age of Hollywood, by common consent 1939 is the year of years.

While the company's Rochester roots remain strong, Wegmans Food Markets CEO Danny Wegman said Tuesday that the firm's strategy involves growth largely outside New York state.