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Investors were disappointed by this morning’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report, which showed an addition of 169,000 non-farm jobs nationwide in August — fewer than expected, even though it dropped the unemployment rate to 7.3% from July’s 7.4% and 8.1% a year ago. But Hollywood didn’t help: The seasonally adjusted…

Viacom Replaces EVP Human Resources & Administration UPDATE: It’s rare for two Big Media companies — Viacom and Time Warner — to promote their senior HR-type executives, much less at almost the same time. The latest is Andy LaValle, who has been promoted to Senior Managing Director, West, of Executive Search at Time…

It happens twice a week at Kate Mantilini’s restaurant on the edge of Beverly Hills between 9 and 10 AM. There, Madelyn Hammond, a Hollywood branding and marketing consultant, sits at her favorite table (not in a booth where people can overhear everything) and meets with Industry types recently laid off and helps them…

Every summer, Hollywood offices fill up with the sons and daughters and nephews and nieces of the entertainment industry’s major players. I’ve learned that Management 360 has just made a new hire right out of Brown for an entry-level position: Sam Grey, the son of Paramount chief Brad Grey. “He had an informational…