Diller Thriller for Vivendi Universal

At end of play yesterday (Sunday), it looked certain that Barry Diller will be named the film and TV overlord at Vivendi Universal as early as this morning - a move that would appear to relegate its current entertainment chief Pierre Lescure to the managerial sidelines within the French-American conglomerate.In a widely cited story in The Los Angeles Times yesterday, Vivendi Universal is said to have approved a plan hatched by its chairman Jean-Marie Messier to acquire ...