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    May 10, 2012

    Video: Phil Anschutz has the tailgate party, just needs NFL team

    Phil Anschutz didn't get to the top of the moguldom heap by thinking small. The billionaire Quest founder has built his sprawling empire on audacity as well as savvy, and his latest venture -- which involves wooing the NFL back to Los Angeles -- may be the most ambitious of all his schemes.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Mark Cuban: HDNet rebranding as AXS TV won't impact Denver operation

    What a difference a few years makes. In 2006, Mark Cuban, the billionaire behind HDNet, partly based in Denver, was touting the service's inking of past CBS anchor Dan Rather. Now, he's psyched about hooking up with American Idol host Ryan Seacrest and AEG Entertainment, owned by local moneybags Phi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Phil Anschutz remains elusive in The New Yorker

    Phil Anschutz.Few people can endure the scrutiny involved in a lengthy New Yorker profile with their mystique intact. But the magazine hardly makes a dent in the armor encasing Phil Anschutz, despite the wealth of information about the "secretive mogul" amassed in Connie Bruck's "The Man Who Owns L. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Nickelback in Denver on June 10 at Pepsi Center

    By early June, Denver will long be in the rearview for the Black Keys dudes, who'll play here on Monday, April 30. Too bad. It would've been sweet-ass sweet to witness a good old-fashioned battle royale for ultimate supremacy between them and the Nickelback dudes to settle this whole "rock and roll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Michael Jackson's shocking recording in Conrad Murray trial: Bad press for Phil Anschutz?

    If you haven't yet heard the recording of a doped-up Michael Jackson played in the Dr. Conrad Murray trial (check it out below), you'll be shocked. But while Murray's the man in the hot seat, will the case's revelations splash back on Denver's Phil Anschutz, who stood to profit handsomely had Jackso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Jay-Z and Kanye West's upcoming Watch the Throne tour apparently being rerouted

    So Pitchfork is reporting this morning that Jay-Z and Kanye West's highly anticipated Watch the Throne tour, which we told you was coming to Denver on Monday, October 10, is no longer coming to town on that date. The tour's apparently being rerouted due to "overwhelming demand," says Billboard, citi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Michael Jackson memorial: More money out of Phil Anschutz's pocket

    A Flickr photoThe Staples Center, where Michael Jackson's memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Mountain time today. The throng already descending on Los Angeles this morning to attend the Michael Jackson memorial service is being estimated in the seven-figure range, and as the Los Angeles Ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Michael Jackson memorial coverage

    Clearly, Michael Jackson's memorial, which is being held in a few hours in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, is the biggest music news story of the day -- and perhaps the year. Amongst all the wall-to-wall coverage (KCRW, the public radio station out of Santa Monica, is slated to simulcast the even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Michael Jackson's death helping Denver's economy, too

    Next stop, Jacko. Although Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz may not be adding to his bankroll as a result of Michael Jackson's death, folks associated with Denver International Airport stand to make a few extra bucks. A report posted on the U.K.-based Cheapflights website notes that so many Brits a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Vince McMahon vs. Stan Kroenke: a win-win situation

    A WWE image pimping a "faceoff" between angelic "Vince McMahon" and devilsh "Kroenke." Maybe Vince McMahon, the feverish frontman for World Wrestling Entertainment, isn't a steroid-addled loon -- or at least he's managed to channel any rage he might be feeling for whatever reason into pure, self-pr ... More >>

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Holy Bankroller

    Pious Phil Anschutz rides the light with Narnia, the latest in his movie quest.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Pious Phil Anschutz rides the light with Narnia, the latest in his movie quest.

  • Music

    June 20, 2002

    Up On the Mountain

    At 75, Ralph Stanley is beginning his career anew.

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Phil's Big Scores

    Anshutz's domain stretches from kids' theater to pro sports.

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Out of the Blue

    Ride the light...ride the light...ride the light.

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    The Invisible Man

    You ought to be in pictures -- and Phil Anschutz® can put you there.

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Off Limits

    May flowers

  • Music

    March 2, 2000

    A Sperm's Tale

    How CSNY reproduced again.

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Sportswomen Wanted

    Denver's fabulous sports babes still struggle to score in the male broadcast world.

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