Hosshead
08-12-2007, 11:17 PM
Merv, a big supporter of horseracing, has passed away.
"Mr. Griffin’s program survived, in various formats, until 1986, when he sold his production company, Merv Griffin Enterprises, to Coca-Cola for $250 million.
By that time, he was already an astute investor, having started buying radio stations and other media outlets more than 20 years earlier.
Among them was Teleview Racing Patrol, which he built into the leading source of closed-circuit broadcasts of horse racing to off-track betting and intertrack wagering sites in the country. "
The rest of the story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/arts/television/13griffin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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"Mr. Griffin’s program survived, in various formats, until 1986, when he sold his production company, Merv Griffin Enterprises, to Coca-Cola for $250 million.
By that time, he was already an astute investor, having started buying radio stations and other media outlets more than 20 years earlier.
Among them was Teleview Racing Patrol, which he built into the leading source of closed-circuit broadcasts of horse racing to off-track betting and intertrack wagering sites in the country. "
The rest of the story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/arts/television/13griffin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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