Opening season loss: Arte Moreno’s pursuit of the “Los Angeles” name has cost him a major advertiser. Chris Anderson recently informed Moreno that the Orange County Register won’t have a sign at Angel Stadium this year, the Insider is told …
Take that, Mickadeit-y…
Disneyland Prez Matt Ouimet still calls them the Anaheim Angels …
The Irvine office of The Seidler Cos. is joining the Dutch auction trend, teaming with WR Hambrecht & Co. on the public offering of BofI Holding Inc., parent of San Diego-based Bank of the Internet USA. Nick Mosich is Seidler’s point man on the auction, which is expected to raise about $21 million …
Sir Eldon Griffiths made it back safely to OC, despite spilling a drink on the sofa of the world’s worst dictator (page 67) …
Chapman U is looking for a new biz dean, a new PR director and maybe soon a new provost. Doug Tuggle is stepping down at the Argyros B-school, citing his wife’s health issues; it’s “probable” he’ll join the faculty. Spokeswoman Ruth Wardwell is taking the top PR job at Whitman College, a private school near Walla Walla, Wash. And last week Chapman Provost Ham Shirvani was visiting the campus of Cal State University, Stanislaus, in the San Joaquin Valley, where he’s one of three finalists for the president post …
Breaking news is becoming a habit at the OCBJ’s entrepreneur luncheon. Last year, speaker Bob McKnight announced Quiksilver’s $144 million acquisition of DC Shoes. Last week, award winner Gene Wang announced that his Bitfone had scored an investment from Qualcomm. And Wang did some recruiting, asking the crowd to refer any world-class CFO candidates to him (more on the event, page 1) …
That’s a lot of 99-cent tacos: Taco Bell Prez Emil Brolick made $1.1 million last year for turning around the chain in the past few years, according to parent Yum Brand’s annual report …
Takeaway for employers from the Mission Hospital/South Orange County Chamber healthcare conference (moderated by EE RR): Start checking into Health Savings Accounts. “The train is coming,” said Aetna’s Mike Giar …
The New Majority and Lincoln Club host Gov. Arnold at a $1,000-a-plate dinner March 22 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine …
LS Legacy Sports Group of Newport Beach (successor to Jeff Moorad’s former agency) still has a piece of Cedric Benson, the University of Texas running back slated to go No. 2 in next month’s NFL draft. LS baseball agent Brian Peters, who represented Benson before he decided not to sign with the Dodgers, will continue to handle marketing. Football talks will be handled by LS’ Scott Parker and Eugene Parker (not related) of Maximum Sports Management in Roanoke, Ind., reports SportsBusiness Journal …
Orange sign maker Richard Kruper (CenSource) says a big crowd watched him play blackjack at The Palms Las Vegas,probably because Paris Hilton sat next to him “spending the Hilton fortune.”
