Can women win? Meg, Carly, and Feinstein's view

• Women execs rising, moving, struggling

  by Patricia Sellers

  I'm back from Brazil. Looking forward to filling you in on my whirlwind adventure, where I saw a booming middle-class and lots of opportunity.

  But right now, a catch-up on well-known women who moved up and down and over while I was away. Christiane Amanpour's leap to ABC News is big. For perspective, last year at a Fortune Most Powerful Women dinner in New York, Amanpour gave a tribute MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Mar 22, 2010 1:22 PM ET
  Posted in: Charlene Begley, cnn, Erin Callan, FORTUNE MPWomen, General Electric, Joanne Bradford, Lehman Brothers, Postcards, Power Shift, Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Yahoo

• Is NBCU's star exec heading to MTV?

  Rumors are spreading across the Internet that NBC Universal executive Lauren Zalaznick is headed to MTV.

  "There is absolutely no truth to these rumors," says Cameron Blanchard, SVP of communications for NBCU's Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks--the unit, including the Bravo network, that Zalaznick oversees.

  The response from Viacom (VIAB), MTV's owner: "There's no truth to the rumors," Carole Robinson, EVP of communications for MTV Networks, told me this morning.

  How did the MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Dec 11, 2009 1:57 PM ET
  Posted in: Comcast, entertainment, FORTUNE MPWomen, General Electric, Judy McGrath, Lauren Zalaznick, media, NBC Universal, Postcards, Viacom

• NBCU's "Trash TV": the full view

  by Patricia Sellers

  I told you that NBC Universal (GE) is decorating its "Green is Universal" eco-campaign this week with a strange but cool art project inside 30 Rock. An environmental muralist named Tom Deininger spent all afternoon yesterday inside Studio 8H--the home of Saturday Night Live--with 300-plus inner-city school kids and NBC staffers building a massive wall relief completely out of trash.

  That's right. 100% garbage. Used cue cards from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Old cassette tapes MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Nov 19, 2009 12:58 PM ET
  Posted in: General Electric, media, NBC Universal, Postcards

• NBCU gives new meaning to "Trash TV"

  While the top execs at NBC Universal (GE) are consumed with closing their deal to merge into Comcast (CMCSA), they've found a little time to do some good for the planet. You can't miss this week's "Green is Universal" campaign if you watch CNBC (featuring Green Stocks to Watch) or the Tonight Show (Jay Leno races eco-friendly cars in the Ford (F) Green Car Challenge) or Top Chef, where MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Nov 18, 2009 12:11 PM ET
  Posted in: General Electric, media, NBC Universal, Postcards

• Most Powerful Women: Which companies dominate?

  PepsiCo (PEP) CEO Indra Nooyi, No. 1 on the just-released Fortune Most Powerful Women list, is that company's only exec who made the cut this year. But five other big companies have two women who are high-powered enough for Fortune's rankings. They are: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Avon (AVP), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Bank of America (BAC), and Fidelity Investments.

  And what is the only company that has three executives on Fortune's 2009 MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Sep 10, 2009 2:50 PM ET
  Posted in: Avon, Bank of America, Fidelity INvestments, FORTUNE MPWomen, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, Postcards

• Career advice from the pros

  Seventy of New York's top women in media joined 160 aspiring young women for a "Mentors Walk" in Central Park this morning. It was drizzly and great. NBC Universal (GE) and Step Up Women's Network, a non-profit group all about advancing women and girls, hosted. The Mentor Walk's creator, former Oxygen Media CEO Gerry Laybourne, was there along with J. Crew (JCG) President Tracy Gardner, Bank of America (BAC) Merrill MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Jun 11, 2009 3:15 PM ET
  Posted in: careers, entertainment, FORTUNE MPWomen, General Electric, gerry laybourne, jobs, Lauren Zalaznick, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, media, Mentoring, NBC, NBCU, Postcards

• Defying the downturn: Bravo and beyond

  Defining a brand and sticking to it is always difficult. Particularly in a downturn.

  Which is why the success of Bravo - the NBC Universal cable network that serves up food, fashion, beauty, design and pop culture to upscale audiences - is all the more impressive.

  This morning, I went to Bravo's "upfront" presentation, where NBCU's Lauren Zalaznick, who built the network, and her team pitched their new season and their growth MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Apr 14, 2009 1:55 PM ET
  Posted in: Andy Serwer, Brands, Bravo, consumer goods, economy, entertainment, GE, General Electric, Jacqueline Novogratz, Jeff Zucker, jobs, Lauren Zalaznick, management, media, NBC Universal, Postcards, real estate, retail, Wal-Mart

• Power Point: Media bosses call a truce

  "I want to personally congratulate Jeff Zucker and NBCU on their success in the litigation and thank Jeff for resolving this in a professional manner."

  -- Producer Harvey Weinstein in a statement Wednesday, ending a six-month battle over Project Runway. Weinstein admits he erred in moving the show from Bravo--owned by General Electric's (GE) NBC Universal--to Lifetime without giving NBCU a shot to keep it. Lifetime reportedly paid $150 million for MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Apr 2, 2009 5:51 PM ET
  Posted in: Bravo, entertainment, GE, General Electric, harvey weinstein, Jeff Zucker, media, NBC, NBC Universal, Postcards, Power Point, Project Runway, weinstein company

• We will survive!

  Barack Obama's hair is turning gray. The New York Times reported the other day that a President typically ages two years for every year in the job. Thank goodness our new President is only 47 years old. The way things are going right now, I suspect he'll age twice as fast as other Presidents.

  We learned this week that things are worse than we thought. General Electric (GE) CEO Jeff Immelt, MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Mar 6, 2009 1:02 PM ET
  Posted in: Andy Serwer, auto industry, banks, CEOs, Citigroup, economy, FORTUNE MPWomen, GE, General Electric, General Motors, Jeff Immelt, Obama, Postcards, Power Shift, stock market, unemployment, Vikram Pandit, Wall Street, Washington