Comcast owns several sports and entertainment networks, but Mr. Roberts will likely have to make many more deals to build a slate of media offerings equal to what Disney would have given them.
Prodded by Lewis H. Lapham, the editor of Harper's magazine, Ms. Ehrenreich made a blank slate of her impressive résumé -- a widely published freelance writer, she is the author of "The Worst Years of Our Lives" and "Fear of Falling" -- and set out to be hired at the going rate for unskilled labor.
During the first week of October trade ministers gathered in Bali, Indonesia, aiming to make progress on a slate of possible deals.
21st Century Fox and Sky Plc (in which 21st Century Fox owns a 39% stake and is trying to acquire outright) have both made a whole slate of startup investments across the media sector in the last few years.
For a gallery he might make a circle of Cornish slate on a floor, for example, or draw a line in wet mud on the wall and let "nature do the rest" as the liquid dribbles down.
There was money to be made in space and a slate of "black missions" to keep the nation secure.
The initial plan was to make "Halo," as well as a slate of other Microsoft titles, into television shows with an interactive element to solidify the console as an entertainment resource.
That should also benefit the publishers who make the games themselves and plan a slate of blockbuster titles to coincide with the console discounts.
JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ The exciting Peruvian tenor, making his Carnegie Hall recital début, offers a slate of songs and arias by Bellini, Rossini, Fauré, and Massenet, among others.
Twitter will do more to tackle harassment and abuse on its network, the company has said, as it announces a new safety council made up of specialist charities and a slate of new anti-harassment features that will roll out through 2016.
