In the middle 1990s, Timothy M. Armstrong, the young co-owner of a struggling small newspaper in Boston, had lunch with some people from Mosaic.

The entertainment industry is banding together to combat cancer. The Stand up to Cancer campaign launched this week, with a celebrity filled event at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills.

The speculation over who fills Richard Parsons’ CEO job at Time Warner Inc. is over, as Jeffrey Bewkes has been named company chief, effective Jan. 1.

Now the guesswork begins over what Bewkes, currently Time Warner president, will do to improve performance at the media giant. Indications are that Bewkes will come out swinging.