Business briefs
GGP plan
Elliott Associates and Paulson & Co. are dis cussing a plan to team up with Brookfield Asset Management to take mall owner General Growth Properties out of bank ruptcy. General Growth recently rejected a $10 billion buyout offer by Simon Property.
Blog buy
Gothamist, a blog net work focused on several large cities, is close to being sold to Cablevi sion’s Rainbow Media for between $5 million and $6 million, sources said.
JetBlue stays
JetBlue is keeping its corporate headquarters in New York City after considering Orlando, Fla. and will move about 1,000 staffers in 2012 from area offices to a Long Is land City location.
Mulally pay
Ford Chief Executive Alan Mulally’s total com pensation rose 5 percent to $17.9 million in 2009, a year in which the auto maker won cost conces sions from union work ers.
MGM bids
MGM said it has re ceived several bids dur ing a second-round auc tion of the company. Time Warner is planning to bid $1.5 billion.