WINNERS
IRVING AZOFF
Head of Live Nation collects a sweet $30M exit package.
GALLAGHER’S
Landmark New York steakhouse gets second life with sale to Boathouse Cafe operator Dean Poll.
FRED WILPON
Mets co-owner and partner Saul Katz get refinancing on $450 million in loans.
LOSERS
AL GORE
Ex-veep sells his Current TV to AlJazeera — but apparently misses lower tax rate by a day.
LEN RIGGIO
Barnes & Noble founder has holiday season in hell as sales of Nook tablet and e-content tumble 12.6 percent.
TINA BROWN
Daily Beast editor loses star writer Andrew Sullivan, who’s starting his own Web site.