| Entertainment Industry Headlines |
| Barnes & Noble cuts year sales view
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|  Reuters - Barnes & Noble Inc, cut its full-year
sales forecast on Thursday, blaming a troubled U.S. economy,
sending shares of the largest U.S. specialty bookseller down
more than 6 percent.
-- read full article |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:42:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Reliance targets U.S. mobiles with Jump Games
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA
Group's media and entertainment division is launching Jump
Games U.S.A., a publisher and developer of mobile video games,
in its latest effort to expand into the United States. -- read full article |
| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:52:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
(Mediaweek.com)
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| Mediaweek.com - Underrated Disney-ABC game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which opens season No. 7 in first-run syndication on Sept. 8, will feature some changes next season. The contestants will now answer questions against a clock, with the timing as follows: 15 seconds for the first five questions, 30 seconds for the next five questions, 45 seconds for the next four, and 45 seconds plus banked time for the final million dollar question. There will also be a new “Ask the Expert” lifeline in a partnership with Skype, where experts will appear via a live-to-face video call. ... -- read full article |
| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:37:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not
(Mediaweek.com)
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| Mediaweek.com - The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget debuted on Sunday, Aug. 17 first in the 10-11:35 p.m. block among all basic cable in adults 18-49, men 18-24 and men 18-34. Compared to the broadcast networks, it finished a distant second in the three categories behind the Summer Olympics on NBC. -- read full article |
| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:37:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of August 11, 2008
(Mediaweek.com)
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| Mediaweek.com - Once again, it was all about the Olympics, with the 2008 Games from Beijing leading NBC to an advantage over the five competing networks combined (including MyNetworkTV) of 75 percent in households, 14.76 million viewers, 113 percent in adults 18-49, 110 percent in adults 25-54 and 119 percent among adults 18-34. Comparably, and according to NBC, this is now the fourth most-watched event in U.S. television history behind the games from Atlanta in 1996, Lillehammer in 1994 and Athens in 2004. -- read full article |
| Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:37:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Media incorrectly reported congresswoman's death
(AP)
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|  AP - Several major news organizations, including The Associated Press, prematurely reported the death Wednesday of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, who had suffered a brain hemorrhage while driving in suburban Cleveland.
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| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:33:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Billionaires aim for a reckoning on federal debt
(AP)
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| AP - The catastrophe looming in the documentary "I.O.U.S.A." isn't romantic like the doomed young love in "Titanic," but billionaires Warren Buffett and Pete Peterson warn it could break many more hearts. -- read full article |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:11:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| House of Barbie seeks nearly $2B in Bratz fight
(AP)
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|  AP - Grown men argued over dolls for six hours as they wrapped up a federal trial pitting the maker of the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls against the house of Barbie — a lawsuit that could cost upstart MGA Entertainment Inc. up to $2 billion.
-- read full article |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:52:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| UK production house under NBC's tent
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - NBC Universal
took another step in its international expansion Wednesday,
announcing the acquisition of veteran U.K. production company
Carnival Film & Television, the producer of such glossy drama
series as "Hotel Babylon" and "Harley Street." The deal is
reputed to be worth about 30 million pounds ($56 million). -- read full article |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:49:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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