| Entertainment Industry Headlines |
| Media star Cramer "hates" media stocks
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Jim Cramer is an
Internet entrepreneur, a co-founder of magazines and star of
his own TV show. Now, with a clever portrayal of himself in
"Iron Man," he's also a film actor. -- read full article |
| Wed, 21 May 2008 13:42:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| CBS launches ad network focused on college sports
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - CBS Corp on Wednesday announced the
launch of an online ad network focused on college sports, in a
move to entice media buyers to spend more money with the
television broadcaster by offering them a way to more
effectively target young, male fans.
-- read full article |
| Wed, 21 May 2008 15:54:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Time Warner plans cable spinoff
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Time Warner Inc will completely split
with Time Warner Cable Inc by the end of the year, and receive
a $9.25 billion payout, to separate its media content and
distribution businesses.
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| Wed, 21 May 2008 16:03:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Viacom joint venture hires ex-Showtime exec as CEO
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - An entertainment joint venture formed
by Viacom Inc, its Paramount Pictures unit, and film studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc and Lions Gate Entertainment
Corp said on Monday that it hired former Showtime cable
executive Mark Greenberg as its chief executive.
-- read full article |
| Mon, 19 May 2008 12:49:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| SEC charges eight ex-AOL Time Warner execs
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on Monday charged eight former executives of AOL
Time Warner, now known as Time Warner Inc, in a fraudulent
scheme that overstated company advertising revenue by more than
$1 billion.
-- read full article |
| Mon, 19 May 2008 20:47:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
(Mediaweek.com)
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| Mediaweek.com - Sixteen new series will launch this fall -- 10 dramas, 4 sitcoms and 2 non-scripted hours. And here is the breakdown by network as to what to expect in midseason. To-date, I have 24 projects (12 new series and 12 returning). If anything is missing, please email me at mberman@mediaweek.com. -- read full article |
| Tue, 20 May 2008 00:06:59 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 - Based on national ratings through May, 2008, what follows is an updated track for all syndicated game shows in households and two key demos -- women 25-54 and adults 25-54. Change versus the comparable year-ago period appears in parentheses for all established series. -- read full article |
| Tue, 20 May 2008 00:07:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Fox News mounts "assault" on GE: report
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Bill O'Reilly, who hosts a show on
U.S. news channel Fox News, is mounting an "extraordinary
televised assault" on Jeffrey Immelt, the chief executive of
General Electric, the Washington Post reported on its Web site
on Monday. -- read full article |
| Tue, 20 May 2008 00:42:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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| Hollywood labor talks hit a stumbling block
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - In a possible harbinger
of more Hollywood labor unrest this year, a performers union
that was expected to wrap up quick contract talks with the
studios said Monday it had run into "challenging issues, and a
resolution may not be quick or easy."
-- read full article |
| Tue, 20 May 2008 09:42:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News |
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