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    Universal fire a hot topic among film archivists (Reuters)

    Firefighters work to contain a fire at Universal Studios in Los Angeles June 1, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - The recent fire damage to Universal Studios' video vault underscores the significance of film preservation and archiving, which already been receiving increased industrywide attention.


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    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:47:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    EU extends review of News Corp bid for Premiere (Reuters)

    News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch speaks during a news conference before the 2008 Atlantic Council Awards Dinner in Washington April 21, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - The European Commission on Thursday extended until June 25 its review of News Corp's bid to acquire control of German pay-TV broadcaster Premiere, to consider proposed remedies to competition concerns.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:48:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Settlement reached in Cablevision lawsuit (Reuters)
    Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp on Thursday agreed to settle an investor lawsuit over its stock options award practices in a pact worth $34.4 million, with a group of 16 individual defendants paying about two-thirds of the settlement. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:45:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    FCC chief says will act soon on XM-Sirius deal (Reuters)

    A person walks through the lobby of the XM Satellite Radio building in Washington, March 25, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications will act soon on Sirius Satellite Radio's proposed purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio, the chairman of the FCC said on Thursday.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:24:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Washington Post unit to develop Web magazines (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Washington Post Co said on Wednesday that it is launching a new unit that will develop and manage a family of Web-based magazines. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:26:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - Comedian and former sitcom star D.L. Hughley has been named host of the BET Awards 2008, which air on BET on Tuesday, June 24 at 8 p.m. ET. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:12:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of May 26, 2008 (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - Mirroring all spring, CBS and Fox shared leadership for this first full week of the non-traditional season. CBS was first in households and total viewers; Fox was No. 1 among the three key demos -- adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and adults 18-34 for the week of May 26. But overall ratings, of course, were considerably lower minus American Idol and the short-lived library of original scripted series. Led by the successful return of summer favorite So You Think You Can Dance, Fox was close to year-ago levels. CBS was also down only marginally from one year earlier. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:12:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Ratings Box: What’s Hot/What’s Not (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - Original Lifetime Movie Network made-for Secrets of the Summer House on Sunday, June 1 rose to the cable net’s second highest ratings ever (behind Green River Killer) among key women 18-49 (1.02 rating) and women 25-54 (1.19 rating). Comparably, that placed it among the top 25 of all basic cable programs for the day in women 18-49. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:12:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    SEC lays ground for real-time Web stock quotes (Reuters)
    Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday laid the groundwork that could lead to Web sites such as Google Inc and Yahoo Inc publishing real-time stock quotes. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:37:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Yahoo talks to Microsoft, trades barbs with Icahn (Reuters)

    The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is shown in Sunnyvale, California May 5, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday that deal talks are ongoing with Microsoft Corp as the company resisted an attack by billionaire critic Carl Icahn, who called its recent actions "deceitful."


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:01:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Paramount Vantage, Paramount combining operations (AP)
    AP - Paramount Pictures said Wednesday it will combine its marketing, distribution and production functions with indie label Paramount Vantage. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:01:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    News Corp says HarperCollins CEO resigning (Reuters)
    Reuters - HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide Chief Executive Jane Friedman is resigning, parent company News Corp said on Wednesday, making her the second book publishing executive to quit in recent weeks as financial pressures weigh on the industry. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:40:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Friedman resigns as CEO of HarperCollins (AP)
    AP - HarperCollins President Brian Murray is taking over the duties of chief executive after Jane Friedman became the second publishing CEO to step down in recent weeks amid increasing pressure on the industry. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:12:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    "Rambo" assaults DVD rental shelves (Reuters)

    Sylvester Stallone poses during the premiere for his latest movie 'Rambo' in Tokyo May 8, 2008. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - "Rambo" was the No. 1 choice in DVD rental stores during its first week of release, but failed to unseat the "National Treasure" sequel from the top of the sales chart, according to data issued Wednesday.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:23:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    CBS and Yahoo in Web video sharing deal (Reuters)

    Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of the CBS Corp., watches a video during his keynote address at the 2007 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - CBS Corp said on Wednesday it reached a deal to allow its Web videos to be carried by Yahoo Inc, part of a broader plan by the media company to add new outlets for its television shows.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:05:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
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