Reuters - The top U.S. TV networks have moved closer to booking the bulk of their prime-time advertising deals for the 2008-09 season, with NBC first to wrap up $1.9 billion in broadcast deals, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

AP - Ashanti was one of music's hottest stars, with two multiplatinum albums and a Grammy under her belt, until her third disc, 2004's "Concrete Rose," landed like a brick on the music charts.

Reuters - Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne won "substantial" damages on Thursday from the publishers of the Daily Star newspaper over a report that the singer's poor health had thrown a music awards show into chaos.

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.

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.

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.