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    CBS gets anti-trust approval for CNET deal (Reuters)
    Reuters - CBS Corp on Tuesday said it received U.S. anti-trust approval for its $1.8 billion acquisition of web media company CNET Networks Inc. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:28:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    `Panda' piles up cash with $60M opening weekend (AP)

    Hollywood actor Jack Black, left, poses for a photo with Po the Panda who he characterizes in the animated film 'Kung Fu Panda' and DreamWorks CEO Jeffery Katzenberg, at the Australian premiere of the movie in Sydney Monday, June 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Jack Black's cartoon tale "Kung Fu Panda" had the right moves at the box office, debuting as the top weekend movie with $60.2 million.


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    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:03:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - Patrick Swayze, who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, will move forward with production on new scripted A&E series The Beast. Swayze will play an FBI agent with a controversial past. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:04:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - New CBS drama Swingtown got off to a positive start on Thursday, June 5, with a second-place finish behind game one of the NBA Finals on ABC in households (5.9 rating/10 share), total viewers (8.57 million), adults 18-49 (2.8/ 8) and adults 25-54 (3.4/ 9), and a first-place ranking among women 25-54 (4.3/11). Comparably, Swingtown built from an encore telecast of lead-in CSI by 17 percent in adults 18-49 and 13 percent in adults 25-54. And it outdelivered the debut of NBC's competing Fear Itself by double-digit percentages. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:04:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Prime-Time Ratings: Weekend Highlights (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - -Ratings Breakdown: CBS and NBC shared leadership on this typically dull pre-summer Friday, with CBS the most-watched network (70,000 viewers ahead of NBC), and NBC No. 1 in households and adults 18-49. Third overall was ABC, followed by the CW and Fox. With the exception of a two-hour edition of NBC's Dateline, ABC's 20/20 and Friday Night Smackdown! on the CW, repeats were the unfortunate observation. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:04:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Top U.S. networks wrap "upfront" sales on upswing (Reuters)
    Reuters - The three leading U.S. television networks said on Monday they have concluded the bulk of their prime-time advertising deals for the upcoming 2008-09 season with prices for commercials running unexpectedly higher than last year. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:17:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    BBC journalist killed in Afghanistan (Reuters)
    Reuters - A BBC journalist working in Afghanistan's Helmand province was found dead Sunday, a day after he was kidnapped. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:22:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Hallmark inks licensing deal for CBS characters (Reuters)
    Reuters - Jed Clampett could be an ornament hanging on Christmas trees this year. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:12:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Spielberg working on $1 billion plan for DreamWorks (Reuters)

    Steven Spielberg attends a photocall for the film 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 18, 2008. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)Reuters - Steven Spielberg aims to raise more than $1 billion in third-party financing to reinvent DreamWorks as a separate company that once again owns the movies it makes.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:59:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Time Warner says no agenda for NBC deal (Reuters)
    Reuters - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc said on Monday it has no agenda regarding buying General Electric Co's NBC Universal but it would consider the matter if the unit came up for sale. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:33:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Nancy Sinatra joins the fight for radio royalty (Reuters)
    Reuters - Continuing her father's legacy of fighting for musicians, Nancy Sinatra will urge lawmakers Wednesday to approve legislation giving performers a royalty for songs aired on traditional radio. -- read full article
    Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:19:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Hip-hop duo Cool Kids garner buzz from MySpace (Reuters)
    Reuters - The past few months have been very good to Chicago's Cool Kids. -- read full article
    Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:23:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    AC/DC to sell new album through Wal-Mart: paper (Reuters)
    Reuters - Rock band AC/DC will sell its new album only through Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday, citing unnamed sources . -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:52:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Average U.S. home receives 119 channels: report (Reuters)
    Reuters - Here's a big part of why broadcast ratings are down: The number of television channels that the average U.S. home receives has hit a record high of 119. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:34:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Hollywood actors unions at war with each other (Reuters)
    Reuters - The bad blood between Hollywood's leading actors unions is boiling. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:13:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
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