Reuters - The head of Tribune Co's publishing division and publisher of the Chicago Tribune is retiring, a week after the company's new leaders said they would overhaul their newspapers to cut costs and try to attract more readers as they struggle with dismal advertising sales and falling circulation.

Reuters - Fox News Channel said Thursday that it had hired former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee as a contributor.

Reuters - Chances for a Hollywood actors deal by a June 30 deadline grew considerably slimmer Thursday.

Reuters - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday.

Reuters - It turns out Marvel Studios knows how to make solid movies out of Marvel Comics.

Reuters - Two new comedies and a horror film that were moderately successful in theaters battled it out in video stores for the week ending June 8, and in the end, New Line Home Entertainment's "Semi-Pro" won.

Reuters - Canadians will be allowed to copy legally acquired music to their iPods and computers but would be banned from getting around any digital locks that companies might apply, under new legislation introduced in Parliament on Thursday.

Reuters - Hard-rock band Disturbed claims its third Billboard 200 No. 1 with "Indestructible," which bowed atop the album chart Wednesday.

AP - The excessive leaks and bootlegging of Lil Wayne's new album haven't prevented it from being a hot seller: The rapper's "Tha Carter III" sold 423,000 copies in its first day of release, according to Billboard magazine, citing figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

AP - J.C. Watts thinks the uproar over statements by Barack Obama's one-time pastor illustrates the need for a national black TV news channel.