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    Road to Beijing paved with potholes for news media (Reuters)

    A visitor walks under an Olympic flag at an exhibition, on the history of the Olympic Games, in Hong Kong February 14, 2008. With the Olympics just a month away, broadcasters are just as jittery as the athletes who will gather to compete in Beijing. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)Reuters - With the Olympics just a month away, broadcasters are just as jittery as the athletes who will gather to compete in Beijing.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:31:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Spielberg's studio talks progressing smoothly (Reuters)

    U.S. director Steven Spielberg attends a news conference for the film 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 18, 2008. Representatives of Spielberg and the Indian conglomerate Reliance are talking daily about terms of a $1.5 billion proposal that would allow the DreamWorks principal and his partners to produce more than 30 films over the next five years at a new independent studio. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)Reuters - Representatives of Steven Spielberg and the Indian conglomerate Reliance are talking daily about terms of a $1.5 billion proposal that would allow the DreamWorks principal and his partners to produce more than 30 films over the next five years at a new independent studio.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:57:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Tennis, everyone? Sport looks for ratings bounce (Reuters)

    Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball to Mikhail Youzhny of Russia during their match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 30, 2008. When it comes to tennis, the future is heavily on the minds of television execs these days. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - Tennis Channel president Ken Solomon was sitting in his office on the grounds of the French Open in Paris six weeks ago when, rifling through some press coverage of the network, he proudly showed a blurb from a story that proclaimed the network "the future of television."


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:07:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Broadway actors seal deal after contract expires (Reuters)

    A Broadway street sign hangs in New York's Time's Square, November 29, 2007. Actors' Equity Assn. and the Broadway League have agreed to terms for a new contract covering shows on the Great White Way and national tours. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Actors' Equity Assn. and the Broadway League have agreed to terms for a new contract covering shows on the Great White Way and national tours.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:18:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Radio host Limbaugh talkin' big payday (Reuters)

    Radio show host Rush Limbaugh speaks at a forum hosted by the Heritage Foundation, on the similarities between the war on terrorism and the television show '24,' in Washington June 23, 2006. Limbaugh and Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks have agreed to a contract extension that will pay the conservative talk-radio pundit more than $400 million through 2016. (Micah Walter/Reuters)Reuters - Rush Limbaugh and Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks have agreed to a contract extension that will pay the conservative talk-radio pundit more than $400 million through 2016.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:31:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    New British ad campaign targets downloaders (Reuters)
    Reuters - A grubby man in the pub named Nigel who buys counterfeit DVDs is being replaced by a sheepish young office worker named Nigel who downloads movies and music illegally at his desk in a new British ad campaign against piracy. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:34:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    TV ad spending to set record in presidential race (Reuters)

    Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is silhouetted by a television light during a campaign visit to the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 24, 2008. The 2008 presidential race, which has already drawn a record number of dollars and voters, is poised to shatter another record: the amount of money spent on television advertisements. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun/Reuters)Reuters - The 2008 presidential race, which has already drawn a record number of dollars and voters, is poised to shatter another record: the amount of money spent on television advertisements.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:15:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Journal Sentinel to reduce workforce by 10 percent (Reuters)
    Reuters - Journal Communications' unit, which publishes Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, said it would cut about 10 percent of its workforce by the year end to tackle a weak advertising market. -- read full article
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:22:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of June 23, 2008 (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - It was a low-rated week of three-way leadership, with CBS first in households and total viewers, Fox No. 1 among adults 18-49 and adults 18-34, and NBC inching past Fox by one-tenth of a rating point in adults 25-54. ABC finished fourth in households and total viewers, third in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, and second among adults 18-34 for the week of June 23, but the network grew year-to-year by margins of 10 to 27 percent thanks to positive starts for Wipeout and I Survived a Japanese Game Show. ... -- read full article
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:42:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Ratings Box: What’s Hot/What’s Not (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - With second quarter 2008 a wrap, here are some of the individual highlights of note by cable network: -- read full article
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:42:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: America's Got Talent Leads NBC to Victory; Strong Wip
    Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Wipeout (ABC), NCIS R (CBS), America's Got Talent (NBC), Hell's Kitchen (Fox) -- read full article
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:42:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Cablevision ups HD in battle with satellite, FiOS (Reuters)
    Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp will give customers another 15 free high-definition channels as it faces stiffer competition from satellite TV providers and Verizon Communications Inc. -- read full article
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:06:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Coldplay and Motley Crue rock U.S. album chart (Reuters)

    Members of the British band Coldplay pose at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles June 1, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - British rock band Coldplay ruled the U.S. pop chart for a second week Wednesday, while veteran bad boys Motley Crue debuted at No. 4 with the original lineup's first album in 11 years.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:30:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    "Kit Kittredge" may seem old but times change (Reuters)

    Abigail Breslin in a scene from 'Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'. (Picturehouse/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Getting movie fans to relate to a young heroine based on a doll living in the 1930s is no easy task, but the makers of "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" think they have one factor in their favor -- the troubled U.S. economy.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:44:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Auto racing is No. 1 on cable TV (AP)
    AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of June 23-29. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: -- read full article
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:20:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
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