Reuters - Welcome to the July crush. Eight wide releases will hit North American theaters during the next three sessions, including three on Friday: the superhero sequel "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," the 3-D adventure release "Journey to the Center of the Earth," and the Eddie Murphy comedy "Meet Dave."

AP - Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654.

Reuters - In Hollywood, even "final offers" seem to get sequels.

Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama appeared to be the favorite White House contender among media moguls at an annual Idaho retreat, even if they were not so certain how an Obama victory would affect their businesses.

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Screen Actors Guild rejected the latest contract offer from Hollywood studios on Thursday but claimed it was willing to negotiate and presented a counterproposal.

Reuters - Australian two-time Oscar nominee Judy Davis on Friday won A$140,000 (67,000 pounds) plus costs in a defamation suit against local media company News Ltd, controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Reuters - Veteran U.S. television journalist Ted Koppel has been named as a contributing political analyst for the BBC's internationally broadcast "World News America" program.

Reuters - The Hollywood studios will take a revenue hit when US Airways does away with in-flight movies, but executives don't expect other airlines to follow suit.

Reuters - Financial news and data company Bloomberg LP is creating several new units as part of a reorganization that includes a shuffling of top management.

Reuters - Several hundred major media executives at Herb Allen's annual retreat in this remote Northwest niche thought they could get away from it all, including Hollywood's labor strife 900 miles. But they were at least partially wrong.