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    Katy Perry's summer anthem tops chart (Reuters)

    Katy Perry poses in an undated handout photo. (Capitol Music Group/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Former Christian music singer Katy Perry's bi-curious tune "I Kissed a Girl" began a sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, solidifying its status as the song of the summer.


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    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:25:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Buddy Guy reaches new heights on U.S. chart (Reuters)

    Blues and rock musician Buddy Guy performs at the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival July 7, 2008. (Valentin Flauraud/Reuters)Reuters - While teen idol Miley Cyrus was grabbing all the attention on the U.S. pop chart this week with her third No. 1 album in two years, 72-year-old blues guitarist Buddy Guy also had cause for celebration.


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    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:58:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Newly discovered Beatles tape up for sale (AP)
    AP - LONDON (AP) — A British auction house says it will sell a tape recording of The Beatles chatting and breaking into giggles during an early recording session. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:44:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Watchdog fines BBC for deceiving audiences (AP)
    AP - The publicly funded British Broadcasting Corp. has been fined $800,000 for deceiving viewers and listeners in TV and radio competitions, the country's media watchdog said. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:28:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Golden Globe sponsors give $750,000 to charity (Reuters)

    The red carpet is seen before the start of the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills January 15, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - The organization that hands out Hollywood's Golden Globe Awards said on Wednesday said it has given grants of more than $750,000 to several top film schools and nonprofit organizations.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:41:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    CBS posts higher profit on gain but cuts outlook (Reuters)

    Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS Corporation, addresses the audience during the 2008 Media Summit in New York March 13, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - CBS Corp cut its full-year profit outlook and said it planned to sell 50 radio stations, after second-quarter advertising sales fell due to weak prime-time TV ratings and a slump in radio ad sales.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:58:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Computer games could get cinema-style ratings (Reuters)

    'Grand Theft Auto IV' video game boxes are displayed on a rack inside a GameStop store in New York prior to the midnight release of the video game April 28, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Britain could give all computer games cinema-style age ratings to protect children from increasingly realistic and violent titles, the government said on Thursday.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:03:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Rowling to publish wizarding fairytales for charity (Reuters)

    British author J.K. Rowling poses at The South Bank Show Awards at Dorchester Hotel in London January 29, 2008. (Anthony Harvey/Reuters)Reuters - "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling announced on Thursday that she will publish a book of wizarding fairy tales in December and donate an expected $8 million in proceeds to her charity for vulnerable children.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:12:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Gamers hit the virtual gridiron early (Reuters)

    Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre celebrates his team's touchdown against the New York Giants in the second quarter of the NFL's NFC Championship football game in Green Bay, Wisconsin January 20, 2008. (Allen Fredrickson/Reuters)Reuters - Although the future team colors of quarterback Brett Favre are unknown, when the 20th Anniversary "Madden NFL 09" game is released in August he will be wearing the Green Bay Packers' colors on the cover.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:17:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Newark's Star-Ledger could be sold (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, is on "life support," must cut 200 jobs through buyouts and may be sold if it cannot reduce expenses, the newspaper's publisher told employees on Thursday, according to a report on its website. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:51:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Bain, Thomas H. Lee complete Clear Channel buyout (Reuters)

    Clear Channel offices in Burbank, California are pictured May 13, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Private equity firms Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners said on Wednesday they completed the $17.9 billion purchase of radio-station and billboard company Clear Channel Communications Inc.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:17:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Comcast profit up on phone, Internet gains (Reuters)

    Comcast CEO Brian Roberts speaks at his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 8, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable service provider, posted a higher quarterly profit as it gained market share in telephone and Internet services and controlled expenses, sending shares up 3 percent.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:10:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Economy seen hurting cable TV ad sales (Reuters)
    Reuters - A surprising shortfall in Viacom Inc's cable advertising sales is sparking concerns ad spending could crater in the coming months and reverberate across what was considered the hot spot in television. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:40:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of July 21, 2008 (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - It was another week of split leadership in prime-time, with CBS first in households and total viewers, Fox first in adults 18-49 and adults 18-34, and the two networks tied for No. 1 among adults 25-54. Both networks were down, however, across-the-board versus the year-ago week. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:01:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
    Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not (Mediaweek.com)
    Mediaweek.com - What follows are the top 20 rated cable networks in prime-time for the week of July 21 based on total viewers: -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:01:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
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