Reuters - Warner Bros. has acquired
rights to the book "Drink, Play, F@#K," a comedic male retort
to the femme-centric best-seller "Eat, Pray, Love." -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:54:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - This year will mark the
first time in U.S. history that broadcast television will get
more advertising dollars than newspapers, according to a study
due Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:25:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch said
television advertising in the United States was good, despite a
slowing economy, while Asia was a long-term bet driven by the
emergence of a wealthy middle class.
Reuters - The price of a standard
admission to a Walt Disney World theme park in Florida rose 5.6
percent to $75 starting Sunday, according to a media report.
Reuters - Shares in Warner Music Group fell as
much as 12 percent in early trading on Monday after Goldman
Sachs analysts' downgraded the company's stock to a "sell"
rating from "neutral."
Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled that
Cablevision Systems Corp may go forward with its plan to
introduce a new digital video recorder service that film
studios and television networks had said violated their
copyrights. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:44:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - The sequel is released in the United States on Wednesday
even though the original 2005 film made only $39 million in
North America and $2.9 million overseas.
Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled that
Cablevision Systems Corp may go forward with its plan to
introduce a new digital video recorder service that film
studios and television networks had said violated their
copyrights. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:41:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Marvel Entertainment Inc is expected
to post a 26 percent rise in second-quarter profit on the
strength of its licensing business, which is expected to
benefit from merchandising related to its successful "Iron Man"
movie.
Reuters - "The Dark Knight" fended off a
strong challenge from the new "Mummy" sequel to lead the North
American box office for a third weekend, and is on track to
become the second-biggest movie of all time.
AP - On an evening its rivals were preoccupied with Christie Brinkley's divorce and the capture of a Brooklyn murder suspect, New York's WXTV led its local news with a story about graffiti saying "Get out of the USA" painted near a Peruvian restaurant on Long Island. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:23:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Fox International Channels and The
Wall Street Journal plan to expand an agreement to work
together that will see the newspaper's content promoted on
television networks in Latin America. -- read full article
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:40:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
