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'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend

By DAVID GERMAIN - AP Movie Writer The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday. The...

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The Future for Broadcast Television

Oprah leaving broadcast television Oprah Winfrey is fleeing broadcast television for cable. NBC, once arguably the biggest cultural tastemaker in the United States, is being shopped to Comcast, the country’s largest cable...

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The Week in Words: A new bubble; shortage of Eggos; needing a bad guy

"There is a beginning of a bubble in financial markets." - economist Nouriel Roubini, who predicted last year's global financial crisis "We have eight of them, and if we ration those - maybe have half an Eggo in one sitting -...

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NBC deal in sight for family-run Comcast

Roberts had been looking for new ventures after selling his belt-and-suspenders company. He bought American Cable Systems for $500,000 -- an opportunity that had been mentioned to him by a business acquaintance he came across...

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GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on

A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price.

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Discovery Channel's sites are USA's most visited nature websites in October 2009

2007 Discovery Communications LLC. Discovery Digital Media's portfolio of websites together form the most visited nature-oriented leisure websites of October 2009, according to a new study from internet market research firm...

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Xbox Live adds social frills

Xbox 360 owners who sign up for Xbox Live Gold, a $60-a-year online service used mainly for multiplayer matches and downloading games and add-ons, can now access social networks such as Facebook and Twitter on their big-screen...

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Entertainmnent Industry: Yes, Please Keep Negotiating Secret Copyright Treaty To Save Our Asses

Sherwin Siy (one of the few people who actually was allowed to glance briefly at parts of the proposed ACTA treaty, though under strict NDA) has written about yet another letter sent by the entertainment industry to the...

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Final farewell to worst deal in history AOLTime Warner

AOL and Time Warner have finally called it quits. Gerald "Jerry" Levin, chairman of Time Warner, the media giant which had been formed 10 years earlier from the $14bn (£8.4bn) combination of Time Inc and Warner Communications;...

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Entertainment cartel UK 3 Strikes Plan stalled

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Efforts by the Hollywood and Big Music to have their Three Strikes anti-P2P business plan forced into law in Britain before the next elections look doomed to failure, for the moment, at least....

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