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Party like it's 2009

MTV has announced that it will host the “Be the Change Inaugural Ball” in honor of President-elect Barack Obama. The fete will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan....

YouTube now in widescreen format

WASHINGTON -- "Over the years we've heard a lot of feedback from you about what you'd like to change about YouTube, and the size of our video player is always top of mind," YouTube said. The switch to a widescreen format is the...

TV Lookout: highlights for Nov. 30-Dec. 6 (AP)

AP - During their four decades as a comedy duo (actually, it was more like four seasons playing teen stepbrothers on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh"), Drake Bell and Josh Peck started out as cute, goofy kids. But by the series'...

Murdoch Wants to Add NYTimes to His Empire, Author Says

NEW YORK—Seizing The Wall Street Journal for his News Corp media empire would be an audacious master stroke for Rupert Murdoch—unless he tops it by trying to buy The New York Times Co. This is what Vanity Fair columnist and...

Viacom Earnings Growth Stuck in Neutral (at TheStreet.com)

If the outlook for lackluster earnings growth isn't enough to scare investors away from Viacom , the recent stocks sales of its chairman, Sumner Redstone, might be. Analysts expect Viacom's earnings to remain stalled in the...

Economic Downturn Spoils Corporate Holiday Parties

Responding to a worsening economy and striving to avoid excess in a time of financial loss, companies large and small—from fashion designer Marc Jacobs to the town of Bend, Ore.—are drastically cutting back on holiday parties...

Plentitube: Your Agent for Online Video

In the age of YouTube, online video has opened a world of possibilities for artists like James and Tyler McFadden. Over the last two years, the duo has produced a collection of quirky, short, animated films with their Web-based...

On Staying Alive's 10th Anniversary, Gym Class Heroes Singer Travis McCoy Named 2009 Foundation...

LONDON , Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ — To coincide with Staying Alive's tenth anniversary on World AIDS Day ( December 1st ), MTV Networks International has announced the appointment of Travis McCoy , lead vocalist of the alternative...

TV writers look to economy for cues to future shows

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Working class men and women may soon steal Hollywood's spotlight from the not-so-desperate housewives of upscale Wisteria Lane as U.S. television writers consider how to appeal to viewers in tough...

Sgt. Pepper Stuck In Nowhere Land (at Motley Fool)

By Tim Beyers November 26, 2008 | Comments (0) If Apple Corps is Sgt. Pepper, then EMI is the Nowhere Man. On Monday, rocker Paul McCartney said that negotiations between the Beatles' record company and label EMI, which owns...