Media, Publishing & Printing

Clear Channel Shareholders Approve Buyout Deal

nytimes.com     10 hrs ago   56 related          

Clear Channel Communications shareholders on Thursday approved a $17.9 billion takeover by private equity funds Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital, ending a 20-month effort to take the radio and billboard operator private....                

Rolling Stones dump EMI for Universal

cnn.com     2 hrs ago   77 related          

Rolling Stones sign with Universal after more than 20 years with EMI Deal covers future albums by and the back catalog Paul McCartney, Radiohead also recently left EMI Stones topped Forbes magazine's list of wealthy music acts...                

Olympic ticket sale in Beijing starts stampede

cnn.com     7 hrs ago   187 related          

BEIJING (AP) -- Thousands of eager fans who had waited for up to two days swarmed sales windows Friday for the final batch of tickets to next month's Olympic Games, knocking people to the ground and bending metal barricades in...                

'The Dark Knight' spurs increase in DVD revenue leading up to premiere

afterdawn.com     3 hrs ago   790 related          

Last year's flat revenue in the DVD market compared to the year before had many in the movie industry concerned about the format's future. Based on information from the first weekend in theatres for the new blockbuster 'The...                

Sony Opens Up E-Book Reader to Other Booksellers

sci-tech-today.com     9 hrs ago   73 related          

By Peter Svensson With the move, Sony is partly letting go of its e-book business model, under which it sold the $300 device and the books that could be read on it. It's also a challenge to Amazon, which last year put out its...                

Sale of U-T explored by Copley Press

signonsandiego.com     11 hrs ago   13 related          

Copley Press, publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune, said yesterday it has hired an investment banking firm to pursue options, including selling the newspaper. The announcement came as the privately held company has been...                

Nickelodeon Unveils New Avatar Multiplayer Online Global Game in September

digitalmediaonlineinc.com     5 hrs ago   5 related          

NEW YORK , July 25 /PRNewswire/ — Fresh off of its highest-rated performance ever on TV, Nickelodeon will treat Avatar: The Last Airbender fans to a unique experience this September with a brand-new, multiplayer global online...                

Knol and void: The day I became a published Google 'expert'

news.com     2 hrs ago   295 related          

I'm an expert on pit bulls! I just wrote a knol, a Web article akin to an encyclopedia entry, using Google's new Knol publishing platform launched publicly on Wednesday. With Knol, Google is encouraging people to create more...                

Redlasso halts blogger service amid lawsuit

reuters.com     4 hrs ago   22 related          

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News video-sharing site Redlasso said on Friday it will suspend its video search and clipping service for bloggers as it defends against a copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week by NBC and Fox News...                

Report: MySpace could work with Amazon on music service

news.com     7 hrs ago   18 related          

Amazon.com could become the e-commerce engine behind the MySpace Music service expected to launch in September, according to a report on TechCrunch. In April, MySpace, which is already used by young acts trying to promote their...                

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