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Focus Media implements board changes
Business Week - 14 Hours ago
NEW YORK Chinese advertising network operator Focus Media Holding Ltd. said Thursday that Charles Chao, the chief executive and president of Sina Corp., will change from being an independent director
The SI Report: Focus Media Announces Change in Board of Directors TMC Net
China Sunergy Announces Changes to the Board of Directors Forbes.com
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Washington Post CFO Morse to retire at end of 2008
Forbes.com - 16 Hours ago
Washington Post Co. said Friday Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer John B. Morse Jr. will retire at the end of the year. Morse, 61, has worked at the newspaper publisher since 1989.
Morse Retiring as Washington Post Co. CFO Editor & Publisher
Washington Post CFO John Morse to retire at year-end Forbes.com
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Colin Murdoch, 79; Invented Disposable Syringe, Safety Cap
Washington Post - 23 Hours ago
Colin Murdoch, 79, a pharmacist who invented the disposable syringe, animal tranquilizer dart, silent burglar-and-fire alarm and a childproof medicine bottle cap, died May 4 of cancer in Timaru, New Zealand.
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News Corp.'s NDS unit mostly cleared in Dish piracy suit
Los Angeles Times - 5/16/2008
A federal jury broadly cleared News Corp.'s NDS unit Thursday of allegations that it pirated satellite television signals. The allegations came in a lawsuit brought by Dish Network that could have been
News Corp's NDS cleared of... Financial Review
News Corp's NDS cleared of piracy Financial Review
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Fox Experiments With Fewer Ads in Two Dramas
Advertising Age - 10 Hours ago
Dubbed 'Remote-Free TV,' Ploy Calls for Fewer, Shorter Pods NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Can U.S. TV networks run fewer ads in their TV shows but charge more for them? News Corp.'s Fox is about to find out.
Fox's New Dramas to Have Fewer Ads That Cost More Wall Street Journal Online
Fox Plans to Run Fewer Ads in 2 New Prime-Time Dramas Marshall News Messenger
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'The Blade' Names New Classified Manager
Editor & Publisher - 11 Hours ago
NEW YORK Kim B. Bergman has been named classified advertising manager for The Blade in Toledo. He starts in his new position on Monday. In his most recent post as director of advertising at The Repository
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'NYT' Lets 'Games Begin' Online with Olympics Blog
Editor & Publisher - 11 Hours ago
NEW YORK The New York Times announced today the launch of a special online section for the 2008 Olympic Games with a new blog called 'Rings' (which can be accessed here ). Rings is dedicated to the full
Olympic Games Special Section and Blog Launch on NYTimes.com New York Times Company
Special Olympics games continue Great Falls Tribune
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'Star Tribune' to Cut Newsroom Budget 10%
Editor & Publisher - 12 Hours ago
CHICAGO Star Tribune Editor Nancy Barnes has been told she will have to cut $2.5 million, or about 10%, from the annual newsroom budget, a Newspaper Guild local official said Friday. The Guild was told
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It's No Gossip, Ratings Slip Threatens CW Network
Wall Street Journal Online - 20 Hours ago
Time may be running out for the CW network. Two years after CBS Corp. and Time Warner Inc. combined
It's no gossip: Ratings slip threatens young CW network Pantagraph.com
Ratings Slip Threatens CW Network Wall Street Journal Online
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Democratic Media Group Ditches Ad Effort
Washington Post - 5/15/2008
'Progressive Media will not be running an independent ad campaign this year,' David Brock, the head of the organization, confirmed in a statement obtained by The Fix this morning. 'Progressive Media was
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Walt Disney senior vice president sells shares
Business Week - 5/15/2008
NEW YORK The senior executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of media and entertainment company Walt Disney Co. sold 115,000 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities
Range Resources senior VP sells 15,522 shares Yahoo! Canada
Range Resources senior vice president Mark D. Whitley sells 15,522 shares Canadian Business Magazine
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Opening Glance: Media companies decline
Business Week - 5/15/2008
NEW YORK Most major media companies' shares fell Thursday morning after the government reported a larger-than-expected drop in industrial production for April. Industrial output fell for the second straight
Opening Glance: Major microchip companies rise CNBC
Opening Glance: Media companies rise Business Week
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Why Rupert Murdoch Is Good for the News Business
TheStreet.com - 15 Hours ago
Murdoch is enlivening a business in much need of a shakeup. Whatever you say about him -- and there's plenty to say -- the truth is that he's exactly what the American newspaper needs right now. The newspaper
50 Cent working on a $300 million deal with Rupert Murdoch Hip Hop Galaxy
How Rupert Murdoch May Save the News Biz TheStreet.com
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Walt Disney Sr. EVP and CFO exercises options and DreamWorks Animation's 'Kung Fu
U.S. Equity News - 23 Hours ago
City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 05/15/2008 - Media entertainment industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. The senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of media and
Walt Disney Sr. EVP and CFO exercises options Business Week
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Mark Johnson preps 'Ugly Me'
Variety - 5/14/2008
DE LA FUENTE 'Narnia' franchise producer Mark Johnson is set to make an English-language version of Chilean romantic comedy 'Pretendiendo' (Ugly me).Thesp Judge Reinhold and wife Amy, who brought pic
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'Washington Post' Site Adds Biz Videos
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
CHICAGO In a partnership with Big Think, The Washington Post's Web site Thursday launched two video interview series that feature technology creators and business people. 'Our partnership with Big Think
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Revised Pact Reached to End Hollinger Control of Sun-Times Media Group
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
CHICAGO In a revised agreement that would end control of the Sun-Times Media Group (STMG) by an insolvent Toronto holding company, Hollinger Inc. has agreed to turn over its stake in the Chicago Sun-Times
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Downie Departure Watch is Latest D.C. Blog Sport
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
NEW YORK The 'death watch,' as it were, for Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. of The Washington Post appears to be among the biggest spectator blog sports for several news Web sites. The 'watch' is
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'K.C. Star' Outsourcing Ad Production to India
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
CHICAGO The Kansas City Star will outsource some advertising production to India, its publisher told employees. President and Publisher Mark Zieman said the work will be outsourced to Bangalore-based
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Which Four Creators Belong on a Cartoonists' Mount Rushmore?
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
NEW YORK Who are the top four cartoonists of all time -- worthy of being on Mount Rushmore? The debate began on the regular WashingtonPost.com chat conducted by Gene Weingarten, the Washington Post/Washington
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Toronto Star Newspapers Selects CCI NewsGate
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
WILINGTON, Del. Toronto Star Newspapers has signed an agreement with Denmark's CCI Europe to implement CCI's NewsGate cross-media publishing system. The agreement, signed by Toronto Star Newspapers on
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Michael Vivio to Become Publisher of 'Austin American-Statesman' in October
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
- James T. Spanner has been appointed publisher of The Parkersburg News, The Parkersburg Sentinel, and The Marietta A.M. in West Virginia. Spanner, who had been serving as the interim publisher of the
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New England Gardening Column Reaches 25th Anniversary
Editor & Publisher - 5/15/2008
NEW YORK Barbara Barger is marking the 25th anniversary of her 'North Shore Gardener' column. She began the weekly feature -- which covers New England gardening -- in May 1983 for The Salem News in Beverly,
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Closing Glance: Health stocks close mixed
Business Week - 5/13/2008
NEW YORK Shares of health care providers and service companies were mixed Monday, with several insurers losing ground, while the broader market posted solid gains. Results from Monday trading in the sector
Closing Glance: Media companies' shares mostly up Business Week
Opening Glance: Biotechnology stocks mixed Business Week
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Opening Glance: Gold shares open lower
Forbes.com - 5/13/2008
Shares of gold-mining companies fell Tuesday as the price of the precious metal declined in European trading. Gold traded in London at $877 per troy ounce, down from $885.50 late Monday. How some gold
Opening Glance: REITs rise after Bernanke comments Sharewatch
Opening Glance: Media companies' shares are mixed AP via Yahoo!
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