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Obama holds 4-point lead on McCain in race
Washington Post - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama holds a 4-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.

Obama buys network time on anniversary of Black Tuesday The National Herald

Obama Buys Half-Hour Primetime Slots AM 920 WOKY

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McCain again raises Obama's ties with 1970s radical
The National Herald - 4 Hours ago
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McCain TV ad raises Obama's links to ex-radical Battle Creek Enquirer

Top McCain official raises Obama's past drug use KXII-TV 12

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Factcheck.org: McCain's Misleading Ayers Ad
MSNBC Newsweek - 8 Hours ago
Summary In a TV ad, McCain says Obama 'lied' about his association with William Ayers, a former bomb-setting, anti-war radical from the 1960s and '70s. We find McCain's claim to be groundless. New details Add Comment

John McCain, Barack Obama on healthcare
Los Angeles Times - 7 Hours ago
How workable are the presidential candidates' health reform plans? Here's a summary of their proposals and a list of online resources for more information. John McCain and Barack Obama's health reform

Cindy McCain accuses Barack Obama of endangering her son in Iraq Telegraph

McCain Ad Accuses Obama Of "Blind Ambition" CBS News

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Cable industry

FCC Orders WealthTV's Carriage Complaints Filed Against Comcast, Time Warner, Cox...
Reuters - 6 Hours ago
FCC Orders WealthTV's Carriage Complaints Filed Against Comcast, Time Warner, Cox & Bright House to an ALJ for a Decision Within 60 Days SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- WealthTV, a national lifestyle

FCC Orders WealthTV's Carriage Complaints Filed Against Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Interest!ALERT

FCC Orders WealthTV's Carriage Complaints Filed Against Comcast, Time Warner, Street Insider

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FCC Sides With NFL Network in Dispute With Comcast
ABC News - 5 Hours ago
The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should carry the league's NFL Network on Add Comment

Decision on NFL-Comcast Fight Hits Snag
Wall Street Journal Online - 7 Hours ago
A long-running fight between the National Football League and cable giant Comcast Corp. over how the Add Comment

Former Comcast exec Burch tapped to lead UMMS board
Biz Journals - 6 Hours ago
Stephen Burch, a former Comcast executive and former CEO of Virgin Media, was tapped Oct. 7 to lead the board of the states $1.9 billion medical system. Burch replaces Maryland House Speaker Michael E.

Former Comcast Burch tapped to lead UMMS board Philadelphia Business Journal

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Digital television

Abilis Systems Standardizes on ARC(R) for Mobile DTV Applications
SmartBrief - 6 Hours ago
ARC International (LSE:ARK), a leading provider of consumer intellectual property (IP) to OEM and semiconductor companies, today announced that Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group company, has standardized

Abilis Systems Standardizes on ARC for Mobile DTV Applications SOCCentral.com

ARC International: Abilis Systems Standardizes On ARC For Mobile DTV Applications TMC Net

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Time Warner Cable makes antennas available to customers in ongoing dispute with
Post Crescent - 4 Hours ago
KIMBERLY â?? Time Warner Cable has a limited supply of antennas still available for customers who want to watch Fox affiliate WLUK at home. 1001 W. Kennedy Ave., Kimberly 2580 W. Mason St., Green Bay

Report: Univision, Time Warner Cable could set precedent in distribution fee standoff SNL Securities

Time Warner Cable hires An as VP, legislative affairs CED Magazine

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New DNC Web Video Asks 'Who Is John McCain'
Forbes.com - 8 Hours ago
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee today released the second in a series of web videos showing John McCain denouncing his own campaign tactics. The new ad,

New DNC Web Video Asks 'Who Is John McCain' Street Insider

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Dish Pays TiVo $105M for DVR Patent Infringement
CNBC - 10/10/2008
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Dish loses TiVo lawsuit appeal, will pay TiVo $104M in damages CED Magazine

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Journalism

More Journalists Pull Out of Iraq
Washington Post - 5 Hours ago
BAGHDAD -- The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq's growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations. In a Add Comment

Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback
Washington Post - 3 Hours ago
BAGHDAD -- The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq's growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations. In a

Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their Own Washington Post

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Gunmen kill 11 in northern Mexican bar
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 Hours ago
Police had not uncovered a motive or detained suspects in either shooting. The body of 40-year-old Miguel Angel Villagomez, owner and editor of La Noticia newspaper in the western state of Michoacan,

Gunmen kill 11 in northern Mexican bar; newspaper editor shot dead in west Q 107

Gunmen kill 11 in Mexico bar; editor found dead near road Houston Chronicle

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Shock at journalists ten year prison sentence
Reporters Sans Frontières - 109 Minutes ago
Reporters Without Borders expressed outrage at a ten-year prison sentence handed down today by a court in Nukus, in the west of the country, to correspondent for several independent websites. The journalist Add Comment

Media: Europe

Tony Ageh appointed BBC controller of archive development
Guardian Unlimited - 7 Hours ago
Tony Ageh's new role at the BBC's Archive was confirmed today; he's controller of archive development, which means overseeing much of the work in . Given that this content won't be fully digitised until Add Comment

Bible Reading Marathon on Italian Media
Catholic Online - 7 Hours ago
Within days of the opening of the synod, it is already bearing its first fruits by bringing Italy back in contact with the word of God. VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - Those who find fall in Rome disappointing Add Comment

Against the tide: Neil Young speaks to OMM on eve of BBC documentary
Observer - 8 Hours ago
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke on paying tribute to Neil Young Link to this video Neil Young, the grand old man of North American rock'n'roll, is leaning over towards me, chin jutting forward, eyes bulging, Add Comment

Radio presenters suspended
Lakeland Echo - 5 Hours ago
presenters have been suspended after using the term "window licker" during a football phone-in show. Andrew Hawes and Ian Hart have been taken off the airwaves at BBC Southern Counties after using the

BBC presenters suspended Telegraph

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Online content

Google taps full-length shows to bolster YouTube
SiliconValley.com - 3 Hours ago
Google on Friday mounted another effort to transform its popular YouTube video sharing service into a profit engine by presenting full-length TV shows from CBS replete with prominently displayed advertising.

YouTube adds full-length TV shows to video menu The News International

YouTube adds full-length TV shows Philippine Daily Inquirer

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TV shows come to YouTube
San Francisco Chronicle - 7 Hours ago
Full length television shows are now available on YouTube as part of a partnership with CBS. Catch old Star Trek episodes, Beverley Hills 90210 and The Young and the Restless. See some of the selection Add Comment

[$$] InBev Sees a Brewing Cost Pinch (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Wall Street Journal Online - 110 Minutes ago
more in Europe Â» As it moves ahead with its $52 billion acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Cos., beer titan Add Comment

Codeblack Interactive and YouTube Team for Original Urban Programming Online
TMC Net - 6 Hours ago
Codeblack Interactive, the digital branch of African-American-owned film studio Codeblack Entertainment, and YouTube have partnered to distribute original, made-for-the-internet urban programming. According Add Comment

Broadcasting industry

FCC Orders WealthTV's Carriage Complaints Filed Against Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Interest!ALERT

FCC Orders WealthTV's Carriage Complaints Filed Against Comcast, Time Warner, Street Insider

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YouTube adds full-length TV shows to video menu The News International

YouTube adds full-length TV shows Philippine Daily Inquirer

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PBS Coals Limited Announces that Severstal Resources has Extended Offer for Shares
MarketWatch - 3 Hours ago
(MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- PBS Coals Limited (CA:PBS: news, chart, profile) announces that the expiration date for the September 5, 2008 offer (the 'Offer') by a subsidiary of Severstal Resources ('Severstal')

PBS Coals Limited: PBS Coals Limited Announces that Severstal Resources has Extended Market Wire

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PBS Coals says Severstal Resources Extends offer Until October 20 - Quick Facts
RTTNews.com - 3 Hours ago
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