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Fri, 9 May 2008 15:09:00 GMT

Tribune Publishing Results Skid in Q1 -- Off 11%

. reported that Q1 earnings from continuing operations soared to $1.82 billion compared with $11 million from the same period a year ago. The favorable upswing was due to the change of the company's tax status at the beginning of the year to a subchapter
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:09:00 GMT

'NYT' Sunday Preview: Director Talks About HBO's Upcoming Film on 2000 Bush-Gore 'Recount'

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Fri, 9 May 2008 14:50:00 GMT

Liberty Media reports 24 pct cash increase in 1Q

DENVER Liberty Media Corp.'s first-quarter revenue rose in all three of its business units, which include QVC and Starz television channels and a stake in DirecTV, the company said Thursday. The company, controlled by cable magnate John Malone, also
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:16:00 GMT

Months of Talks End in New Contract for ABCs President

LOS ANGELES - The signed the president of ABC, Stephen McPherson, to a new contract, signaling confidence in the maverick executives ability to deliver new hits to succeed workhorses like Greys Anatomy. The agreement, which was completed Thursday after
Fri, 9 May 2008 06:39:00 GMT

Nu Image gets 'Buck Rogers' rights

Nu Image/Millennium Films has acquired film rights to 'Buck Rogers,' and will give live action screen treatment to the venerable pilot who awakens in the 25th Century and battles evil.Nu Image/Millennium's Avi Lerner got the rights from the Dille Trust,
Fri, 9 May 2008 03:05:00 GMT

Four Years Later: Why Did It Take So Long for the Press to Break Abu Ghraib Story?

Charles R. Hanley, Pulitzer winner for the Associated Press, uncovered abuses at the infamous prison months before the scandal really exploded. Why were so many others so slow to act?
Fri, 9 May 2008 02:38:00 GMT

Citadel Broadcasting swings to 1Q loss, sees costs declining

LAS VEGAS Radio station operator Citadel Broadcasting Corp. said Thursday it swung to a first-quarter loss from year-ago profit due to charges, but shares surged as the company said it expects costs to decline for the rest of the year. For the three
Fri, 9 May 2008 00:47:00 GMT

'Save the Males' Book Arriving Soon From Columnist Kathleen Parker

NEW YORK Columnist Kathleen Parker has authored a book called 'Save the Males: Why Men Matter. Why Women Should Care.' The 240-page hardcover will be published June 10 by Random House. Parker writes her column for about 400 newspapers via the Washington
Fri, 9 May 2008 00:39:00 GMT

Earnings roundup: Assured Guaranty, Sun-Times Media Group

May 8, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) -- Assured Guaranty Ltd. swung to a first-quarter loss on higher reserves for bad mortgages and unrealized investment losses. CHICAGO (AP) -- Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said Wednesday it had a dramatically
Thu, 8 May 2008 23:20:00 GMT

CCAS Announces New Products, Installations

WILMINGTON, DEL. Providence. R.I.-based Creative Circle Advertising Solutions (CCAS) has announced several new products, enhancements, and users of its newspaper Web solutions. The first of several themed, community-building sites, MommyQ will allow
Thu, 8 May 2008 23:02:00 GMT

Sri Lanka bars foreign media from covering elections

Sri Lanka's military barred foreign journalists Thursday from covering weekend elections in the east that are seen as a test of confidence in the government, which seized the region from Tamil Tiger rebels last year. Maj. Gen. Palitha Fernando said any
Thu, 8 May 2008 22:33:00 GMT

W.Va. Daily Employs 'Legal Alien' for Spacey Ad Promo

NEW YORK Economic stimulus checks started reaching southern West Virginia households this week, and The Register-Herald in Beckley, W.Va., has employed the services of an extraterrestrial to tell readers where to spend them. Seriously. Beginning Friday,
Thu, 8 May 2008 22:09:00 GMT

Sun-Times Media reports $35.8 million 1Q loss, pursues sale

CHICAGO Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said Wednesday it had a dramatically wider first-quarter net loss of $35.8 million on continued steep declines in advertising revenue and circulation. A sale could come soon for the troubled company. Chief Executive
Thu, 8 May 2008 21:56:00 GMT

Earnings: Liberty Interactive Up 10 Percent; IAC Resolution 'Possible'; Starz-Viacom Competition

Maybe it's just the time of day but looking at Liberty Media's (NSDQ: LINTA) Q1 earnings and listening to the call is making my head hurt. While thorn-in-the-side Barry Diller plans to simplify his complex creation by spinning off four companies, the
Thu, 8 May 2008 21:52:00 GMT

NYTS Is Offering 'Diversion' Travel Content

NEW YORK 'Diversion Travel Service' is being introduced by the New York Times Syndicate. The twice-monthly offering contains content from Hearst Business Media's 'Diversion' magazine. There are stories, photos, 'insider tips,' and information on hotels,
Thu, 8 May 2008 21:38:00 GMT

Caldwell, N.J. 'Progress' Appoints New Editor

Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings has hammered out a deal to acquire Sundance Channel, the cable network co-owned by General Electric's NBC Universal, CBS Corp.'s Showtime Networks and the actor/director Robert Redford, in deal worth just shy of $500
Thu, 8 May 2008 20:52:00 GMT

Movers: Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Disney, Cisco Systems, ON Semiconductor

From Sprint Nextel (S) and Clearwire (CLWR) agree to combine their next-generation wireless broadband businesses to form a new wireless communications company. Intel (INTC), Google (GOOG), Comcast (CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (TWC) and Bright House
Thu, 8 May 2008 20:39:00 GMT

Quirky Restaurant Ads Give Way to Tried and True

One of latest victims of the sagging economy is the sass-talking spokesapple that briefly starred in a campaign for Applebees, the budget restaurant chain. Applebees introduced the apple - a regular-looking red one that exhorted people to get together
Thu, 8 May 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Analyst: Upfront Sales to Fall 2% to 14%

Cites Economic Woes, Ratings Decline and Writers Strike NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Broadcast TV networks' upfront advertising sales will be down this year, posting a drop of between 2% and 14%, a leading Wall Street analyst said. A 'material decline is
Thu, 8 May 2008 19:30:00 GMT

Preflighting and Auto-fix for Polkadots Software

NEW YORK Montreal-based Polkadots Software Inc. has announced that every version of NEWSflo, ADflo and PLATEflo will now incorporate its new preflight and auto-fix technology. The additional technology will process incoming PDF, PostScript and EPS files
Thu, 8 May 2008 18:24:00 GMT

New Blog For Humor/Advice Columnist Deb DiSandro

tly Off' creator Deb DiSandro has launched a new blog. DiSandro is known for her 'Slightly Off' humor column and ?Advice from a Slightly Off Supermom' Q&A column, her 'Tales of a Slightly Off Supermom' and 'So You Want to Be a Columnist?' books,
Thu, 8 May 2008 17:38:00 GMT

Bloomberg Opens Belfast Bureau

NEW YORK Business and financial news service Bloomberg is opening a news bureau in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 'With bureaus in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, and Dublin, Bloomberg is exceptionally well positioned to cover this region and to report on the
Thu, 8 May 2008 16:48:00 GMT

Local Comics Getting Even More Scarce as Ed Stein's 'Denver Square' Nears End

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Thu, 8 May 2008 16:24:00 GMT

DJIA Leaders and Laggards: AIG, Disney, Citigroup, IBM

The Dow Jones industrial average ended lower on Wednesday after taking a sharp downturn late in the day, with financial services companies the index's biggest decliners. The blue chip index lost 206.48 points, or 1.6 percent, to end at 12,814.35. Only
Thu, 8 May 2008 15:45:00 GMT

'San Diego U-T' Reportedly Drops Top Internet Execs

Union-Tribune has reportedly ousted three of its top Internet executives, including those involved in the Web site's online radio efforts. San Diego Reader reported on its Web site that Chris Jennewein, vice president of Internet operations; Ron James,
Thu, 8 May 2008 15:37:00 GMT

Rupert Murdoch loves print...

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Everybody's been talking lately about how much News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch loves print. His company just paid $5 billion for Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Yesterday, he sounded confident that News Corp. would
Thu, 8 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT

Earnings roundup: News Corp., Liberty Global

May 7, from AP Financial News: Top stories: NEW YORK (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. reported Wednesday that its earnings more than tripled in the latest quarter on a one-time gain of $1.7 billion from a stock exchange with Liberty Media Corp.
Thu, 8 May 2008 08:11:00 GMT

Don't worry about MySpace, News Corp. says

News Corp. executives worked Wednesday to bolster investor confidence for MySpace, the online social network it won praise for buying in 2005 but lately has attracted concern from Wall Street.Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin acknowledged that Fox
Thu, 8 May 2008 07:23:00 GMT

Walt Disney, Cisco Systems among big market movers

NEW YORK Stocks that are moving substantially or trading heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Walt Disney Co., up 97 cents at $34.70 Profit rose 22 percent for the entertainment conglomerate on greater theme
Thu, 8 May 2008 06:41:00 GMT

'Narnia' director guided by principals

In 'Prince Caspian,' C.S. Lewis's four Pevensie children return to Narnia older and wiser, applying lessons learned during their first trip through the wardrobe. The same applies to animator/director Andrew Adamson, who made his live-action debut with
Thu, 8 May 2008 04:35:00 GMT