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Murdoch too powerful for government regulators 24 Apr 08, 22:42 ET Reuters - The dirty little secret about Rupert Murdoch's plan to add Newsday to his stable of New York media properties is that there's little anybody can do to stop him. more The reality about reality shows 24 Apr 08, 20:43 ET Reality talent shows are flooding television. Have they outlived their novelty? And more importantly, what happens to the hopefuls who have stars in their eyes and then are disillusioned? In Part One of this special report, HAFIDAH SAMAT and DENNIS CHUA speak to leaders in the entertainment industry. more Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: Idol Ignited Fox Leads; Above Average NBC 24 Apr 08, 19:09 ET Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: American Idol (Fox), Deal or No Deal (NBC), Law & Order (NBC) more Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not 24 Apr 08, 19:09 ET Mediaweek.com - Based on Live+3 commercial ratings (C3) in 1st quarter 2008, family destination Hallmark Channel continues to score in ad effectiveness, ranking second (behind Nick-at-Nite) with 94.9 percent audience retention in households of the prime time average program rating. Hallmark Channel also finished second among key adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. The top 20 C3 program rankings, which appear as follows, include broadcast and cable. more TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest 24 Apr 08, 19:09 ET Mediaweek.com - Jennifer Lopez will be the subject of a documentary series on TLC focusing on her life as an actress, new mother and entrepreneur. Kelly Ripa, whose company Milojo Productions is behind the project, will host. more Starbucks steps back from music business 24 Apr 08, 18:19 ET Reuters - Starbucks Corp on Thursday took a major step back from its music and book business by handing over day-to-day management of its year-old music label to Concord Music Group, as it strives to contain costs and rejuvenate its coffee shop business. more Judge reserves judgment in Clear Channel case 24 Apr 08, 17:01 ET Reuters - A New York state judge on Thursday made no immediate ruling on a group of banks' request to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to force them to fund a $20 billion buyout of Clear Channel Communications Inc. more RepTools 2008 adds document management 24 Apr 08, 16:38 ET 318 has released RepTools 2008, the latest version of its signature software. The program is a CRM (customer relationship management) tool geared towards the entertainment industry, and as such focuses on the production process, tracking aspects such as bids and talent. The major addition for 2008 is a document management system, which organizes ... more Major League Baseball taps CBS exec to run network 24 Apr 08, 15:43 ET Reuters - Major League Baseball on Thursday named CBS Sports executive Tony Petitti as the first chief executive of its baseball television network, scheduled to launch early next year. more Senate committee vote targets media ownership rule 24 Apr 08, 15:13 ET Reuters - A U.S. senate committee moved a step closer on Thursday to overturning a decision by regulators that loosened media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, even as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp moved closer to expanding media ownership in the New York region. more Regal Entertainment sees tough comparisons 24 Apr 08, 14:56 ET Reuters - Movie exhibitor Regal Entertainment Group on Thursday said it expects its second- and third-quarter results to face tough year-over-year comparisons after hits like "Transformers" and "Spiderman 3" ruled the box office in the spring and summer of 2007. more Immigration minister threatened over strippers legislation: reports 24 Apr 08, 12:16 ET OTTAWA — Reports that Federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley may have been threatened over her efforts to keep foreign strippers out of Canada drew quick condemnation Wednesday from the adult entertainment industry. more Oxygen targeting trendy, young women 24 Apr 08, 10:59 ET Reuters - NBC's newly acquired women's cable channel Oxygen is getting rebranded in June as part of an effort to zero in on a trend-setting audience that it has dubbed "Generation O." more Judi and her 'Cranford' co-stars take period drama to Tinseltown 24 Apr 08, 10:50 ET The residents of Cranford got the Hollywood treatment when they flew into Los Angeles for an entertainment industry event. Dame Judi Dench and her BAFTA-winning co-star Dame Eileen Atkins were in America to promote their popular period drama. more Crocs to make shoes based on Disney hits 24 Apr 08, 08:59 ET Reuters - Crocs Inc, known for its colorful plastic shoes, on Thursday said it is launching a line of shoes and accessories based on Walt Disney Co's hit shows "Hannah Montana" and "High School Musical." more Google introduces brand-image ads for phones 24 Apr 08, 08:57 ET Reuters - Google Inc said on Wednesday it has introduced brand-image ads for mobile phones, in a bid to extend beyond the computer-based Web market into the emerging market for advertising on phones. more CNN now sued for $1.3 billion - $1 per person in China 24 Apr 08, 05:25 ET Reuters - A Chinese primary school teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York over remarks they say insulted the Chinese people and are seeking $1.3 billion in compensation -- $1 per person in China, a Hong Kong newspaper reported. more Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 1st Oct 2005 20:06 UTC 24 Apr 08, 04:46 ET Microsoft and Intel last week tried to swing the computing, consumer electronics and entertainment industry toward HD DVD in a format war to establish a higher-capacity successor to today's DVD. more Churchill sunset painting sells in New York for $350,000 24 Apr 08, 02:32 ET AP - A painting by Winston Churchill of a Moroccan sunset - a view he loved so much that he invited President Franklin D. Roosevelt to see it - has sold for $350,000, an auction company says. more Yoko Ono sues in NY over song in movie challenging evolution 24 Apr 08, 00:30 ET AP - NEW YORK (AP) - Yoko Ono is suing the producers of a movie that challenges the concept of Darwinian evolution, saying they used the song "Imagine" without her permission and led the blogosphere to accuse her of "selling out." more Hollywood, Bollywood seek to stamp out piracy together 24 Apr 08, 00:18 ET The American entertainment industry wants to join hands with India to eliminate counterfeiting and piracy that costs Bollywood an estimated loss of $4 billion and 800,000 direct jobs each year. more

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