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Studios and actors remain at odds in labor talks 30 Apr 08, 22:27 ET Reuters - With two days left before a self-imposed deadline in contract talks with actors, major Hollywood studios said on Wednesday the two sides remained far from a deal and that excessive union demands were to blame. more Once-feisty Algerian press grows tamer 30 Apr 08, 20:21 ET Reuters - A campaign of murder failed to crush blossoming Algerian journalism in the 1990s, but now civil war has been replaced by an uneasy peace, the country's press may have lost in liberty what it gained in security. more Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: Idol Ignited Fox Wins; CBS a Distant Second 30 Apr 08, 18:44 ET Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: American Idol (Fox), NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), Law & Order: SVU (NBC) more Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not 30 Apr 08, 18:44 ET Mediaweek.com - The CW scored its best Monday to-date in teens (2.1 rating/6 share) and female teens (3.4/10). Based on ratings for April 28, new Monday 8 p.m. occupant Gossip Girl grew from one week earlier by 18 percent in teens (2.0/ 6) and 25 percent in female teens (3.5/11), with a slight bump in total viewers, with 2.53 million. Gossip Girl also ranked first in the hour in female teens, and second among females 12-34 (3.0/ 8) and teens (2.0/ 6). At 9 p.m., veteran One Tree Hill ranked second in the hour in teens (2.2/ 7) and female teens. more National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of April 21, 2008 30 Apr 08, 18:44 ET Mediaweek.com - It was a week of mixed leadership, with declining CBS first in households and total viewers, and also eroding Fox No. 1 in the three key demos -- adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and adults 18-34. Comparably (and despite a year-to-year loss of 24 percent in the demo), this was Fox's 16th consecutive weekly win among adults 18-49. Both CBS and Fox, in fact, were down by double-digit across-the-board percentages. more TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest 30 Apr 08, 18:44 ET Mediaweek.com - ION Media Networks has secured a deal with CBS Television Distribution for the broadcast rights to CBS drama Ghost Whisperer. Look for its debut on ION in fall 2009. more Time Warner plans to split off cable services 30 Apr 08, 15:00 ET Reuters - Time Warner Inc said on Wednesday it plans to fully separate its cable services division, responding to Wall Street's demands to refocus as a pure media content company to boost an ailing stock price. more Police: Man Molested Girl He Lured On MySpace 30 Apr 08, 12:40 ET Police are looking for a man accused of luring a 15-year-old girl from California to South Florida on his MySpace.com page, promising her a plane ticket and an opportunity in the entertainment industry but instead allegedly molesting her. more Allison Hope Weiner: Pellicano Trial: The Closing Arguments 30 Apr 08, 12:05 ET Bottom line is that only three people involved in the entertainment industry were charged in this case--despite the fact that almost all of Mr. Pellicano's clients were related to the entertainment business. more Time Warner Cable profit beats expectations 30 Apr 08, 11:35 ET Reuters - Time Warner Cable Inc posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit and subscriber additions on Wednesday as parent company Time Warner Inc said it would split off the cable company. more Time Warner plans cable services spin-off 30 Apr 08, 06:10 ET Reuters - Time Warner Inc said on Wednesday that it planned to spin off its cable services division completely, as the one-time world's biggest media company moves to restructure itself. more Workshop grooming budding filmmakers in Mumbai 30 Apr 08, 04:23 ET Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) With the entertainment industry catching the fancy of the young generation, multiplex chain company Fame India Ltd. has launched a workshop here for children to acquaint them with the process of filmmaking. more DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR DIDDY'S STAR CEREMONY: Hollywood Blvd induction to take place Friday at 11 a.m. 30 Apr 08, 03:08 ET *Sean "Diddy" Combs' Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony will take place on Friday (May 2) at 6801 Hollywood Blvd (Closer to Highland). The college promoter-turned-record executive will be honored for his life-long contribution of both public and peer appreciation in the entertainment industry. more Police: Man lured girl, 15, online 30 Apr 08, 03:07 ET A man offering a prepaid airplane ticket and a break into the entertainment industry lured a teenage girl 3,000 miles east from California to South Florida, police said. more Studios' viral marketing campaigns are vexing 30 Apr 08, 02:54 ET Reuters - Viral marketing has gone positively bubonic. While this unconventional approach to building buzz online is nothing new, it has achieved full-blown plague status in the walk-up to the summer movie season. more Porn firm sells the Hendrix sex experience 30 Apr 08, 02:17 ET The exploitation of the private lives of celebrities, even dead ones, by the United States entertainment industry is again under the spotlight after a Los Angeles company released a 45-minute video purporting to show a sexual encounter with Jimi Hendrix. more CBS back on top in weekly ratings 30 Apr 08, 02:01 ET Reuters - CBS narrowly reclaimed its position as the most-watched television network during the first week of the May sweep, bolstered by the "CSI" franchise. more New Fox cartoon set for spring launch 30 Apr 08, 01:52 ET Reuters - Things have never been so murky 10 days before the networks preview their wares for advertisers during the annual "upfront" week. more Paramount unveils initial Blu-ray slate 30 Apr 08, 01:45 ET Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Paramount Pictures, which last year cast its lot exclusively with the ill-fated HD DVD home video format, is getting ready to re-enter the Blu-ray business. more Casino Royale 30 Apr 08, 00:59 ET As the home entertainment industry marks the tenth anniversary of DVD’s launch in the UK, charts supplied by the BVA (using data from the Official UK Chart Company), have revealed the best selling discs from the past 10 years, reports LastBroadcast . James Bond lands the #9 spot with his 2006 outing "Casino Royale". more The Other L.A. Part II 30 Apr 08, 00:22 ET The State of Louisiana has seen a boom in their economy thanks to the entertainment industry. Channel 7's Anne Pressly has more on what Arkansas is doing to attract the same types of projects in part-II of her series "The Other L.A." more

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