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Live Nation shares jump 27 pct as results beat view
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Live Nation Inc jumped 27
percent on Friday, a day after the concert promoter posted
second-quarter results that beat expectations.
Yahoo - 2 hours ago

Perelman to settle Marvel lawsuit: court papers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Billionaire financier Ronald Perelman agreed to
pay $80 million to settle a decade-long lawsuit with trustees
for the comic-book publisher formerly known as Marvel
Entertainment Group Inc, according to court papers.
Yahoo - 2 hours ago

Fox, ABC shuffling reality lineups
(Reuters)
Reuters - Going into the
homestretch of summer, Fox and ABC are shuffling their reality
lineups.
Yahoo - 8 hours ago

Elvis demoted in new Billboard historic chart
(Reuters)
Reuters - Poor Elvis. Random sightings of the
King of Rock 'n' Roll have tapered off in recent years, and now
he has mysteriously disappeared from the upper echelons of a
new list that ranks the artists with the most No. 1 hits on the
U.S. pop singles chart.
Yahoo - 18 hours ago

Google admits its AOL investment may be impaired
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc's 5 percent stake in
Time Warner Inc's AOL unit may be worth less than the $1
billion the Web company paid for it in 2006, Google warned in a
regulatory filing on Thursday.
Yahoo - 18 hours ago

Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: Fox Dances to More Midweek Victory
(Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners:
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), Criminal Minds R (CBS), CSI: NY R (CBS)
Yahoo - 18 hours ago

Live Nation posts lower net, beats street
(Reuters)
Reuters - Live Nation Inc reported lower net
income, citing costs related to a new ticket service, but
exceeded expectations as the concert promoter posted increases
in both ticket sales and live events.
Yahoo - 18 hours ago

Trump Entertainment posts loss as casinos wane
(Reuters)
Reuters - Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc
reported a wider quarterly loss on Thursday as more would-be
gamblers stayed home and the company took a one-time charge to
write down the value of a casino it is selling.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Warner Music posts smaller-than-expected loss
(Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Music Group posted a
smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday, as improved
sales in Europe softened the effects of the slowdown in the
global music industry.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: America's Got Talent Leads NBC to Victory
(Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners:
Wipeout (ABC), NCIS R (CBS), America's Got Talent (NBC)
Yahoo - 1 day ago

National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of July 28, 2008
(Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - Three networks -- CBS, NBC and Fox -- dominated the lackluster summer week of July 28. CBS was first in households and total viewers; Fox led among adults 18-49 and adults 18-34; and an improved NBC took the week among adults 25-54 -- one-tenth of a rating point ahead of CBS and Fox in the demo. Year-to-year (and helped by Sunday's night's Indianapolis versus Washington match-up on NFL Pre-Season Football), NBC posted minor growth in households, total viewers and adults 25-54. CBS and Fox took a hit demographically.
Yahoo - 1 day ago

Playboy posts quarterly loss
(Reuters)
Reuters - Adult entertainment publisher Playboy
Enterprises Inc posted a quarterly loss, hurt by continued
pressure on its media businesses, and said 2008 will remain a
difficult year.
Yahoo - 2 days ago

Downloads match French cinema ticket sales: study
(Reuters)
Reuters - French movie buffs are illegally
downloading at least as many films as they pay to see in
cinemas, a study showed on Wednesday.
Yahoo - 2 days ago

Comcast buys e-mail lifestyle company DailyCandy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable
operator, said on Tuesday it is buying DailyCandy, a women's
fashion and lifestyle e-mail newsletter for an undisclosed
amount.
Yahoo - 2 days ago

Rapper signs deal with The Orchard
(AP)
AP - Lil Jon, who was musical limbo after his longtime record label TVT Records went bankrupt earlier this year, has reached an agreement that frees him from his TVT obligations while entering into a new venture with digital entertainment company The Orchard, which is purchasing TVT's assets.
Yahoo - 2 days ago

Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings: CBS Opens Week on an Uneventful Winning Note
(Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - -Not Summer 2008's Finest:
American Gladiators (NBC), High School Musical – Get in the Picture (ABC), The 2008 Teen Choice Awards (Fox), Wanna Bet (ABC), The Mole (ABC), Nashville Star (NBC)
Yahoo - 2 days ago

Marvel disappoints with 2008 outlook
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Marvel Entertainment Inc
crashed 14 percent Tuesday after the comic-book publisher's
raised 2008 outlook still fell short of market estimates,
disappointing investors looking for faster returns from its
self-produced movies.
Yahoo - 2 days ago

MGM Mirage gets CityCenter financing
(Reuters)
Reuters - MGM Mirage Inc, the world's
second-largest casino operator, said on Tuesday it has lined up
more than half of current financing needs for its massive
CityCenter project on the Las Vegas Strip and its shares rose
more than 7 percent.
Yahoo - 3 days ago

Cablevision says to explore spin-off
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp said on
Tuesday it would hire investment banks to help evaluate a spin
off at least one of its businesses, among other strategies,
including buying back stock or paying out dividends, sending
shares up as much as 8 percent.
Yahoo - 3 days ago

Dish Network again weighs DirecTV deal: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. satellite-TV provider Dish
Network Corp is weighing another attempt to merge with rival
DirecTV Group Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Yahoo - 3 days ago

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