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  • NBC Universal CEO Zucker signs new contract

    Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 2:26 am ET  

    LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Last week was a busy deal-making time for General Electric. Full Story »

  • AOL shares dip in debut, as Time Warner's rise

    Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 1:56 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of AOL Inc fell about 2 percent on their return to trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, following the Internet company's spin-off from Time Warner Inc, while shares of AOL's former parent rose. Full Story »

  • Nielsen to sell Billboard, seven other publications

    Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 3:51 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Publisher and information provider the Nielsen Co said on Thursday it is selling Billboard music magazine and seven sister titles and discontinuing two others, including the journalism review Editor & Publisher. Full Story »

  • Hollywood eyes record $10 billion box office for 2009

    Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 2:02 pm ET  
    Actors Robert Pattinson (L), Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner... Reuters

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film box offices were poised on Wednesday to eclipse 2007's record $9.68 billion in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales with Hollywood eyeing more than $10 billion this year as audiences flocked to theaters during the recession. Full Story »

  • "Flight of the Conchords" grounded

    Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 2:30 am ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Quirky HBO comedy series" The Flight of the Conchords" will not return for third season. Full Story »

  • Golf, sponsors ponder Woods' absence from sport

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 4:48 pm ET  

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Even the prospect of a golf landscape temporarily minus Tiger Woods is not one PGA Tour officials, advertisers and sponsors care to ponder as speculation swirls around the popular athlete's private life, which has kept him secluded in his Florida home. Full Story »

  • Disney latest to see ad improvement; cheer spreads

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 4:06 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Wednesday he felt "really good" about the improving advertising front, saying sales for last-minute TV spots were up in the mid-20s percent range versus longer-term deals signed by marketing customers. Full Story »

  • CBS says sold 90 percent of Super Bowl ad spots

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 2:40 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS has sold about 90 percent of the available commercial time for the upcoming Super Bowl, with prices for a 30-second spot running close to $3 million, CBS Corp Chief Executive Les Moonves said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Peas, Kings of Leon top iTunes best sellers of 2009

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 1:56 am ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Apple's iTunes on Tuesday released Rewind 2009, its lists of the year's best and best-selling media. Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" was the best-selling song at the country's leading music retailer. Kings of Leon's "Only by the Night" was the best-selling album and also was named best album of the year. Full Story »

  • Tis the season to .. make top ten lists

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 3:19 am ET  

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tis the season to be jolly -- and to make a list, with the end of decade sparking them galore, ranging from the top words of the decade, to the top celebrity or the stupidest gifts for the person with everything. Full Story »

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