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LONDON -- Two longtime media investors have been buying shares in German cable-TV operator Premiere AG, in a sign they believe a recent management shake-up there by media conglomerate News Corp. can help turn the struggling company around.Fininvest S...

Star Taiwan adds to top team NEWS BRIEF: News Corp's Asian outfit Star has appointed Cindy Chang as senior VP of advertising, sales and distribution for Star Taiwan. Taking up the role on December 1, Chang will oversee Star's ...

Sumner Redstone may sell the theater chain owned by his National Amusements Inc. holding company to keep control of CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

The teen-vampire love story "Twilight" beat out releases from Hollywood studios to become the top film at US and Canadian theaters last weekend with an estimated $70.6 million in ticket sales, the second-highest ever for an independent film.

In an effort to stave off the dismantling of his media empire, Sumner M. Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, recently proposed to sell his family's 1,500-screen theater chain in an effort to restructure his large debt load.

Online unit struggling with softening advertising market, and looks to lure the kind of lucre Google and Yahoo are seeing.

The Disney musical that spawned a franchise is now in its first O'ahu non-school production by Army Community Theatre at Fort Shafter. Its energy and honesty may change your attitude about kids on stage.

I wanted to sell my used car in Miami, and I started to look for a website in Miami to sell my used car and in the World Wide Web, I compared prices and the different services that they offered and I ... [WebWire - Wednesday, november 26, 2008]

Central Florida's theme parks are lobbying Orange County to boost spending on a tourism marketing campaign to combat a deepening travel slump brought on by the country's reeling economy.

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