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A Roman Catholic archbishop whose statements about the Holocaust have come under fire met with Jewish leaders this week to clarify his claim that Jewish domination of the media has obscured the toll o...

Media outlets covering Barack Obama’s first major trip abroad since becoming president are abuzz with a big question: Did first lady Michelle Obama breach protocol by putting her arm around Britain’s Queen Elizabeth?The Obamas met the monarch and her husband, Prince Philip, at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The Associated Press reports on how the two [...]

Activision hold out much hopeActivision believe that their upcoming FPS sequel Modern Warfare 2, currently being crafted by Infinity Ward sans 'Call of Duty' title, could be the biggest game release 'of all time'.Speaking to MCV, brand manager Simon Wells was more than upbeat: 'Each year the Call of Duty franchise goes from strength-to-strength,' he beamed.'We want to propel this year's title to be the biggest selling video game of all time. That may raise some eyebrows, but step back and look at the franchise's trajectory through preceding launches, and this objective starts to look viable.'Activision hope to make the game the year's best seller, and are promising an epic marketing budget; the publisher planning to take on other entertainment mediums with a vast launch.

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Film News: Nicole Kidman co-stars in Fox Searchlight film -- Aaron Eckhart is in talks to star opposite Nicole Kidman in Fox Searchlight's bigscreen adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's Broadway play 'Rabbit Hole.'

Front Page: Faces trump finance at summit -- The G-20 summit here this week has garnered unprecedented media attention. That's not surprising, given that the financial crisis heightens interest in the policy-strategy meetings. But, judging by the global media, such topics took a back seat to the personalities involved.

Digital technology company Phorm is facing a major setback, with several of the world's largest dotcom companies considering boycotting its controversial online advertising technology.Last month Open Rights Group, the privacy campaign group, sent a letter to nine of the internet's biggest names - including Google, Bebo, Facebook and Yahoo - asking them to opt out of Phorm's technology 'to protect your users' privacy'.UK-listed Phorm has developed technology that allows internet service providers to track what their users are doing online. ISPs can then sell that information to media companies and advertisers who can use it to place more relevant adverts on websites the user subsequently visits.The technology has been tested by BT in the UK, with Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk also interested in using it.Although Phorm emphasises that the information is made anonymous and consumers can opt out, it has been attacked by privacy campaigners as online snooping.Phorm's techno

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger warned the cable TV industry not to alienate consumers by restricting cable programing on the Web to paying TV subscribers because it could provoke a consumer backlash.

It might have become a cliché to describe the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh as a people at the crossroads, not knowing where they are headed. Yet in this election season, more than ever before, the co...

CNET UK jumped at the chance to meet Dave Gibbons, British comics legend and co-creator of Watchmen. We talked movies, comics and how technology is creating paperless graphic novels