http://www.ey3news.com/content/topic_000032_page.shtml Updated with the latest news for Media / News en-gb Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:04:32 EST Copyright: (C) Ey3News.com, see http://www.ey3news.com/terms_and_conditions.shtml for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.ey3news.com/ http://www.ey3news.com/images/icons/ey3news_logo_rss.gif http://www.ey3news.com Meow Mix, owned by Del Monte Foods, is embarking on its third cheeky, nontraditional advertising effort in three years. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218477 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218477 2007-08-10 18:01:04 After reporting higher second-quarter earnings, Rupert Murdoch took aim at critics of his company’s $5 billion takeover deal with Dow Jones & Company. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218478 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218478 2007-08-10 18:01:04 A yet-to-be-launched online joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corporation has received a $100 million investment from Providence Equity Partners. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218479 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218479 2007-08-10 18:01:04 Blockbuster hopes to offer video downloading services by acquiring Movielink, and is also acquiring rights to show the films of Warner Brothers, M.G.M. and Paramount. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218480 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218480 2007-08-10 18:01:04 About a decade ago, Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a television ad for Pizza Hut. Now he is trading in fast food for fine leather. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218481 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218481 2007-08-10 18:01:04 An Army investigation into the “Baghdad Diarist” — a soldier in Iraq who wrote anonymous columns for The New Republic — has concluded that the reports were false. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218482 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218482 2007-08-10 18:01:04 A former New York Times reporter who wrote an article about a teenager who operated a pornographic Web site may have sent more money to the young man than he had previously acknowledged. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218483 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218483 2007-08-10 18:01:04 The heavily promoted new business magazine that is about to publish its second issue, on Tuesday fired one of its top editors, James Impoco. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218484 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218484 2007-08-10 18:01:04 The Warner Music Group posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss , sending shares down roughly 10 percent. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218485 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218485 2007-08-10 18:01:04 The increase in profits was driven by a tax benefit and stronger spending on marketing by clients like Microsoft and the United States Army. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218486 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218486 2007-08-10 18:01:04 With growth in the wireless market slowing, Alltel is turning to a sophisticated online campaign to maintain and expand its customer base. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218487 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218487 2007-08-10 18:01:04 A 19-year-old handyman has confessed to murdering a well-known newspaper editor in downtown Oakland last week, the police said. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218488 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003218488 2007-08-10 18:01:04 Hoping to deliver personalized messages to consumers, advertising giant Publicis is pursuing an ambitious global digital ad strategy. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215871 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215871 2007-08-10 06:00:53 The potential of new streaming video services is unleashing a torrent of programming aimed at narrowly defined audiences. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215872 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215872 2007-08-10 06:00:53 Bondi Digital Publishing is planning to offer separate DVD-ROM editions with page-by-page reproductions of the Playboy and Rolling Stone archives. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215873 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215873 2007-08-10 06:00:53 Some authors compulsively check their sales rank on Amazon.com while others try to game the system. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215874 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215874 2007-08-10 06:00:53 Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair columnist and author of “Burn Rate,” is helping launch an online news aggregation service. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215875 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215875 2007-08-10 06:00:53 At a recent conference, Paul E. Steiger, editor at large of The Wall Street Journal, conducted a question-and-answer session with himself about Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of Dow Jones. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215876 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215876 2007-08-10 06:00:53 Wikipedia devotees meet in Taiwan, while the Web site continues to be blocked in mainland China. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215877 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215877 2007-08-10 06:00:53 When the I-35W bridge collapsed last week in Minneapolis, staff members at nearby Internet Broadcasting revived a nearly defunct Web site to publish their coverage. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215878 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215878 2007-08-10 06:00:53 Accusations that three journalists from NBC and PBS were on a health insurance industry speaking list turn out to have stemmed from an error at a speaking agency. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215879 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215879 2007-08-10 06:00:53 The thriller “The Bourne Ultimatum” sold a strong $70.2 million in tickets, giving Universal Pictures one of the strongest openings in its history. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215880 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215880 2007-08-10 06:00:53 Traditionally the sandbox of publishers, the editorial pages at The Wall Street Journal won guarantees of independence in Rupert Murdoch’s bargain to win control of Dow Jones. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215881 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003215881 2007-08-10 06:00:53 Studios want to junk the residual payment structure for writers. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213925 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213925 2007-08-06 18:00:58 Anthony O’Reilly, former C.E.O. of H.J. Heinz and founder and chairman of Independent Media of Britain, discusses the newspaper business, editorial interference and expansion into Asia. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213926 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213926 2007-08-06 18:00:58 Rupert Murdoch won ownership of Dow Jones, mortgage news went from bad to worse, M.L.B. and StubHub made a deal, Mattel recalled toys painted with lead, and more. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213927 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003213927 2007-08-06 18:00:58 This fall, Gap will eschew TV ads in favor of a print campaign featuring black-and-white portraits shot by Annie Leibovitz. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211938 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211938 2007-08-06 06:00:51 The owner of MTV Networks, Paramount movie studios and Nickelodeon cable channels said its second quarter profit fell less than 1 percent. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211939 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211939 2007-08-06 06:00:51 Mr. Currier’s stock market and investing articles were fixtures in newspapers across the country. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211940 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211940 2007-08-06 06:00:51 Police are looking into the possibility that the killing of the editor of a prominent African-American newspaper was related to his work as a journalist. http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211941 http://www.ey3news.com/cgi-bin/goto.cgi?stid=0000000003211941 2007-08-06 06:00:51