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CNN Reporter Tops Obama List for Surgeon General

1 hour 11 min ago
Dr. Gupta is a medical correspondent for the news network and a neurosurgeon.

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Time Warner and CBS Avert Programming Dispute

1 hour 13 min ago
Time Warner Cable extended a deal to carry CBS television stations, CBS said, avoiding what could have been another heated industry dispute.

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Advertising: New York Store’s Ads Play Funny and Rude, Like the City

1 hour 14 min ago
Do you enjoy watching the bracing rudeness of New Yorkers? J&R, the music and electronics retailer, is counting on it.

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Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza

1 hour 46 min ago
Journalists have been barred from the battle zone in Gaza, but they are given full access to sites in Israel hit by Hamas rockets.

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Azerbaijan Bars Foreigners From Use of Its FM Band

1 hour 57 min ago
The move to enforce a law that bans foreign companies from broadcasting in the country effectively bans Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America and the BBC.

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Utah Explores Antitrust Suit vs. B.C.S.

2 hours 11 min ago
Utah’s attorney general said he was investigating a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after the undefeated Utes were left out of the national title game.

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London Journal: Atheists Decide to Send Their Own Message, on 800 Buses

2 hours 23 min ago
An ad campaign for atheism in London is aiming to counter religious ads, one bus billboard at a time.

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Studio to Buy TV Guide

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:59
The Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation agreed to buy TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from the Macrovision Solutions Corporation for $255 million.

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A Top Editor Leaving Washington Post

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:59
Passed over for the top job, Philip Bennett decides it is time to leave.

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Advertising: HBO Is Hiding Little About ‘Big Love’

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:57
HBO’s “Big Love” is beginning an aggressive ad campaign to remind its audience just what was happening to the polygamous Henrickson family.

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Executives Replaced at Borders as Sales Fall

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:57
The book retailer said that George L. Jones would be succeeded by Ron Marshall, a private equity executive with experience turning around ailing companies.

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CNN Gets Buzz It Wants (if Not the Way It Wants)

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 17:09
Resembling MTV more than a cable news network, CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage included an eyebrow-raising performance by comedian Kathy Griffin.

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DealBook: Borders Shuffles Management as Sales Fall

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:19
The company, which announced a double-digit drop in holiday sales from a year ago, said Ron Marshall will replace George Jones as chief executive.

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Puttin’ Off the Ritz: The New Austerity in Publishing

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:17
Amid a relentless string of layoffs and pay-freeze announcements, book publishers are clamping down on some of the business’s most glittery and cozy traditions.

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Resurrecting the WB as a Web Contender

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 01:45
When TheWB.com launched in August 2008, Warner Brothers executives knew they had something most start-up sites do not have — a loyal audience base.

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Hollywood’s Superheroes Save the Day

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 01:32
As companies big and small trudge into January after a dismal 2008, the movie business is quietly celebrating solid if not spectacular results at the multiplex.

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The Times to Sell Display Ads on the Front Page

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 01:31
Faced with declining advertising revenue, The Times joins many other newspapers across the country in a break with tradition.

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Universal Sells Rogue for $150 Million

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 01:28
The sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media signifies further reordering in Hollywood’s specialty movie business.

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Advertising: Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 01:09
In terms of ad pages, it was an ugly month for Condé Nast magazines.

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Drilling Down: Web Passes Papers as a News Source

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 00:53
Almost twice as many people get most of their news online as did a year ago.

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