Pop music moguls home in on the hotel with 66 million guests
Pop music moguls home in on the hotel with 66 million guestsOwen Gibson Media correspondent
The Guardian
21 Nov 2006
come to them. They are no longer buying magazines targeted at them, with the pop institution Smash Hits publishing its last issue this year, and music TV aimed at the age group in similarly dire straits: both Top of the Pops and ITV’s Saturday morning...
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Al-Jazeera launch Weather in Arabia, crisis in Gaza, and no sign of Sir David’s Through the Cavehole (The Guardian, 16 Nov 2006, Page 18)
NTL seeks talks on merger with ITV
NTL seeks talks on merger with ITV
The Guardian
10 Nov 2006
Cable group NTL yesterday signalled its interest in a potential tie-up with Britain’s leading commercial broadcaster, ITV, raising the prospect of a 9bn media group to take on BSkyB. The move, which comes as ITV tontinues to search for a new chief...
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Why DreamWorks, Pixar draw same inspiration
Why DreamWorks, Pixar draw same inspirationBy Merissa Marr
The Wall Street Journal Europe
06 Nov 2006
IN“FLUSHED AWAY,” DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.’s new movie, an uptown rat living in comfortable captivity gets washed down a toilet and finds there is more to life, in a sewer. Next summer, the company’s arch rival Pixar Animation Studios will release...
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TimeWarner net jumps on strength at cable unit
TimeWarner net jumps on strength at cable unitBy Matthew Karnitschnig
The Wall Street Journal Europe
02 Nov 2006
TimeWarner Inc. reported a big jump in third-quarter earnings, reflecting a continued boom in demand for its cable unit’s high-speed Internet and phone services as well as strong advertising gains at AOL. Net profit—which nearly tripled to $2.32...
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