Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Pop music moguls home in on the hotel with 66 million guests

Pop music moguls home in on the hotel with 66 million guests

Owen 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... read more...
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Thursday, November 16, 2006

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)

Al-Jazeera launch Weather in Arabia, crisis in Gaza, and no sign of Sir David’s Through the Cavehole

Mark Lawson

The Guardian

16 Nov 2006



It’s the weather that hits you first. The blonde meteorologist is a fairly standard post-Ulrika Jonsson model, but her survey begins with “cloud in the Arabian peninsula” and then works through Asia and Europe before a quick pay-off mentioning “a lot... read more...
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Friday, November 10, 2006

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... read more...
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Monday, November 06, 2006

Why DreamWorks, Pixar draw same inspiration

Why DreamWorks, Pixar draw same inspiration

By 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... read more...
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Thursday, November 02, 2006

TimeWarner net jumps on strength at cable unit

TimeWarner net jumps on strength at cable unit

By 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... read more...
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