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Policinski: Murdoch meltdown doesn't justify hacking into the First Amendment
For me, as an advocate for a free press, watching the ongoing phone-hacking flap in Great Britain involving News Corp. and media mogul Rupert Murdoch is part fascination, part revulsion and, at least for the moment, just a touch of First Amendment...Tags: Computer Crime, September 11, 2001 Attacks, National Government, Mass Media, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Letters to the editor: March 24, 2011
Small things make a big difference
To the Sun:
This act of human kindness really hit home for me, so I wanted to share it with others.
Tonight a truly remarkable thing happened to my 4-year-old son and I here in Winchester at Walmart.
In the news, we...Tags: Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Homes, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...
Tags: Marketing, Sociology, Computer Networking and Internet, Sales, Business
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Rupert Murdoch warns about Facebook, sees echo of 'crappy' Myspace
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook's initial public offering, a milestone that often prompts reflection and introspection. And in the case of Rupert Murdoch, the occasion provided an opportunity for a nanny-nanny-nah-nah tweet: "Look out...Tags: Viacom Inc., Rupert Murdoch, MySpace, Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet
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2013 TV upfronts: Turner to offer online streams of TNT, TBS
NEW YORK -- Time Warner's TNT and TBS are joining the parade of networks offering a live linear feed of their channels online for viewers on the go. "Starting this summer, subscribers will be able to watch TBS and TNT live -- anytime, anywhere, on...
Tags: Television Industry, TNT (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Satellite and Cable Service, TBS (tv network)
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News Corp. hires Toni Cook Bush to oversee lobbying after split
News Corp. has hired a D.C. heavyweight to handle its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill after it becomes primarily a newspaper publishing company. Antoniette "Toni" Cook Bush will join News Corp. next month as its executive vice president and global head...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Television Industry, Rupert Murdoch, Tribune Company, Valerie Jarrett
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Sony shares jump as hedge fund urges IPO of entertainment unit
Sony Corp. stock soared in afternoon trading after New York hedge fund Third Point proposed that the electronics and media giant make an initial public stock offering of up to 20% of its entertainment arm. That unit, known as Sony Entertainment Inc.,...
Tags: Television Industry, The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program), Phil McGraw, Bewitched (tv program), Sony Corp.
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James Murdoch sells $25 million in News Corp. stock
News Corp. Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch has sold $25 million worth of News Corp. non-voting shares as the company's stock has soared in value. Murdoch, the youngest son of media baron and News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert...
Tags: Lobbying, Book, Voting, Rupert Murdoch, Media Industry
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Fox Sports 2 likely to launch in August alongside Fox Sports 1
News Corp.'s Fox Sports will launch not one, but two new national sports cable channels in August, according to people familiar with the plan. In March, Fox Sports said it would debut Fox Sports 1 on Aug. 17. At the time, the company downplayed talk...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Book, NASCAR, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Ultimate Fighting Championship
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TV broadcasters are in suspense over their upfront ad haul
Can the return of Michael J. Fox, agent Jack Bauer and "Ironside" help vanquish the flesh-eating zombies that are threatening to take a bite out of television broadcasters' fortunes? ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are unveiling their fall lineups this week...
Tags: Television Industry, Marketing, Grey's Anatomy (tv program), Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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2013 TV upfronts: ESPN not worried about a la carte or competition
ESPN President John Skipper said Tuesday he isn’t too worried about proposed legislation from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would allow consumers to pick what channels they want instead of buying a big package of networks. “We don’...Tags: Television Industry, Rupert Murdoch, John McCain, Fox Sports (tv network), ESPN (tv network)
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A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS
New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...Tags: Television Industry, Phil McGraw, The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program), Sumner Redstone, Bewitched (tv program)
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