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US moves to block AT&T's takeover of Time Warner| Washington: The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block telecoms giant AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, the owner of CNN and HBO | |
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 Fifty Shades publisher 'must set aside' $10m in royalties  Map of Fort Worth Texas| Texas: An Australian woman who helped publish the series but was defrauded out of royalties could be set to receive millions of dollars in damages | |
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| Jun.16 |
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James Murdoch to become Fox chief executive on 1 July Map of Manhattan Manhattan: The entertainment firm 21st Century Fox has confirmed that James Murdoch will take over as chief executive from his father Rupert on 1 July
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| Jun.1 |
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Philadelphia Inquirer's Lewis Katz dies in plane crash Map of Hanscom Field USA Boston: Lewis Katz has been killed in a plane crash near Boston. a private jet that burst into flames as it was trying to take off from Hanscom Field airport
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| May.18 |
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AT&T agreed to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion Map of Dallas Dallas: AT&T Inc. agreed to buy satellite TV provider for $95 per share to give telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers
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| May.14 |
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Editor of New York Times replaced The newspaper has announced that it has replaced executive editor Jill Abramson - the first woman to lead the paper by Dean Baquet, 57
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| Feb.13 |
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Comcast buys Time Warner Cable| Philadelphia: Comcast has confirmed a deal to acquire Time Warner Cable for about $45bn, creating a company that could control 3/4 of the US cable industry | |
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| Aug.20 |
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 Al Jazeera America launches in US Al Jazeera is launching a new TV news channel in the United States
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| Aug.5 |
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Amazon boss buys Washington Post  Jeff Bezos, has agreed to purchase the Washington Post newspaper and its other print properties for $250m
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| Jun.17 |
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Fox News sued over on-air suicide Arizona: The mother of three children of a man whose suicide was broadcast live on Fox News has sued the network, claiming infliction of emotional di...
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| Apr.30 |
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News companies warned by Twitter San Francisco Bay Area: News organisations including the BBC have been warned by Twitter to tighten security in the wake of several high-profile hacks
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| Mar.6 |
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Time Warner spins off Time Magazine Media giant Time Warner has announced plans to spin off its Time Inc magazine into an independent, publicly traded company
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| Oct.20 |
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Brazil papers pull out of Google 90% of the circulation in Brazil have abandoned Google News followed a recommendation to ban the search engine aggregator from using their c...
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| Oct.18 |
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Newsweek to cease print edition New York: Newsweek, the 80-year-old US current affairs magazine, is to become an online-only publication
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| Aug.14 |
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BBC boss to head New York Times London: The New York Times Company has announced that BBC director general Mark Thompson is to become its chief executive and president in November
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| Jun.28 |
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News Corp. agrees to split in two| New York: One company encompassing its television and film assets and the other holding its publishing entities | |
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| Jun.29 |
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News Corp finally sells MySpace Australia: News Corporation has sold its ailing social networking site MySpace to online advertising firm Specific Media, based in Irvine, California
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| Jul.31 |
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Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle| New York: Media tycoon has won his battle to take over the American media giant, publisher of the Wall Street Journal | |
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| Jul.17 |
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 Dow Jones CEO 'agrees' to deal New York: Richard Zannino tentatively agreed to a $5 billion takeover bid by News Corp., though the company's controlling family remains divided on the...
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Black to appeal over fraud verdict New York: Former media tycoon Conrad Black was found guilty of mail fraud and obstruction of justice
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| Jun.8 |
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$80bn Google takes top media spot San Francisco Bay Area: Internet search phenomenon become the world's biggest media company ahead of Time Warner
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| Feb.16 |
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Defiant Disney says 'no' to bid. Southern California
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| Apr.13 |
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Jordan claims control of NTV Moscow: American financier says he has been officially registered as the new chief of Russian television network NTV
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Ted Turner signs NTV deal Moscow: CNN founder has reached a deal to buy out Gusinsky, the owner of Russia's only independent television network
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