Media NewsMedia news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Gannett is Cutting 1,000 Newspaper Jobs- August 15, 2008 Gannett Co. is eliminating 1,000 jobs, including 600 layoffs, across its newspaper operations, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/gannett-is-cutting-1-000-newspaper-jobs?fromrs... Yahoo near naming Biondi, Chapple to board: source- August 15, 2008 By Anupreeta DasSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is in the process of approving the appointments of former Viacom Inc CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel Partners CEO John Chapple to its board and is expected to name the appointees by Friday, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.The appointments are not yet final but likely, the source said.Yahoo settled its proxy battle with Carl Icahn just days before its August 1 shareholder meeting, at which the activist investor had...http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/yahoo-near-naming-biondi-chapple-to-board-sour... Comcast, MGM to launch action movie VOD channel- August 14, 2008 PHILADELPHIA : Comcast Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. said Tuesday they are teaming up to introduce a video-on-demand channel featuring action movies and TV shows.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/comcast-mgm-to-launch-action-movie-vod-channel... Thomson Reuters 2Q profit slides 54 percent- August 14, 2008 Thomson Reuters said second-quarter earnings fell 54 percent as costs to buy and integrate Reuters cut into profit.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/thomson-reuters-2q-profit-slides-54-percent?fr... Paula Wagner leaving UA as chief executive- August 14, 2008 Tom Cruise's producing partner Paula Wagner said Wednesday she will leave her job as chief executive of United Artists to produce projects independently.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/paula-wagner-leaving-ua-as-chief-executive?fro... Yahoo's Fire Eagle geo-service now open to all- August 14, 2008 Fire Eagle , Yahoo's formerly experimental geolocation platform, is officially opening up to all users, and several companies are announcing products that work with it.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/yahoos-fire-eagle-geo-service-now-open-to-all?... Cox to sell Austin American-Statesman- August 14, 2008 Cox Enterprises Inc. plans to sell its Austin, newspaper and several other smaller papers, reducing the company's portfolio of advertising-supported media properties.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/cox-to-sell-austin-american-statesman?fromrss=... Liberty Media open to discussing AOL dial-up deal- August 13, 2008 Liberty Media Corp would be open to discussing a deal to swap its stake in Time Warner Inc for the media conglomerate's AOL dial-up Internet business, Liberty Chairman John Malone said on Monday.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/liberty-media-open-to-discussing-aol-dial-up-d... Playlist: Performing Producers- August 12, 2008 There was a time when the knob twiddlers, studio hermits and engineers behind the sound boards were an anonymous bunch, forever lost in the shadow of the music and the musicians they helped to create.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/playlist-performing-producers?fromrss=1 Site Spotlight: Privnote- August 12, 2008 Privnote, a site which allows users to send private notes in the form of links that will "self-destruct" when closed.http://www.topix.net/business/media/2008/08/site-spotlight-privnote?fromrss=1 |