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| IBT Media to add Newsweek to its digital media stable Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 08:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - IBT Media, a digital-only media company, said on Saturday it was acquiring Newsweek from IAC/InterActive Corp, which took over the venerable title in 2010, stopped its print edition and relaunched it as a digital-only magazine earlier this year. IBT Media said in a statement the deal did not include the online news and commentary site The Daily Beast, which IAC had acquired along with Newsweek. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gingerly, film-maker tests limits of freedom in Myanmar Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 07:41 PM PDT  By Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar movie director Zay Par is doing what would have been unthinkable two years ago - putting the finishing touches to a film that harks back to a 1988 student uprising brutally put down by military rulers. Hunched in front of a computer in a cramped room in Yangon, Zay Par says he is testing the boundaries of newfound artistic freedom that has blossomed since the junta handed power to a hand-picked civilian government in 2011 - but very carefully. ... Full Story | Top |
| From Boston hero to goat, billionaire John Henry takes on Globe challenge Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 03:18 PM PDT  By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - As recently as five years ago, billionaire John Henry, could do no wrong in Boston, but since then the image of the man who agreed to buy the Boston Globe on Saturday has taken a beating. The principal owner of the city's beloved Boston Red Sox delivered not one, but two World Series championships (2004 and 2008) to a region that had endured an 86-year drought. He remade the team's Fenway Park, now 101 years old, into a modern venue with sold-out attendance that stretched for years. ... Full Story | Top |
| DirecTV sides with Time Warner over CBS fee dispute Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 12:54 PM PDT  (Reuters) - In an unusual show of solidarity between rivals, satellite TV provider DirecTV issued a statement on Saturday applauding Time Warner Cable's decision to drop CBS programming from its lineup in the nation's two largest markets after the two failed to reach an agreement over fees. The blackout on Friday by Time Warner of CBS, the No. 1-rated U.S. broadcast network, followed weeks of protracted and acrimonious negotiations between the two companies. CBS retaliated on Friday by suspending videos of full episodes of its programming on CBS. ... Full Story | Top |
| Weinstein in early talks with Miramax over possible deal: WSJ Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:39 AM PDT (Reuters) - The Weinstein Co has held preliminary talks with Miramax Co about a possible deal that could create one of the most powerful independent film players, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. A deal would reunite Weinstein brothers - Harvey and Bob - with Miramax, a company they founded and later sold to Walt Disney Co, which owned Miramax Films until 2010. Quoting an unnamed source, the paper said talks began several weeks ago with a meeting between Weinstein Co Chief Executive Harvey Weinstein and Miramax Chairman Tom Barrack. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actress Remini to publish memoir after leaving Scientology: source Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:28 AM PDT By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Leah Remini, one of the most prominent celebrities to leave the Church of Scientology, is planning to publish a memoir about her life, a source close to the actress said. It is not known how much Remini will divulge about the church in which she was raised, but the actress has received "a number of offers" from publishers, the source told Reuters late on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| New York Times sells Boston Globe to Red Sox owner Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 09:05 AM PDT  By Jennifer Saba NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co has agreed to sell The Boston Globe to the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team for $70 million in cash, a small fraction of what the Times paid for the newspaper 20 years ago. Under the transaction announced Saturday, Red Sox owner John W. Henry got the Boston Globe for less than a tenth of what the New York Times paid when it bought the newspaper for $1.1 billion in 1993. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. band Bloodhound Gang barred from Russian gig over flag stunt Saturday, Aug 03, 2013 02:10 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - American rock group Bloodhound Gang has been barred from a music festival in Russia, the Russian Culture Minister said, after a band member shoved the country's flag into his underpants during a gig. The incident took place when the band, famous for its sexually explicit songs and on-stage antics, played a concert in Ukraine. On a video, posted on YouTube, bassist Jared Hasselhoff is seen pushing the Russian white-blue-red tricolour into the front of his pants and then pulling it out of the back. ... Full Story | Top |
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