Listen launches streaming audio from radio
A week after announcing its intent to buy bankrupt search engine Scour.com, Listen.com has launched Listen Radio, which will provide streaming audio from a total of 63 stations developed by the Netco…
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Web’s a mousetrap
Shares of the Walt Disney Internet Group dropped Thursday after the Mouse House's new-media wing announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $249 million as it continues to struggle to find a way to turn…
Microsoft stake OK’d by U.K.
The U.K. government has decided not to refer Microsoft's 23.6% stake in Telewest, the U.K.'s No. 2 cabler, to the competition regulator.
Star shines on Pakistan
Continuing a whirlwind series of mergers and deals that began with CEO and chairman James Murdoch's arrival in Hong Kong in May, Star TV has secured the first television license to be granted by the…
‘Silent Bob’ on summer slate
The final episode of Kevin Smith's New Jersey chronicles, "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," is slated for a national release from Dimension Films on Aug. 10.
BMG, Provender flip coin to Urban
Netco Urban Entertainment has secured mid-seven-figure investment from BMG Entertainment and private equity firm Provender Capital.
‘Today’ gets votes
Americans voted for "Today" in record numbers on Wednesday, boosting the NBC ayem show to its highest rated day ever. In fact, on the morning following the election, "Today" posted the highest rating…
NBC dominates week as the WB leapfrogs
NBC and ABC dueled to a close finish among young adults Wednesday, while the WB continued to make inroads against each of them.
Corrections
Reports in a column on USA Films appearing in Thursday’s paper have been challenged by executives of that company and by others doing business with USA Films. These sources deny that discussions are…
Hackers beat music labels’ encryption
Two of the five digital music security technologies put forth for testing by the Secure Digital Music Initiative have been hacked, the org's executive director said Thursday.
Laser-Pacific nixes sale offer
Film and television post-production house Laser-Pacific Media Corp. has declined an offer to sell its operations to Internet conglom and Arthur Treacher's restaurant chain operator Digital Creative…
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