Copyright (c) 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/786 Entertainment Industry News en-us Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:14:36 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/786 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/media_nm/nbcuniversal_dc nm/20061020/nbcuniversal_dc Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:14:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/media_nm/nbcuniversal_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_20t010138_450x286_us_nbcuniversal.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=8gsFZsN8.p9aJ8bUOY27Pw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="An NBC Universal billboard is seen at the NBC studios in Burbank, California on May 19, 2004. NBC Universal said on Thursday it would cut about 700 jobs and slash annual operating costs by $750 million to overhaul its media businesses, aiming to invest more in fast-growing international and digital operations. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - NBC Universal on Thursday outlined a sweeping restructuring plan that will cut 700 jobs and save $750 million annually in an effort to remake the company in the digital world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/media_nm/nbcuniversal_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_20t010138_450x286_us_nbcuniversal.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=8gsFZsN8.p9aJ8bUOY27Pw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="An NBC Universal billboard is seen at the NBC studios in Burbank, California on May 19, 2004. NBC Universal said on Thursday it would cut about 700 jobs and slash annual operating costs by $750 million to overhaul its media businesses, aiming to invest more in fast-growing international and digital operations. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/media_nm/giftbags_dc nm/20061020/giftbags_dc Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:34:01 GMT Reuters - It's almost business as usual at Los Angeles Fashion Week -- leggy young models fight C-list celebrities for paparazzi attention. But a key element is in short supply this season: the really good gift bag. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/adweek/20061019/ad_bpiaw/withyoutubegoogletakesaimatvideoads adweek/20061019/withyoutubegoogletakesaimatvideoads Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:05:02 GMT AdWeek.com - A day after Google bought their company, YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen did something new: They posted a video on their site. At one point in the amateurish minute-and-a-half video, the 29-year-old Hurley exuberantly explains, "The two kings have gotten together," causing the newly minted multimillionaires to crack up. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/adweek/20061019/ad_bpiaw/hotlinestbwacdputsgalloinchargeofsprintnextel adweek/20061019/hotlinestbwacdputsgalloinchargeofsprintnextel Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:05:01 GMT AdWeek.com - NEW YORK TBWA\Chiat\Day has tapped Absolut account chief Jamie Gallo to oversee the shop's estimated $600 million Sprint Nextel account, the largest piece of business at its New York office. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ep/20061019/en_bpiep/controversialbostonglobecontractofferrejectedbyguild ep/20061019/controversialbostonglobecontractofferrejectedbyguild Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:05:00 GMT Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK A contract proposal at The Boston Globe that would have tied proposed salary increases to the paper's revenue went down to defeat Wednesday, with members of the local Newspaper Guild rejecting the deal by a vote of 307 to 223, according to Guild President Daniel Totten. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ep/20061019/en_bpiep/nytimesco3qprofitplunges39beloalsodown ep/20061019/nytimesco3qprofitplunges39beloalsodown Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:04:59 GMT Editor and Publisher - CHICAGO The New York Times Co. reported Thursday that its third-quarter 2006 profit from continuing operations plunged 39.2% on costs related to its job cuts and a loss on its sale of its 50% stake in the Discovery Times Channel. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ep/20061019/en_bpiep/sarasotaeditordefendsfoleystoryinwakeofpriestscriticism ep/20061019/sarasotaeditordefendsfoleystoryinwakeofpriestscriticism Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:04:58 GMT Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune this afternoon stood by its story about a priest who had an intimate relationship with disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley -- after the priest complained to the Associated Press that the paper "exaggerated" the relationship. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20061019/ad_bpimw/primetimewednesdayratingsabcwinscriminalmindstopslostintotalviewers mediaweek/20061019/primetimewednesdayratingsabcwinscriminalmindstopslostintotalviewers Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:04:57 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Dancing With the Stars (ABC), Jericho (CBS), Lost (ABC), Criminal Minds (CBS), CSI: NY (CBS) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20061019/ad_bpimw/ratingsboxwhatshotwhatsnot mediaweek/20061019/ratingsboxwhatshotwhatsnot Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:04:56 GMT Mediaweek.com - In its first four weeks on TBS, a double serving of sitcom Scrubs has improved the weeknight 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. time period by 204 percent among adults 18-34 (85,000), 88 percent among adults 18-49 (147,000) and as much as 208 percent elsewhere. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20061019/ad_bpimw/tvtidbitsnotesofinterest mediaweek/20061019/tvtidbitsnotesofinterest Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:04:55 GMT Mediaweek.com - Impressed by its debut last Friday, NBC has ordered 10 additional episodes of game show 1 vs. 100, extending the total order to 15. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/nbc_universal_cuts ap/20061019/nbc_universal_cuts Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:31:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/nbc_universal_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061019/i/r3030364683.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=4ksVZtqnarzSDeAVRWFO4A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="An NBC Universal billboard hangs on a building at the NBC studios in Burbank, California in this May 19, 2004 file photo. Employees at NBC Universal Television Group are bracing for the announcement Thursday of extensive staff reductions that could affect hundreds of people. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>AP - NBC Universal announced Thursday it will cut 700 jobs, abandon MSNBC's New Jersey headquarters and shift spending from traditional broadcast TV to digital entertainment, reflecting both hard times at the network and changing times in the media world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/nbc_universal_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061019/i/r3030364683.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=4ksVZtqnarzSDeAVRWFO4A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="An NBC Universal billboard hangs on a building at the NBC studios in Burbank, California in this May 19, 2004 file photo. Employees at NBC Universal Television Group are bracing for the announcement Thursday of extensive staff reductions that could affect hundreds of people. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/cbs_payola ap/20061019/cbs_payola Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:29:57 GMT AP - CBS Radio and the state of New York have reached a settlement involving the broadcasting of certain songs in return for rewards. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/media_nm/media_cbs_payola_dc nm/20061019/media_cbs_payola_dc Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:46:09 GMT Reuters - CBS Radio Inc. has settled a probe into its practices by some of its radio stations of accepting payment in exchange for playing songs on the air, the New York Attorney General said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/adweek/20061018/ad_bpiaw/mondaynightlightsshineonforespn adweek/20061018/mondaynightlightsshineonforespn Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:20:58 GMT AdWeek.com - With a quarter of the 2006-07 National Football League schedule in the books, ESPN appears to have made good on its $8.8 billion gambit to bring the hallowed Monday Night Football franchise to cable. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/people_jay_z ap/20061019/people_jay_z Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:40:25 GMT AP - From Cristal to Budweiser? Anheuser-Busch has hired Jay-Z as its new co-brand director for Budweiser Select, banking on his celebrity and entrepreneurial expertise to help lift its beer brand. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/media_nm/media_tribune_earns_dc nm/20061019/media_tribune_earns_dc Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:17:15 GMT Reuters - Tribune Co. on Thursday posted a decline in third-quarter revenue that was worse than Wall Street expectations, joining other newspaper publishers in reporting weak advertising sales. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/adweek/20061018/ad_bpiaw/hotlineswalmarttestspitchideasin570milreview adweek/20061018/hotlineswalmarttestspitchideasin570milreview Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:20:57 GMT AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Wal-Mart is testing ideas that four agency teams pitched last week in its review of creative, media and interactive duties on its estimated $570 million account, sources said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20061018/ad_bpimw/primetimetuesdayratingsabcwinsfreshmanseriesstrugglepromisingnewsforveronicamars mediaweek/20061018/primetimetuesdayratingsabcwinsfreshmanseriesstrugglepromisingnewsforveronicamars Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:20:56 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS (CBS), Law & Order: SVU (NBC) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ep/20061017/en_bpiep/papersettlesnlrbcomplaintbyreturningbylinesandtimeoff ep/20061017/papersettlesnlrbcomplaintbyreturningbylinesandtimeoff Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:50:04 GMT Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Bylines that had been withheld for nearly three months at the York (Pa.) Daily Record and Sunday News returned today as part of an unfair labor practices settlement between the MediaNews Group newspaper and the local Newspaper Guild, which also included several other concessions to the union leadership. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/people_yoko_ono ap/20061019/people_yoko_ono Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:21:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/people_yoko_ono"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.724585b9a4c646d29f10e28e66256832.people_yoko_ono_nyol963.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=fYn7ZIax4mCSFESn2YRVnw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Yoko Ono flashes a peace during a press conference in New York in this September file photo. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yoko Ono sued music company EMI Group PLC and a subsidiary for $10 million Wednesday, claiming she was cheated out of royalties due from the sale of music recordings by her late husband, John Lennon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_bu/people_yoko_ono"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.724585b9a4c646d29f10e28e66256832.people_yoko_ono_nyol963.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=fYn7ZIax4mCSFESn2YRVnw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Yoko Ono flashes a peace during a press conference in New York in this September file photo. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)