BBC paid top stars over $350 million last year (Reuters) Reuters - The BBC revealed Tuesday that it paid its top presenters 229 million pounds (357.6 million dollars) last year, in a move widely seen as an attempt to quell growing disquiet over the pay packets of its biggest stars. Lions Gate, Weinsteins eye Disney's Miramax: sources (Reuters)
Record Super Bowl telecast tops "M*A*S*H" record (Reuters) Reuters - Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience set a viewing record for the annual National Football League Championship and eclipsed the 1983 benchmark set by the comedy "M*A*S*H" to become the most watched U.S. telecast, according to early ratings data on Monday. Record 106.5 million Americans watch Super Bowl (Reuters) Reuters - A record 106.5 million Americans watched the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game, setting a new high for any U.S. television broadcast, early ratings showed on Monday. Disney, Google eye stake in China bus media firm (Reuters) Reuters - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co. is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters. Lionsgate keen to buy Miramax: NY Post (Reuters) Reuters - Hollywood studio Lionsgate, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, is looking to buy Walt Disney's Miramax film unit, the New York Post said, citing sources inside or close to Lionsgate. Alongside gags, Super Bowl ads plumb male psyche (Reuters) Reuters - Sidestepping the usual slapstick comedy and animal tricks, a number of advertisers tried to score during Sunday's Super Bowl with commercials that tapped into men's ambivalence with their everyday lives. NBC considers lifting Emmys tape delay (Reuters) Reuters - After airing the Golden Globes live coast-to-coast for the first time last month, NBC is considering doing the same for the Emmys. Justice Dept says Google books deal troubled (Reuters) Reuters - Changes that Google Inc and the Authors Guild made to an ambitious plan to create a massive online library were inadequate because they fail to address antitrust and copyright concerns, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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Reuters - Warner Music Group posted a narrower-than-expected loss on Tuesday as strong sales in the U.K. and France helped overcome declining demand for traditional music discs in the United States and Japan.
Reuters - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and the Weinstein brothers are among the potential buyers of Walt Disney Co's Miramax film unit, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
