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Media firms may live to regret their hunger for big deals

guardian.co.uk
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When companies buy businesses at the top of the cycle, especially large, adrenaline-fuelled acquisitions, they invariably pay a full price Write-offs were a common feature of the early 1990s, not just in the banking sector but...

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MySpace Japan bets on world demand for J-Pop

reuters.com
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Banking on the global appeal of Japanese pop and video games, social networking site MySpace said it would more than double the number of artists on its Japanese pages to get more clicks internationally.

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Network DVR: First Challenge of a Connected Future (at Seeking Alpha)

yahoo.com
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To accomplish this distribution goal, service providers will have to store content in a central location and transcode (prepare) it for distribution to a plurality of devices. Eliminate the need for local storage in individual...

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CNN After The Election - Now What?

cbsnews.com
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It Thrived During Obama-McCain, But Now What Is The Original 24-Hour News Network To Do? The move paid off, as Time Warner's CNN generally got favorable critical reviews, built a buzz among viewers and increased the size of its...

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UEFA sells Champions League TV rights in China

iht.com
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UEFA said Monday it has signed television rights deals to screen Champions League matches to 350 million homes and online in China for the next three seasons. Public free-to-air channel CCTV 5 will broadcast one live match and...

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China's News Concession

wsj.com
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Trade rules help Beijing's reformers. The latest example came Thursday, when American, European and Chinese negotiators resolved a trade tiff over financial information suppliers. The dispute started in 2006 when Xinhua,...

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Advertisers still sitting on Super Bowl sidelines

star-telegram.com
yesterday
        

With advertising rates for the Super Bowl running as high as $3 million for a 30-second spot, some marketers are wondering whether during these tough economic times they can afford the big game. FedEx, a loyal Super Bowl...

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Death of Detroit Would Wallop Ad World

adage.com
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A Failed Bailout Would Pain Media, Agencies -- If one or more of Detroit's carmakers goes away, gets smaller or goes into bankruptcy, "all media companies need to be concerned and there will be an impact on agencies, which...

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Dow Jones Indexes launches the first Islamic market index for ASEAN countries

zawya.com
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NEW YORK: Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index. The DJIM ASEAN Index is the first index to represent the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies...

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TV LAND TROUBLE

nypost.com
yesterday
        

Ripples from the economic crisis have spread to television in the form of curtailed spending on new projects. Already tight-fisted from the migration of viewers and advertising dollars to other mediums, broadcast networks are...

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