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Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact

Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company’s being paid to “de-index” its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry

Warner set to hit share of high notes

As the music business enters the critical Christmas season, the inexorable slide in CD sales has slowed and new digital models are gaining ground but the industry is...

E-readers in short supply for holidays

Barnes & Noble and Sony failed to establish supply chains robust enough to meet demand because they brought their newest models to market prematurely, say analysts

Closing credits roll for Oprah

A tearful Oprah Winfrey said she had decided ‘after much prayer and months of careful thought’ that the Oprah Winfrey Show would finish in 2011

Push starts to make ‘Digital Britain’ law

The government has put forward legislation to tackle illegal file-sharing and abuse of internet domain names, protect local news provision and add age ratings to video games

Stake valuations hit Comcast deal for NBC

General Electric and Vivendi are at least $1bn apart in their valuation of the French group’s stake in NBC Universal, damping hopes of a quick resolution to a stand-off that is holding up Comcast’s planned bid for a majority stake in the US broadcast, cable and film group

Axel Springer in Dogan Yayin deal

The German publisher plans to buy a 29% stake in Dogan Yayin, provided the Turkish media group settles its troubles with regulators

Government plans for next file-share crackdown

Anger over ‘undefined, unprecedented powers‘ being taken on to tackle internet piracy

AOL to slash workforce by a third

AOL is to cut a third of its global workforce in an effort to save $300m annually ahead of the planned spin-off from Time Warner next month

James Murdoch eyes wholesale news market

News Corp executive sees market in which journalism could be sold direct to customers, but also at wholesale prices to those who might want to use it for their own business purposes

Twitter aims to launch work tools

ITN set for austerity package

Analysis: High expectations for ITV chairman

Music groups hold up Spotify US launch

Archie Norman to be new ITV chairman

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