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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comMon, 12 May 2008 03:00 BSTMon, 12 May 2008 04:21:50 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/media(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2a8940c-1f6d-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2a8940c-1f6d-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlFormerly overlooked revenues are being chased as declining sales force the music industry to be more rigorousSun, 11 May 2008 21:11 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c88ac756-1f8b-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c88ac756-1f8b-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlThe duo who control the business are contesting a lawsuit from Ebay, which has a 28% stakeSun, 11 May 2008 20:34 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c39276a-1f7c-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c39276a-1f7c-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlIn his first high-profile personnel decision, the chief executive of the New York publisher's parent company is expected to opt for a Germany-based executiveSun, 11 May 2008 18:25 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07b59d92-1f6f-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07b59d92-1f6f-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlRhino Entertainment, a unit of Warner Music, paid Frank Sinatra's heirs $50m to form a 50-50 joint venture designed to commercialise his estateSun, 11 May 2008 16:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3600484-1f6d-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3600484-1f6d-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlFilm studio behind the 'Narnia Chronicles' franchise, is teaming with HarperCollins to create a children's book imprintSun, 11 May 2008 16:28 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56ae04d8-1ec6-11dd-baa6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56ae04d8-1ec6-11dd-baa6-000077b07658.htmlNews Corp dropped its $580m bid for Tribune's Newsday newspaper, just days after Rupert Murdoch said a deal was imminent, leaving cable TV operator Cablevision as the likely winner of the Long Island dailySat, 10 May 2008 20:35 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d9fae7c-1fbc-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d9fae7c-1fbc-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlCannes Cannes Film Festival For more than 60 years, the French Riviera has played host to a festival that Jean Cocteau described as "an apolitical...Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/732e3bf4-1fbc-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/732e3bf4-1fbc-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlNews Corp has dropped out of the running for Newsday, the Long Island tabloid, making Cablevision and the Dolan family the most likely candidates to acquire the paper...Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/866294b6-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/866294b6-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlA premium-rate telephone operator owned by the broadcaster kept £106,000 from calls made after lines to charity programmes closed, its regulator saidSat, 10 May 2008 03:22 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bc7fb54-1e29-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bc7fb54-1e29-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlElectronic Arts yesterday showed it was still eager to buy rival video game publisher Take-Two, revealing it had secured a $1bn loan facility to aid its $2bn takeover...Sat, 10 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d7d6ed8-1df7-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d7d6ed8-1df7-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlSix banks face potential losses of up to €400m after they try to refinance a €2.6bn debt package taken on for the game show producer's takeover last summerSat, 10 May 2008 00:35 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d6f8faa-1e14-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d6f8faa-1e14-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlThese are dark days for the UK's small commercial media companies, overshadowed by scandal and with their share prices locked in a cellarFri, 9 May 2008 23:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4841d092-1e11-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4841d092-1e11-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlClear Channel recorded a surge in first-quarter earnings, helped by asset sales, although the media group's core radio and outdoor advertising divisions showed signs of continued weakness in a sluggish advertising marketFri, 9 May 2008 23:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4bb1308-1cf0-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4bb1308-1cf0-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlOfcom, the broadcasting regulator, imposes a record penalty on the commercial television group for the mis-use of premium-rate telephone services on its programmesFri, 9 May 2008 03:15 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7060ff6a-1d64-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7060ff6a-1d64-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlCablevision, Systems, the New York-based cable operator, plans to spend $350m over the next two years to build a wireless broadband service based upon WiFi technologyFri, 9 May 2008 03:13 BST