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Disney board backs Eisner's plan for growth
The board of the struggling Walt Disney Company unanimously backed chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner's pl...
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Beaten Beeb to bid for UEFA
The BBC will now look at the UEFA Cup with the intention of securing matches with English involvement ...
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Radio talk
Media group Chrysalis said it was in talks over whether to buy London News Radio from GWR. LNR, which includes two ...
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ITV's cable catch
ITV have sought to defuse criticism as to why their Champions' League matches on the ITN News Channel are only avai...
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NewsSky execs quiver as Airey gets free rein
Staff at BSkyB were this week braced for sweeping changes after learning new Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey has been given 'carte blanche' to tear up programme schedules and hire and fire at will when she joins the company in the new year, writes ...
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Fame star to win the lifestyle of a celebrity
The winner of the BBC's new Fame Academy will walk off with an extra prize - a ready-made celebrity lifestyle ...
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£1.5m prize for BBC's Fame winner
The winner of the BBC's pop star talent contest, Fame Academy, will receive a prize worth£1.5 million, the corpora...
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£70,000 lavished on BBC's hanging garden of Harborne
The BBC has spent thousands of pounds turning a businessman's back yard into his own Hanging Garden of Babylon ...
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Crisis over, says Vivendi as directors resign
Vivendi Universal declared that its financial crisis was over yesterday as six directors resigned from the board an...
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Group in move to sell raft of non-core assets
Vivendi Universal yesterday announced a raft of non-core assets disposals - most outside France - as the debt-burde...
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Popstars' Hazel get tot house
Bosses of Popstars: the Rivals have built a special pad for pregnant wannabe Hazel Kaneswaran ...
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Vivendi decide to pay Messier nothing
Jean-Marie Messier is to be denied any severance payment by Vivendi Universal, Jean-René Fourtou said yesterday at ...
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NewsHooper Ofcom role cheers radio sector
The radio industry has received a significant fillip from the government after it announced this week that two senior Radio Authority members have been appointed to the board of Ofcom, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsRTL boss tells C5 to 'get on with it'
The departure of Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey will not affect the future funding of the channel, despite concerns that majority shareholder RTL could be hesitant at investing in a channel without her in charge, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsBBC 1 gives Tiger the wink for Robinson story
Weakest Link presenter Anne Robinson's ego is set to enjoy another massage following the BBC's decision to make a feature film adaptation of her autobiography, writes Penny Hughes
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Chrysalis Radio set to swap Galaxy 101 for GWR's LNR
GWR and Chrysalis Radio are poised to sign a multimillion pound deal in which Chrysalis will swap its dance station Galaxy 101 for full control of London News Radio (LNR), writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BSkyB/ITV deal leaves BBC in the cold
ITV's tortuous relationship with football showed signs of improvement this week after the network beat off the BBC to retain rights for the Uefa Champions' League, writes Steve Aston.In a£24m three-year deal, ITV will split the rights with BSkyB. ITV will pay£40m a season and show the two best games ...