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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/786 entertainment Entertainment Industry News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/786 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091107/ad_bpimw/primetimemeteredmarketthursdayratingscbswinsabcthenetworktobeatamongadults1849 mediaweek/20091107/primetimemeteredmarketthursdayratingscbswinsabcthenetworktobeatamongadults1849 Mediaweek.com entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:10 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Survivor: Samoa (CBS), CSI (CBS), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), The Office (NBC), The Mentalist (CBS) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091107/ad_bpimw/ratingsboxwhatshotwhatsnot mediaweek/20091107/ratingsboxwhatshotwhatsnot Mediaweek.com entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:09 GMT Mediaweek.com - Fox, of course, was hoping for a seven game baseball series. But the sixth, and final, World Series match-up between the Yankees and the Phillies rose to a series-high 22.66 million viewers and a 7.3 rating/20 share among adults 18-49, leading Fox to an easy Wednesday victory. Here were the network averages for Nov. 4: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091107/ad_bpimw/tvtidbitsnotesofinterest mediaweek/20091107/tvtidbitsnotesofinterest Mediaweek.com entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:08 GMT Mediaweek.com - While speculation looms on the future of Oprah, spin-off Dr. Phil has been cleared by CBS Television Distribution through the 2013-14 season in approximately 70 percent of the country despite significant audience erosion this season. Season to-date, Dr. Phil is down by 15 percent in household rating (3.3 to 2.8) as 25 percent among key women 25-54 (2.0 to 1.5). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/media_nm/us_jackson nm/20091107/us_jackson Reuters entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:55:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/media_nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r1343949895.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Qq4AXEMONKAL2fV29Be.cA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A Michael Jackson fan waits next to electronic posters at the Australian premiere of the documentary "This Is It", in Sydney October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/media_nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r1343949895.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Qq4AXEMONKAL2fV29Be.cA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Michael Jackson fan waits next to electronic posters at the Australian premiere of the documentary "This Is It", in Sydney October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/media_nm/us_target nm/20091106/us_target Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:35:43 GMT Reuters - Target is offering its top 10 pre-order DVD movie titles at $10 and free home delivery on the discounted DVDs in a bid to match Wal-Mart Stores price cuts ahead of the all-important holiday season. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/media_nm/us_emi_beatles nm/20091106/us_emi_beatles Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:22:54 GMT Reuters - London-based record label EMI has won an injunction against music website BlueBeat.com which it said was selling Beatles songs without its permission. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091105/ad_bpimw/primetimemeteredmarketwednesdayratingsaratingsgrandslamforfox mediaweek/20091105/primetimemeteredmarketwednesdayratingsaratingsgrandslamforfox Mediaweek.com entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:45:52 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Baseball World Series, Game 6 (Fox), Criminal Minds (CBS), CSI: NY (CBS) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_media_activisionblizzard nm/20091105/us_media_activisionblizzard Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:35:35 GMT Reuters - Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc reported a quarterly profit that matched analysts' estimates and revenue that was higher than expected, led by sales of the company's latest "Guitar Hero" offering. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_oprah nm/20091105/us_oprah Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:03:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_oprah"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2849409108.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=oZvBRM.iKuAxyEUFWXaFPA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="Country music band Rascal Flatts performs during a taping celebrating the 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago September 8, 2009. REUTERS/Frank Polich" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oprah Winfrey has not yet made a decision on a possible move of her syndicated chat show -- one of the TV industry's biggest money makers -- to her new cable network OWN, her production company said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_oprah"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2849409108.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=oZvBRM.iKuAxyEUFWXaFPA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="Country music band Rascal Flatts performs during a taping celebrating the 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago September 8, 2009. REUTERS/Frank Polich" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_scripps_travelchannel nm/20091105/us_scripps_travelchannel Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:18 GMT Reuters - Scripps Networks Interactive Inc plans to buy a controlling stake in the Travel Channel under a deal with Cox Communications Inc that values the cable network at nearly $1 billion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec_netflix_playstation ap/20091026/us_tec_netflix_playstation AP entertainment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:40:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec_netflix_playstation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.f0002ec2af674013952ed161d3f450a8.earns_netflix_nybz133.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8jfsnuFptieqerUnUfXA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this July 23, 2009 file photo, Netflix customer Arthur Michelson poses with the 'Frost Nixon' DVD in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix reports quarterly earnings after the market close Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec_netflix_playstation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.f0002ec2af674013952ed161d3f450a8.earns_netflix_nybz133.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=iD8jfsnuFptieqerUnUfXA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 23, 2009 file photo, Netflix customer Arthur Michelson poses with the 'Frost Nixon' DVD in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix reports quarterly earnings after the market close Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_greening_of_hollywood ap/20091026/us_greening_of_hollywood AP entertainment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:37:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_greening_of_hollywood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091025/capt.02b638c17fbc44bcb195e59335f37273.greening_of_hollywood_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=yP.ErtcLIM8OHfb7azbYOA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 29, 2004 file photo, from left at bottom, producer Norman Lear, his wife Lyn Davis and Lear's grandson Ben Lear, sit with actors Leonardo DiCaprio, top left, and Ben Affleck, top right, during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Norman Lear and his wife, Lyn, helped create the Environmental Media Association to encourage Hollywood to spread the word about going green. Now, 20 years later, the group counts the Endangered Species Coalition, the Alaska Rainforest Campaign, the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund among its partners. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - With local, organic food, minimal electricity use and on-site composting, the Environmental Media Association's 20th anniversary party might be the green standard for future Hollywood awards shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_greening_of_hollywood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091025/capt.02b638c17fbc44bcb195e59335f37273.greening_of_hollywood_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=yP.ErtcLIM8OHfb7azbYOA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 29, 2004 file photo, from left at bottom, producer Norman Lear, his wife Lyn Davis and Lear's grandson Ben Lear, sit with actors Leonardo DiCaprio, top left, and Ben Affleck, top right, during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Norman Lear and his wife, Lyn, helped create the Environmental Media Association to encourage Hollywood to spread the word about going green. Now, 20 years later, the group counts the Endangered Species Coalition, the Alaska Rainforest Campaign, the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund among its partners. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec3_d_in_the_home ap/20091026/us_tec3_d_in_the_home AP entertainment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:13:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec3_d_in_the_home"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.5f8bda33ab884bc5b74265f1896d1ea7.3d_in_the_home_nyol559.jpg?x=130&y=55&q=85&sig=ZlHFj_wgsw0nzS5mK4koAA--" align="left" height="55" width="130" alt="FILE - In this file publicity image released by Sony Pictures Animation, 'Sam Sparks,' voiced by Anna Faris, and 'Flint Lockwood,' voiced by Bill Hader, are seen in Columbia Pictures' animated film 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.' Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling like they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Animation, file) -- NO SALES --" border="0" /></a>AP - Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_bu/us_tec3_d_in_the_home"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.5f8bda33ab884bc5b74265f1896d1ea7.3d_in_the_home_nyol559.jpg?x=130&y=55&q=85&sig=ZlHFj_wgsw0nzS5mK4koAA--" align="left" height="55" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file publicity image released by Sony Pictures Animation, 'Sam Sparks,' voiced by Anna Faris, and 'Flint Lockwood,' voiced by Bill Hader, are seen in Columbia Pictures' animated film 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.' Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling like they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Animation, file) -- NO SALES --" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_disney_espn nm/20091105/us_disney_espn Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:19:54 GMT Reuters - Walt Disney Co's sports complex in central Florida will be renamed in February after its ESPN unit, in a move to strengthen the well-known sports brand's ties with young athletes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_en_bu/us_books_price_wars ap/20091023/us_books_price_wars AP entertainment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:20:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_en_bu/us_books_price_wars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.8c6f564df67c4cbfbb4f47309ee9abff.drug_war_arrests_dckw104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ws_z6MBPF9lI9EzT_Cc5iQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Attorney General Eric Holder takes part in a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, to announce the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating in the U.S. &mdash; the arrest of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids across the country. At left is FBI Director Robert Mueller. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)" border="0" /></a>AP - A trade organization wants the government to look into the price war among online booksellers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_en_bu/us_books_price_wars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.8c6f564df67c4cbfbb4f47309ee9abff.drug_war_arrests_dckw104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ws_z6MBPF9lI9EzT_Cc5iQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Attorney General Eric Holder takes part in a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, to announce the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating in the U.S. &mdash; the arrest of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids across the country. At left is FBI Director Robert Mueller. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091104/ad_bpimw/primetimemeteredmarkettuesdayratingscbswinsstronginitialsamplingforabcsv mediaweek/20091104/primetimemeteredmarkettuesdayratingscbswinsstronginitialsamplingforabcsv Mediaweek.com entertainment Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:22:21 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: NCIS (CBS), V (ABC), The Biggest Loser (NBC), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), The Good Wife (CBS) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091017/ap_en_bu/us_ap_poster_artist ap/20091017/us_ap_poster_artist AP entertainment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:17:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091017/ap_en_bu/us_ap_poster_artist"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091017/capt.2f142ba90525406fabd764060125ee35.ap_poster_artist_ny141.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=_0bm.n9Tl3hUzje015trKg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="FILE - In this April 27, 2006 file photo, a poster of President Barack Obama, right, by artist Shepard Fairey is shown for comparison with this file photo of then-Sen. Barack Obama by Associated Press photographer Manny Garcia at the National Press Club in Washington. Attorneys for poster artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the famous Obama 'HOPE' image, say he based it on a photograph taken by The Associated Press and not another picture, as the artist had claimed. (AP Photo/Manny Garcia/ Shepard Fairey)" border="0" /></a>AP - The artist who designed the famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster has admitted he didn't use the Associated Press photo he originally said his work was based on but instead used a picture the news organization has claimed was his source.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091017/ap_en_bu/us_ap_poster_artist"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091017/capt.2f142ba90525406fabd764060125ee35.ap_poster_artist_ny141.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=_0bm.n9Tl3hUzje015trKg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this April 27, 2006 file photo, a poster of President Barack Obama, right, by artist Shepard Fairey is shown for comparison with this file photo of then-Sen. Barack Obama by Associated Press photographer Manny Garcia at the National Press Club in Washington. Attorneys for poster artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the famous Obama 'HOPE' image, say he based it on a photograph taken by The Associated Press and not another picture, as the artist had claimed. (AP Photo/Manny Garcia/ Shepard Fairey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091104/ad_bpimw/nationalratingsinprimetimeweekofoctober262009 mediaweek/20091104/nationalratingsinprimetimeweekofoctober262009 Mediaweek.com entertainment Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:22:20 GMT Mediaweek.com - Led by games one through four of The Baseball World Series (New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies), it was a clean sweep for Fox, with a first-place finish in households, total viewers and the three key demos -- adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and adults 18-34. Compared to the year-ago week (when there was only the fifth -- and final -- game of Tampa Bay at Philadelphia in The World Series), Fox increased by as much as 54 percent in total viewers. Needless to say, the network is certainly hoping for a seven game series. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/20091029/ad_bpimw/primetimemeteredmarketwednesdayratingsstrongopeningresultsforgameoneoftheworldseriesonfox mediaweek/20091029/primetimemeteredmarketwednesdayratingsstrongopeningresultsforgameoneoftheworldseriesonfox Mediaweek.com entertainment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:32:15 GMT Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Baseball World Series, Game 1 (Fox) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_livenation_ticketmaster_cc nm/20091105/us_livenation_ticketmaster_cc Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:13:57 GMT Reuters - Britain's Competition Commission extended on Thursday its inquiry into the proposed merger between Live Nation Inc and Ticketmaster Inc, the two most powerful companies in the live music business.