Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry NewsEntertainment Industry NewsBlockbuster shares rise on talk of deal bust (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Shares of Blockbuster Inc rose nearly 13 percent on what one analyst said was investor speculation that the movie rental company's deal to buy Circuit City Stores Inc is falling apart.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/media... Tough economy might be good for broadcast TV (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Broadcast TV has had a hard time catching a break this past year. What was supposed to be a rebound 2007-08 season after the ratings slump of 2006-07 was derailed by the Hollywood writers strike and ended with a whimper in May. And, as if dealing with the 100-day stoppage and viewer erosion was not enough, the networks were hit by a slowing economy.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/media... India's Reliance talking with DreamWorks (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - India's Reliance Entertainment and other investors are in talks with Hollywood's DreamWorks SKG to raise up to $2 billion to create a movie venture, two people familiar with negotiations said Tuesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_en... Paramount domestic ticket sales pass $1 billion (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Paramount Pictures said on Monday it had topped $1 billion in sales at U.S. and Canadian box offices, boosted by hit films "Iron Man" and the latest "Indiana Jones" saga, and become the first studio to pass that benchmark this year.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/media... FCC to consider new rules for "embedded" TV ads (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - U.S. regulators are expected to take the first step this week that could rein in advertisers' growing use of product placements on television shows, two sources close to the agency told Reuters on Monday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/media... Tom Hanks supports AFTRA contract deal (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Tom Hanks has thrown his support behind a contract deal reached by the smaller of two actors unions, putting his high-profile name against plans by the larger union to wring more concessions from the major Hollywood studios.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_en... Washington Post Executive Editor to retire (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Washington Post Co's Leonard Downie, Jr. will retire after 17 years as the top editor at the newspaper, as the paper grapples with preserving its legacy while courting new readers online.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/media... IHT Web site merging with NY Times foreign coverage (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - The New York Times Co plans to merge the International Herald Tribune website and non-U.S. coverage from The New York Times into a joint "international edition," according to an internal memo.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/media... TV game show "Crosswords" at a crossroads (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - The game is almost over for "Merv Griffin's Crosswords."http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/media... TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com)- June 23, 2008 Mediaweek.com - Including a separate ceremony on June 13, ABC led The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, with a grand total of 14 trophies. Right on its heels was CBS, with 13, followed by syndication (11), PBS (10) and three each for Discovery Kids and Food Network. Two Emmys were awarded to Discovery Channel, Kids WB!, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. And rounding off the list were the CW, Disney Channel, ESPN Desportes, i.am cYclops Form, Kabillion, MTV and NBC with one each.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/enindustry/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mediaweek/2008062... |