Channel 4 expands with Emap music TV deal (Independent) Channel 4 has continued to expand beyond its terrestrial channels after snapping up a stake in Box TV, Emap's music television division that includes stations Kerrang! and The Hits....more...Afeni Shakur and Amaru Entertainment File for an Injunction Against Death Row Records to Prevent Unlawful Sale of Tupac ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Lawyers for Amaru Entertainment and Afeni Shakur, co-administrator of the Tupac Shakur Estate, filed for an injunction against Death Row Records, Inc. and R. Todd Neilson, as Chapter 11 Trustee, to prohibit the inclusion of Tupac Shakur's unreleased tracks, compositions or sound recordings in the auction of Death Row Records....more... Nigeria: Murdoch - The Deal Maker Climbs On the Wall Street (AllAfrica.com) Australian tycoon Rupert Murdoch has been moving surreptitiously to buy strategic media outfits across the world. But this is not imaginary as he has moved from Australia to Britain to America where he is a citizen acquiring the newspaper houses and sundry media outfits with gusto....more... General Financial Investor nervousness about subprime losses in the US spilt over to the UK this week after Man Group ... (Financial Times) Investor nervousness about subprime losses in the US spilt over to the UK this week after Man Group raised only $2.9bn (£1.41m) against a target of $3.5bn to $3.8bn from floating MF Global , its brokerage arm....more... PRESS RELEASE: Future and Microsoft team up for Summer Snaps competition (gamesindustry.biz) 19/07/07 ? Future, the special-interest media company, has teamed up with Microsoft and the online photo service, Snapfish to promote a new photography contest, Summer Snaps....more... Emap pays 20 mln pounds for online service (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Media group Emap said on Friday it had bought Torcello Publishing Ltd., an online journal provider, for 20 million pounds as part of a strategy to focus more on business-to-business digital assets....more... Emap pays 20 mln pounds for online service (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) Media group Emap said on Friday it had bought Torcello Publishing Ltd., an online journal provider, for 20 million pounds as part of a strategy to focus more on business-to-business digital assets....more... The Orchard and Digital Music Group (Nasdaq: DMGI) Agree to Merger (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The Orchard Enterprises, Inc., a leading global digital distributor and marketer of music, and Digital Music Group, Inc. , a content owner and leader in the digital distribution of music and video catalogues, today announced that the two companies have entered into a merger agreement....more... The Orchard and Digital Music Group (Nasdaq: DMGI) Agree to Merger (Broadcast Newsroom) NEW YORK, and SACRAMENTO , Calif.,...more... |