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| Jul.31 |
 New York |
Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle| Media tycoon has won his battle to take over the American media giant, publisher of the Wall Street Journal | |
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| Jul.17 |
New York |
Dow Jones CEO 'agrees' to deal| Richard Zannino tentatively agreed to a $5 billion takeover bid by News Corp., though the company's controlling family remains divided on the deal | |
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| Jul.14 |
New York |
Black to appeal over fraud verdict Former media tycoon Conrad Black was found guilty of mail fraud and obstruction of justice
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| Mar.28 |
 Iran |
  British captives shown on Iranian TV  The female British sailor detained by Iran in the Persian Gulf said her crew 'trespassed' in Iranian waters
| Leading Seaman Turney, 26, said they had been seized in the Gulf because 'obviously we trespassed' in Iranian waters. Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said she was 'very concerned' about the pictures
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| Jun.23 |
 Southern California |
TV legend Aaron Spelling dies Television producer behind some of US TV's most famous shows, has died at the age of 83
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| Jun.12 |
 Canada |
Tycoon Ken Thomson dies The newspaper tycoon helped transform a print empire into one of the world's biggest electronic publishers
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| Dec.26 |
 Sydney |
Media magnate Kerry Packer dies| Australia's richest man has died peacefully at the age of 68 at home among his family | |
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| Jul.15 |
 Scotland |
New Harry Potter book hits shops| The sixth book has been published around the world, ending the wait for eager fans | | |
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| Jun.8 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
$80bn Google takes top media spot Internet search phenomenon become the world's biggest media company ahead of Time Warner
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| Feb.16 |
Southern California |
Defiant Disney says 'no' to bid The board of entertainment giant has unanimously rejected a takeover bid by Comcast and endorsed its chief Eisner
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| Sep.28 |
Arab Countries |
 Audiotape attributed to al-Zawahiri Bin Laden's deputy calls on Pakistanis to overthrow their President Musharraf
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Rich-poor divide derails WTO talks
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| Dec.22 |
USA |
 Whistleblowers are Persons of the Year Time magazine is praising 3 women's roles in uncovering professional misconduct and fraud
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| Oct.5 |
 Turkey |
TV channels yanked off the air Authorities turn off 3 channels for dedicating too much time to the businessman's parliamentary campaign
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| Apr.5 |
Canada |
 Bill Gates fooled by Quebec radio station Two radio comics were pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien
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| Jan.11 |
 Moscow |
Independent TV-6 shut down Russia's last independent national TV station has lost a court battle to avoid closure
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| Sep.4 |
 China |
China ready to open TV to News Minister Xu Guangchun intends to let NewsCorp. and AOL get access to cable viewers
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| May.29 |
Moscow |
Court liquidates Gusinsky's empire Media-Most has been liquidated for violating financial security laws
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| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
NTV management wrested control The morning news was cut off mid-sentence. Renegade staff is broadcasting on a smaller channel
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| Apr.13 |
Moscow |
Jordan claims control of NTV American financier says he has been officially registered as the new chief of Russian television network NTV
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| Apr.11 |
 Vatican |
  Vatican Radio given ultimatum Radio has been threatened with closure by Italy unless it reduces electromagnetic emissions
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| Apr.4 |
Moscow |
Ted Turner signs NTV deal CNN founder has reached a deal to buy out Gusinsky, the owner of Russia's only independent television network
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| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV
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| Feb.5 |
Moscow |
Kremlin buys control of TV
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| Jan.16 |
Moscow |
Media baron's ally arrested
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| Jan.11 |
 Czech Republic |
TV boss quits Hodac, who has come under fire from journalists, has resigned on health grounds
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| Jan.6 |
Czech Republic |
TV union not satisfied
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| Jan.4 |
 Portugal |
Gunman surrenders Businessman who had threatened to blow himself up was demanding compensation for a television report
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Czech Republic |
TV boss rushed to hospital
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| Jan.1 |
Czech Republic |
TV protesters receive support
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| Dec.25 |
Czech Republic |
Staff cut TV broadcasts
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| Dec.22 |
Spain |
Bail granted to Gusinsky
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| Dec.12 |
Spain |
Russian media magnate arrested
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