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| Bloomberg News promotes six executive editors in major restructuring Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 07:56 PM PDT By Varun Aggarwal (Reuters) - Bloomberg LP has promoted six executive editors to senior executive editor positions in the company's first structural change in its news division since 2008. The promotions would open up a dozen managing editor or team leader roles internally, according to a memo that the company emailed to Reuters, adding that the changes were to help manage an expanding newsroom. Reto Gregori, current chief of staff to Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief Matt Winkler, has been named Deputy Editor-in-Chief, according to the memo. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Foodimals' stalk animated film world of 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 07:18 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fruits, vegetables and cheeseburgers get their film shelf-life extended in the animated comedy "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2," as the franchise explores a new world of living, breathing "foodimals." "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," released in 2009 and inspired by a 1978 children's book of the same name, saw the fictional island of Swallow Falls devoured by giant but inanimate food that falls out of the sky, generated from a machine created by the island's eccentric inventor Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader). ... Full Story | Top |
| Michael Jackson verdict could shake up entertainment business model Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:43 PM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of late pop star Michael Jackson against his concert promoter is now in the hands of a jury, and the verdict could have far-reaching implications for how the entertainment industry does business with its biggest stars. The 21-week trial, which has opened a window into the private life and last days of the King of Pop, has put not only concert promoter AEG Live on trial but also the entertainment industry's live-performance business model, analysts say. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sky Deutschland promotes James Murdoch to chair board Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 01:05 PM PDT  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has named News Corp's James Murdoch as chairman of its supervisory board, promoting him after just five months on the board. James Murdoch is deputy chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox and son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who controls News Corp. He was brought onto the Sky Deutschland board in April 2013, a reflection of News Corp's growing stake and influence in the company. Sky Deutschland also hoped to benefit from his knowledge of international markets and new technologies. ... Full Story | Top |
| New York Times sees tthird-quarter revenue improving Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 08:32 AM PDT  (Reuters) - New York Times Co said its third-quarter total revenue was expected to increase on the strength of its flagship newspaper subscriptions. Mark Thompson, chief executive of The New York Times, said advertising sales for both print and digital editions were improving but the third quarter would likely see a decline of about 3 percent each. Thompson was speaking to investors and analysts at a financial conference in New York on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Artist uses robots to create art in three cities Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 08:15 AM PDT  VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian artist enlisted the help of two robots on Thursday to create a work of art simultaneously in Vienna, London and Berlin in what he called a world first. Alex Kiessling used an infra-red sensor to trace the movements of his pen and send the signal via satellite to the industrial robots on Trafalgar Square and Breitscheidplatz that reproduced on canvas the lines he was drawing. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sirius considers international expansion, looking at Mexico - CEO Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 07:05 AM PDT By Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sirius XM Radio Inc Chief Executive Jim Meyer sees an opportunity to enter international markets with Internet-based products, a business that could provide a new revenue stream to the company, which is mainly focused on the United States. When asked at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference on Thursday about incremental growth opportunities, Meyer said the company is exploring international markets, including Mexico. Speaking on a webcast, Meyer said the board of directors regularly asks him, "Gee, when are you going to go international?". ... Full Story | Top |
| Russia's Khodorkovsky awarded Lech Walesa prize Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:35 AM PDT  WARSAW (Reuters) - The jailed Russian former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been awarded the annual Lech Walesa prize, named after the Polish Nobel laureate who helped overthrow Communist rule. The Walesa Institute decided to give Khodorkovsy the prize, because he has "inscribed on the banner of his public life values such as economy freedom, civic values and social justice", Walesa said in the statement. Khodorkovsky, the former head of oil company Yukos, has been convicted of money-laundering, tax evasion and fraud. ... Full Story | Top |
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