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G.I.’s, New to Iraq, Hear the Election Explosions

He recited the attacks in their area: two bombs, including one at a culinary school, a mortar attack on a building, an attack on a hospital, and rockets fired from a nearby bridge. More explosions and gunfire were heard in the distance. The soldiers, ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  7 Mar 2010

Iraqi Election – Music Videos and Propaganda

More stories, videos and graphics on the Iraq elections. BAGHDAD– Saddam Hussein may be long gone, but echoes of his propaganda live on during campaigning for Iraq’s parliament elections, which starts in earnest on Sunday. At political rallies, where ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  7 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Nouri al-Maliki,  Sultan,  New York Times Company

Secular Figure Emerges as Iraqi Premier’s Chief Rival

BAGHDAD — The serpentine career of Ayad Allawi, who served briefly as Iraq’s interim prime minister five years ago, has taken another unlikely turn: A secular Shiite with little taste for campaigning, he stands a strong chance of winning the most votes ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  5 Mar 2010

$3.5 Billion in Revenue at CBS in Quarter

CBS, which is regularly the country’s highest-rated broadcast network, said revenue and profits at its flagship television business improved in the fourth quarter. CBS, whose range of businesses include the CBS broadcast network, Showtime, the pay-TV ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  18 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Showtime,  Thomson Reuters,  Leslie Moonves,  News Corporation Limited,  Viacom, Inc.

Ginsberg to Join Time Warner

Gary Ginsberg, a politically connected former top adviser to Rupert Murdoch, is set to join Time Warner. The news was first reported by The New York Post and confirmed by a person briefed on the matter, who spoke anonymously because the company had not ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  18 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Time Warner Inc.,  Rupert Murdoch,  News Corporation Limited,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  American Idol

Despite Budgets, Some Newsrooms Persist in Costly Fight for Records

Last fall Hearst, the big media company that owns newspapers, magazines and television stations, filed a lawsuit against the Texas governor’s office, seeking access to a clemency report in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  14 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Timothy F. Geithner,  Barack Obama

Viacom Posts 4th-Quarter Profit Increase

For the major media conglomerates that were hampered by both the economic recession and technology-driven changes in consumer habits, the world is starting to look brighter. Viacom, the media conglomerate, became the latest to show improvement when it ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  11 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Viacom, Inc.,  Sumner Redstone,  Nickelodeon Network,  Time Warner Inc.

Universal Music Names Grainge as Its Next Chief

The Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, announced Wednesday what had been expected for months: that Lucian Grainge, the head of the company’s international division, will become chief executive. However, Mr. Grainge, 49, will ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  10 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Lucian Grainge,  Kanye West

Time Warner’s Movies Help It Swing to a Profit

Time Warner, the media conglomerate that has spun-off some of its major businesses over the last year, said Wednesday that both its revenue and profits had improved, providing more evidence that traditional media businesses may be pulling out of a ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  3 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Time Warner Inc.,  News Corporation Limited,  Viacom, Inc.,  Rupert Murdoch,  Warner Brothers

‘Avatar’ Bolsters News Corp.’s Earnings

Buoyed by the success of “Avatar,” the science fiction blockbuster that has become the highest-grossing movie to date, the News Corporation reported a quarterly profit on Tuesday that surpassed the expectations of Wall Street analysts. But the ...

From TIM ARANGO, The New York Times,  2 Feb 2010
Related Topics: News Corporation Limited,  James Cameron,  News America Marketing

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