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Fox News chief Roger Ailes extends contract
After spending millions in recent months to lock up key talent including Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, Fox News founding chairman and CEO Roger Ailes has signed a five-year deal that will keep him at the top-rated cable news channel until he's at least 73.
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Real News on Congo
The folks at the Real News Network, a truly independent documentary news organization ("No corporate funding, no government funding, no advertising") have produced a two-part series on the crisis in Congo. It's worth a look for the compelling video footage of Congo compiled by veteran journalist Zaa Nkweta and, perhaps less compellingly, analysis by me.
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Ailes agrees to remain at Fox News 5 more years
News Corp. announced Thursday that Roger Ailes, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News, had signed a new five-year contract with the company.
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US news agency AP to cut staff by 10 percent
The US news agency the Associated Press plans to reduce its staff by 10 percent by some point in 2009, mostly through attrition, AP president and chief executive Tom Curley said Thursday.
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News Corp signs Roger Ailes to new Fox contract
Roger Ailes, the veteran television executive who launched the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, has signed a new five-year contract with News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate.
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Ch. 7 News' game plan looks to 'special' teams
On the surface, the TV news game isn't really that difficult. Give viewers a product they can learn from and depend on, and they will usually be satisfied. Don't, and they'll leave. There are so many examples of stations missing that point it's not funny.
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I recommend to you once again the High Country News, which is available at...
I recommend to you once again the High Country News, which is available at hcn.org, where you can also find information about hard-copy subscriptions, which I prefer. A small article in the Oct. 13 issue by Peter Friederici caught my eye. It seems that one...
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Sir Trevor hosts last News at Ten
Veteran newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald has made his last appearance as co-presenter of ITV's News at Ten.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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