12/04/2008 -
City Telecom Chairman Wong to Head Hong Kong?s ATV (Update1)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- City Telecom (H.K.) Ltd. , the second- biggest provider of fixed-line phone services to Hong Kong homes, said Chairman Ricky Wong takes over as chief executive officer at local broadcaster Asia Television Ltd. with immediate effect.
Source:
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=a.GeGCFS9III
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12/04/2008 -
Iranian Writers Group Marks Day Against Censorship
The Iranian Writers Association has designated today as a Day Against Censorship. All forms of media in Iran -- including print, television, radio, and the Internet, as well as film and gallery exhibitions -- are subject to censorship by the Iranian government. "Nobody, nobody, tells us, 'You have to report on this or do that,'" Esfandiari said to critics who call the station "the CIA radio." ...
Source:
Payvand Iran News
http://www.payvand.com/news/08/dec/1044.html
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12/04/2008 -
I-Cable Shares Fall Most in Month as Wharf Scraps Buyout Offer
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- I-Cable Communications Ltd. fell the most in more than a month in Hong Kong trading after the controlling shareholder in the city?s second-biggest pay- television provider scrapped a plan to take it private.
Source:
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=atQ3CvMwrTA8
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12/04/2008 -
Prison cable bill: $280K
Associated Press - December 4, 2008 2:05 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - When the switch is made to digital television on February 17 those without a digital-ready set or cable will be without a...
Source:
KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls
http://www.kswo.com/global/story.asp?s=9459281
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12/04/2008 -
Parents: Pressly sexually assaulted
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The parents of an Arkansas television anchorwoman who was beaten to death say there's forensic evidence their daughter was sexually assaulted as well, and she broke her hand fighting off her attacker.
Source:
CW Arkansas
http://www.cwarkansas.com/news/local/story/Parents-Pressly-sexually-assaulted/YG
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12/05/2008 -
The Police Again Take Issue With the N.F.L. in the Burress Shooting
The New York Police Department remains at odds with the N.F.L. over how the incident was handled in the hours after Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself.
Source:
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/sports/football/05weapon.html
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12/04/2008 -
I-Cable Shares Fall Most in Month as Wharf Scraps Buyout Offer
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- I-Cable Communications Ltd. fell the most in more than a month in Hong Kong trading after the controlling shareholder in the city?s second-biggest pay- television provider scrapped a plan to take it private.
Source:
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=atQ3CvMwrTA8
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12/04/2008 -
One-on-one with Travis Kauffman!
Friday night December the 5th, at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez California, undefeated heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman (13-0, 10 KOs) of Reading, Pa., will make his national television debut on ShoBox against tough Chicago native Malachy Farrell (16-1, 12 KOs) in the eight-round co-feature.
Source:
Fightnews.com
http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines//EkklupZuypvnTTWmit.html
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12/05/2008 -
Obama Hauls In Record $750 Million for Campaign, With Plenty Left to Spend
President-elect Barack Obama?s record fund-raising total sets an imposing bar for any potential Republican challenger in 2012.
Source:
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/politics/05donate.html
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12/04/2008 -
Gag Order Issued By Judge In Anne Pressly Murder Case
(Little Rock, AR) -- From here on out, the cops, prosecutors, and defense attorneys are barred from talking about the Anne Pressly murder case. She's the Little Rock television anchor beaten in her home October 20th who died five-days later.
Source:
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks
http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=91081
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12/04/2008 -
TV music show files for bankruptcy
Fearless Music Inc., whose late-night television show features performances by both unknown and famous bands, may be acquired by an undisclosed suitor.
Source:
Crain's New York Business
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081204/FREE/812049979
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12/04/2008 -
Gag Order Issued In TV Anchor's Slaying Case
A judge has imposed a gag order in the capital murder case against a man accused of fatally beating a Little Rock television anchorwoman.
Source:
KMGH 7 Denver
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18203186/detail.html?rss=den&psp=news
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12/04/2008 -
Diverse topics on tap for journalists forum
OCEANSIDE: Subjects including digital television conversion and a new North County Gang Commission will be discussed at tonight's Journalist Roundtable on KOCT, cable channel 18.
Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20081204-9999-1mc4briefs.html
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12/05/2008 -
Microsoft Should Know Money Can?t Buy Love
The rap on Microsoft is that it copies everyone else?s good ideas. That may be too kind. I think it also copies a lot of proven bad ideas. To wit, Microsoft?s latest move to offer shopping rebates to people who use its Internet search service.
Source:
New York Times
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/microsoft-should-know-money-cant-buy-lo
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12/04/2008 -
Businesses expect retail fraud to grow
When a major electronics manufacturer opened a box of returned merchandise and found a tombstone instead of a television, the discovery did more than sound a grim warning for retailers in recession -- it served as an omen of more brazen retail cons to come.
Source:
Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081204/BIZ/812040369
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