- Film industry pressing for BC tax law incentives
- Red Robinson rekindles historic Beatles Vancouver show
- New website resource for finding Ottawa funding
- Toronto’s Mod Club hosting Verge Music Awards, Sept. 22
- Canwest debt talks extended (for umpteenth time)
- Geist: Designing a copyright bill that’s meant to last
- International
- China to appeal WTO ruling on entertainment imports
- Brit government considers stiff fines for online piracy
- Brit minister broadsided after cozy Corfu chat with David Geffen
- Ticketmaster Q2 net income drops 70%
- DOJ upholds judgement against Jamie Thomas
- Technology
- Dr. Dre, HP develop a line of high-end gear, including laptops
- Dell to sell Nickelodian-branded PC for kids
- ABC tests ‘twitter effect’ with a TV series
- NPR mobile strategy mixes text with on-demand audio
- Spiralling licence costs sound alarms in gameland
- Is the iPhone killing RIM?
- Talent/Features
- Reba loves Canada
- Aerosmith tour cancelled as singer mends
- Polish village prays for Madonna to visit
- Bob who? NJ police bust vagrant Bob Dylan
- HBO scripts Andrew Loog Oldham, the comedy show
- Fab Four fans’ aid for Rigby memorial
- Monkeys’ Oxfam disc to include random gig tickets
- Marilyn Monroe ‘burial plot’ up for sale
- Bobby Brown on the lam
- Chiller: MJ’s body moved to secret freezer
- Eddie Kramer put Woodstock on record
- 40 years on, Woodstock a thriving industry
- Stompin’ Tom’s smokin coast-to-coast tour
- Hawkwind celebrates 40 years of space rock
- No ‘Betty’ for Paula as ABC talks collapse
- News Tunes latest fad to hit YouTube
- New Yorker: Leonard Cohen’s imperfect state of grace
- Obituaries
- LIT drummer Allen Shellenberger, aged 39
- Memphis sound producer Jim Dickinson, aged 67
Today’s headlines, Aug. 17
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