Today’s headlines, November 20
Friday November 20 2009 - 6:59AM
- Three of Canada’s five wealthiest are media barons
- Canada Pension Fund part of Skype $2B equity buyout
- E1 revenues up in 1st 6 months, but pre-tax loss widens
- Kindle launches with US pricing, and US wireless provider
- Billy Bragg in Ottawa for digital media hearings today
- CHCH challenges giants with heavy local news emphasis
- Corus acquires Sex TV from CTV
- Roadtrips settles lawsuit with Winter Olympics committee
- International
- Cherry Lane to administer Lionsgate film, TV catalogue
- Sony takes on Apple, marrying hardware with online software store
- LA Times editorial supports performance royalty
- Final legislative push in UK’s Digital Economy bill
- Japan set to extend posthumous copyright to 70 years
- First US copyright czar heads to full Senate vote
- Thailand’s GMM music group posts 20% profit decline
- Hungary silences foreign-owned radio outlets
- Low power FM bill wins Senate committee approval
- Festival writsbands targeted by counterfeiters
- Technology/Marketing/Media
- Google launches Chrome cloud-based OS
- Imeem fire sale price bodes poorly for ad-based streamed music niche
- Oprah’s plan to take on the world with OWN network
- Sony’s Stringer sees 3D as the next $10B business
- Blind gamer sues Sony
- Palm caves to Apple, no longer syncing with iTunes
- US retailers turn to the power of the app for holiday season
- Talent/Features
- Nickelback pushing Dark Horse arena tour into 2010
- Occhipinti wins Sicily prize
- Billy Bragg defines digital landscape
- Christmas Rocks, the musical, a theatrical success in PEI
- Ken Reynolds Presents: Sixty Years in Canadian Country Music
- Free Nelly concert announced in Portugal
- Macca joins Ringo on drummer’s next solo album
- Boyle’s upcoming album breaks pre-order records at Amazon
- Queen mother talks about her Freddie
- Quins discuss sisterhood and their rise to fame
- Buffet attracts 12K parrotheads to ACC
- HBO offering 4-hour Rock Hall of Fame Sunday extravaganza
- Obituaries
- TV tube inventor George Badger, aged 84
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