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TV-Loonland files for insolvency

Animation house unable to meet its debts
Financially strapped German animation group TV-Loonland filed for insolvency Wednesday, saying it was unable to meet its debts.

Showbiz sees bright spot in ad market

Spending on rebound but jobs struggle not over

Comcast, GE unveil NBC U deal

Zucker to become CEO of new entity

Randy Michaels to top Tribune

Sam Zell names CEO, but remains chairman
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Eastwood practices fiscal discipline

Child of Depression applies lesson to directing

Washington Post to close U.S. bureaus

New York, L.A., Chicago offices to shut

Study: BBC needs to target sales

Report says to avoid mergers, acquistions

Mexico maintains film funding

President's cuts to 2010 budget withdrawn

SAG’s 2008 pay dips 2.5%

Writers strike largely to blame for the downturn

Time Warner sets AOL share swap

Company lays groundwork for structural separation

German Sky shares fall due to report

New campaign, program costs led to loss

Bebo cuts back staff, kills drama

Head of original production may join AOL

Activision plays 'Guitar' for profit

Videogame sales begin to rebound

WWE pins down overseas profits

Company posts increase thanks to attendance

CBS earnings surpass forecasts

Sales of shows, higher subs overcome economy

Microsoft cuts more jobs

Company to lay off 800 more employees

ITV predicts rise in ad revenue

December to be up by 4% year on year

U.S. production shuts out Australia

Production falls from $227 million to $20 million

Wall Street wary of Comcast

Cable giant may fork over $4-6 billion to GE

News Corp. profits up 11%

Digital strategy in need of a reboot

Time Warner profits take a tumble

Decline at AOL, Time Inc. responsible for drop

Comcast quarterly profits rise 22%

Cabler sees signs economy is stabilizing

No easy lay-ups in distribution game

Customers face issues with rising cable bills

Channel 4, BBCW deal fails to fly

Duncan admits defeat as tenure draws to close

Broadway faces a busy, uneasy season

Collapse of 'Brighton' has ripple effect

WGA issues dire outlook for news biz

Guild presses federal government for more support

FCC taps ex-journo Steven Waldman

Beliefnet co-founder to head media initiative

CME sees revenues fall 33%

Chief exec says market has reached bottom

No news is bad news

Local TV teeters as staff, anchors are axed

BSkyB adds 94,000 new customers

Network continues to defy economic downturn

A Broadway hearty party? Hardly

Opening nights shed their opulence

Regional stages bank on big bang

Local theaters stay relevant in tough times

Studio backlots get some action

Majors renting out space to boost revenue streams

N.Y. Times cutting news staff

Pub to layoff 8% of news room by year's end

Dow Jones closes above 10,000

Wall Street upbeat as industrial average rises

Bloomberg acquires BusinessWeek

McGraw-Hill sells biz news magazine to co.

ITV raises $190 million in bond issue

Sale of digital channel operating biz stopped

CineVegas pulls plug on next year's fest

Film festival cancels event due to economy

Sean 'Diddy' Combs leaving WMG

Hip-hop artist's Bad Boy partnership to continue

Warner Bros. Records cuts staffers

Senior VP of sales Dave Stein among terminated

Deborah Borda bring music to L.A.

Advancing the arts during a shrinking economy

Peter Bart addresses 3D summit

Warns that movie industry facing crisis situation

Recession hurts French TV production

Investment is down 34% on last year

European film admissions rise 3.8%

U.K. sees greatest rise -- 14.5% increase

French fiction sales rise dramatically

Gallic drama exports rose 43% last year

Weinstein Co. lays off staffers

Less than 10 employees believed to have been cut

Movie theaters cut print show times

Cinemas turn to Web for listings

WGA reports plunge in earnings

Guild hit by recession, writer's strike

Harry Sloan out at MGM as CEO

Studio unveils management shakeup

TNT's cancels 'Grace'

Global ratings, slow DVD sales bring show to close

TV credits constrict with job market

Prominent writers work under producer title

Cinemark posts 20% increase in profits

Strong box office boosts exhibitor's Q2 income

North Carolina senate boosts film incentives

Legislation ups tax credit to 25%

Showbiz not always recession proof

Film and theater can have their ups, downs

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