Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines plan to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own digital format that would display in color and work on a variety of devices. ...more

December 9, 2009

In a move that could help improve relations between Google Inc. and the media industry, the Internet search company is offering publishers a way to build more solid "pay walls" around their online stories while still appearing in search results. ...more

December 3, 2009

MySpace said Tuesday it is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a bid to become more efficient, bringing its staffing level more in line with its more popular rival, Facebook. ...more

June 17, 2009

News Corp. says Owen Van Natta, a former Facebook executive, will be the new CEO of MySpace. ...more

April 24, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The long-shot story of Jamal Malik in "Slumdog Millionaire" mirrors the uphill struggle to get the movie made. Given the recession and a slumping DVD market, an independent film like "Slumdog" might not survive today's Hollywood economics. ...more

February 22, 2009

Russell Rhodes, a morning anchor for WTVT, Channel 13, issued an apology today during his return to the airwaves. Rhodes was arrested in January and charged with obstructing or opposing an officer without violence after trying to run from an off-duty deputy in the Channelside Parking Garage, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2009

Russell Rhodes, the WTVT Channel 13 morning news anchor who got into a scuffle with deputies last month in a Channelside parking garage, now faces charges of driving under the influence and resisting arrest without violence. ...more

February 5, 2009

Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, a longtime fixture on the list of the world's richest people, now is ensconced atop The Associated Press' rankings of the top-paid chief executives in the United States. ...more

August 22, 2008

France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from marketing TV shows to children younger than 3 years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age. ...more

August 21, 2008

In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web. ...more

July 14, 2008