...to buy back Vivendi SA's 20 percent ownership in NBC Universal and then sell a majority stake to Comcast. Malone , who is chairman of Liberty Media Corp. , which has a controlling stake in satellite TV carrier DirecTV Group Inc. , said GE...

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...buys MGM * Benefits of Comcast /NBC deal depend on regulators (Adds Malone comments on Comcast , MGM , byline) By Yinka Adegoke Liberty Media Corp's < LINTA.O> chairman John Malone said on Thursday that DirecTV Group <DTV.O> would be...

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...to "look pretty hard on how they can protect themselves from the kind of market power that that would represent." Malone is chairman of Liberty Media Corp. , which controls satellite TV provider DirecTV Group Inc. NBC Universal includes...

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...think the appointment of PepsiCo Inc veteran Michael White , who has no experience in pay TV, is a sign DirecTV parent Liberty Media Corp < LINTA.O> just wants a "baby-sitter" before a sale in the next couple of years. Representatives from...

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...that embodies the same level of trust as the Disney brand. This letter was available on the Pixar website until 2006, when Disney , utterly trounced by Pixar in the world of animated features, bought the company. [The Pixar Touch via David...

In this article: Pixar, Disney, Steve Jobs, Apple, and Toy Story

...publicized that Miramax isn't doing so well, while the Weinstein Company seems to be in good shape. [Ed. Note: Disney decided to cut Miramax 's releases to three films a year, cease operations in New York and reduce its overall budget by 70...

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...campaign when a film is released overseas. Every culture is a wee bit different, so marketing tweaks happen all the time. But Universal Pictures really goofed in a big way when it released a new poster for the U.K. release of its hit...

In this article: Universal, U.K., Vince Vaughn, Los Angeles Times, Faizon Love, U.S., and Hollywood

...to Host Conference Call ENGLEWOOD , Colo. , Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ( LMDIA, LMDIB ) announced it will host a conference call in conjunction with Deutsche Bank , beginning at 12:00 pm (ET) on...

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...of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox , Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp. ; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc. ; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners , Texas Pacific...

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...million -- off 51 percent in its second weekend. The 10-day total stands at $23.4 million. It was released by Overture Films , a unit of Liberty Media Corp. Michael Jackson's "This is It" fell three places to No. 5 with $5.1 million in its...

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...of the kind being used in the current conflict and remain quick and manoeuvrable in rough terrain. It is expected to cost around GBP1m. Universal also makes gun barrels and vehicle chassis for defence customers including BAE Systems and...

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...L.A. Times, Variety and the New York Times -- by buying big chunks of Oscar ads to promote the season's leading awards contenders. But Universal Pictures has outdone all its rivals. The studio just paid $20,000 to the Alaska Press Club as part...

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FAIRBANKS , Alaska -- Universal Pictures has agreed to pay $20,000 to the Alaska Press Club to settle complaints about fake news archives used to promote the movie "The Fourth Kind," the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The Anchorage...

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...incurring taxes on top of a deal price. One option would be to spin-out the stake directly to shareholders of its Liberty Capital < LCAPA.O> tracking stock through which it made the Sirius investment. Reporting by Yinka Adegoke; Editing...

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...from $1.82 billion in the March quarter of 2008 to $1.26 billion in the quarter ended in June. This year, Disney downsized its Miramax Films division, while cutting a deal to release pictures made by Steven Spielberg 's DreamWorks...

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...pay TV, digital formats, and other new media. In the marketing division, a new president will be announced shortly to oversee marketing for live-action, animation, Miramax Films , DreamWorks , and home entertainment. Editing Bernard Orr )

In this article: Disney, Miramax Films, and DreamWorks

...adventure is meant to "celebrate dragons and let us own them for a while, says co-director Dean DeBlois. First look: DreamWorks' 3-D ' How to Train Your Dragon ' Jay Baruchel is in his first animated feature. His character in...

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...paper acts as if Miramax has some kind of future at Disney , suggesting that it could release some of Disney 's upcoming pictures from DreamWorks as well as some of producer Scott Rudin's more high-profile dramas. Fat chance. In terms of...

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