Liberty Media to spin off entertainment unit, combine with DirecTV

DirecTV Group Inc., the nation’s largest satellite TV provider, said Monday it will be combined with the entertainment unit of Liberty Media Corp. and spun off into a separately traded company.

Beijing lashes back over Obama World Press Freedom Day speech naming detained journalists

BEIJING — China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected accusations by President Barack Obama that China is among nations that regularly harass and detain journalists.

Ron Howard movie ‘Parenthood’ reborn as NBC series; Peter Krause, Maura Tierney star

LOS ANGELES — The 1989 movie “Parenthood” is going to be reborn as an NBC TV series.

Singer Amy Winehouse wins injunction blocking paparazzi from her London home

LONDON — Amy Winehouse has won a court order banning the paparazzi from pursuing her outside her London home, a source close to the singer’s management team said Saturday.

Should news organizations pay attention to think-tank scorecards on presidential coverage?

NEW YORK — As President Barack Obama passed his 100th day in office last week, two studies judged that the news media has given him more coverage, and more positive coverage, than his two predecessors at the same point in their terms.

Times Co., Boston Globe unions resume negotiations, face another deadline to make concessions

BOSTON — Labor union leaders at The Boston Globe say the deep cuts in workers’ pay and benefits they’re offering should be more than enough to save the newspaper, which has been threatened with closure by its owner, The New York Times Co.

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