Publisher warms to Scribd store, offers books by Dan Brown, Stephen KingNEW YORK — The publisher of Stephen King and Chelsea Handler will be selling books through Scribd, the online document-sharing service that the industry has criticized for enabling the downloading of pirated texts. Hollywood union drama set for anticlimactic denouement with vote due Tuesday on TV, movie dealLOS ANGELES — The credits are about to roll on a contract drama involving actors in Hollywood’s biggest movies and TV shows, a fight that has left them bitterly divided and further behind than they started. DirecTV CEO departs to rejoin News Corp. as Rupert Murdoch’s second in commandThe president and chief executive of DirecTV Group Inc. said Wednesday that he’s resigning to return to News Corp. as Rupert Murdoch’s second in command, a shake-up that seems to preserve the family succession line at News Corp. but leaves a big vacuum at the satellite TV provider. ‘Home’ documentary about planet’s ecosystem takes risk for Gucci leather handbag maker PPRLOS ANGELES — A new film about human excess and its impact on Earth’s fragile ecosystem debuts Friday, marking an unusual risk for its financial backer, one of the planet’s biggest retailing conglomerates, France’s PPR SA. DirecTV CEO in talks to rejoin News Corp. as Murdoch’s No. 2, AP source confirmsThe chief executive of DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks to return to News Corp. to be Rupert Murdoch’s second in command. Book publishers waiting on Spanish-language boom can’t translate lackluster salesNEW YORK — The long-rumored e-book boom at last has arrived. But publishers still wait, and wait, for another supposed surge: Spanish-language titles. Time Warner CEO says giving away magazine stories online ‘makes no sense’SAN FRANCISCO — Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes chimed in Friday with the chorus of publishers wondering how much longer newspapers and magazines can afford to keep giving away their stories on the Internet. San Diego Union-Tribune names media veteran as new president, publisherSAN DIEGO — A 32-year media veteran was named Tuesday as the new president and publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Judge authorizes paying $13M in bonuses for nearly 700 Tribune employeesWILMINGTON, Del. — A bankruptcy court judge has authorized Tribune Co. to pay more than $13 million in bonuses to almost 700 employees. Obama’s Day: Meets employers on health care costs, honors top officers, hosts poetry readingWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama continues the theme of affordable health care today, a day after enlisting the help of the health industry in lowering future costs over 10 years. Former UCLA hospital worker who sold records of celebrities dies before sentencingLOS ANGELES — A former UCLA Medical Center employee who admitted selling medical records of celebrities died in March as she awaited sentencing. Guests for the Sunday TV news showsGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: Liberty Media CEO says DirecTV sale ‘possible’ after spin-offThe chief executive of Liberty Media Corp. said Friday that a sale of DirecTV to a phone company is possible after its planned spin-off. Obituaries in the newsSusan Atkins LOS ANGELES (AP) — Susan Atkins, a member of the Charles Manson “family” who admitted ruthlessly stabbing pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death in the cult’s 1969 murder spree, has died in prison less than a month after a parole board turned down a bid for compassionate release. She was 61 and had brain cancer. Times Co., Boston Globe unions resume negotiations, face another deadline to make concessionsBOSTON — 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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