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travel & leisure News analysis Fortune thrust a Las Vegas venue into bank's hands, write James Wilson and Matthew Garrahan The launch party for a spectacular casino on Las Vegas's [...]

media DoJ probe into deal with Pixar Groups accused of limiting competition Lucasfilm, the production company founded by Star Wars director George Lucas, has settled a complaint by the US [...]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the company behind Hollywood classics such as T he Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind , has emerged from bankruptcy, bringing to an end a turbulent period [...]

BEVERAGES Drinks group wins multi-year deal PepsiCo has clinched a lucrative sponsorship deal with the new US version of Simon Cowell's hit show The X Factor , heralding a return [...]

Thomas Tull Chief executive, Legendary Pictures The comic-book-loving studio head has quickly become a power player, but steadfastly shuns the Hollywood scene, says Matthew Garrahan The boardroom at Legendary Pictures' [...]

MEDIA News analysis Subscriptions have seen their biggest drop in 30 years, writes Matthew Garrahan Netflix, the DVD subscription service that also offers movies to be streamed online, has a [...]

Fiscal deficit Jerry Brown is upbeat despite facing political deadlock and a budget mess, writes Matthew Garrahan When Jerry Brown defeated Meg Whitman in the race to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger [...]

media Film forecast to take $130m in two days Second part to be released in 3D The release of Warner Brothers' new Harry Potter film is on course to break [...]

Largest subscriber decline in 30 years Tech-savvy generation opts for web services The number of people subscribing to US cable television services has suffered its biggest decline in 30 years [...]

MEDIA Biggest subscriber decline in 30 years Web platforms draw audiences The number of people subscribing to US cable television services has suffered its biggest decline in 30 years as [...]

California has delayed completion of a $10bn bond sale after a lawsuit was filed challenging the state's plan to sell and then lease back several public buildings, writes Matthew Garrahan. [...]

Media The box-office performance of Toy Story 3 and an advertising rebound at its ABC television network lifted Walt Disney's full-year earnings. However, the media group missed expectations for the [...]

travel & leisure Hollywood studios are turning towards mobile applications and casual online games to increase the effectiveness of their blockbuster movie marketing campaigns, thus creating a revenue stream that [...]

MEDIA MySpace continues to weigh on group A global advertising rebound that lifted returns at its cable television and newspaper businesses boosted News Corp's first-quarter profits, although the lacklustre performance [...]

California lived up to its reputation for bucking national political trends when its voters rejected Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, two former Silicon Valley chief executives who broke campaign spending [...]

media Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the illustrious Hollywood studio behind classics such as Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz , has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest step in a [...]

MEDIA Hopes of a first for an animated film Walt Disney is preparing a concerted marketing campaign for next year's Oscars with the aim of winning a Best Picture award [...]

Media News analysis Studios are looking to merge as third-party capital dries up, writes Matthew Garrahan Hollywood is preparing for a round of consolidation following recent merger talks including Lions [...]

News analysis The fast-growing demographic group may be showing renewed electoral fervour, writes Matthew Garrahan Perhaps only in California would a voter registration drive have allowed new voters to put [...]

media News Corp weighs operation's options Relaunch as social entertainment hub MySpace will on Wednesday launch a fully revamped version of its website in a move aimed at repositioning the [...]

Media Lions Gate Entertainment has stepped up its efforts to persuade Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer creditors to push for a merger of the two Hollywood studios by claiming that a combination of the [...]

Proposition 19 Supporters of recreational use look to the benefits a successful ballot will bring, writes Matthew Garrahan The bleary-eyed people coming out of the Green Room marijuana dispensary in [...]

You can take the boy out of Chicago but you cannot take Chicago out of the boy; 40 years since he left the Windy City, Michael Mann still speaks with [...]

media Debt-holders urged to join Lions Gate Investor criticises rival Spyglass offer A small group of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer creditors is urging other debt-holders in the Hollywood studio to ditch a debt-for-equity [...]

media Walt Disney has struck a $115m deal with Paramount Pictures to transfer the distribution of upcoming Marvel films The Avengers and Iron Man 3 to Disney, allowing the media [...]

Walt Disney has struck a $115m deal with Paramount Pictures to transfer the distribution of upcoming Marvel films The Avengers and Iron Man 3 to Disney, allowing the media group [...]

Airports California's Van Nuys has a long relationship with film, says Matthew Garrahan For the globe-trotting actor or musician rushing from to the next set or gig, flying by private [...]

Last weekend was an especially busy one for Simon Cowell. The talent show judge with the razor-sharp put-downs, V-neck sweaters and high-waisted trousers capped weeks of wall-to-wall newspaper coverage of [...]

general financial Mozilo case arises out of mortgage meltdown Angelo Mozilo, former Countrywide Financial chief executive, yesterday agreed to pay $67.5m to settle civil charges brought by the Securities and [...]

One is the best-paid TV star after Oprah Winfrey. The other has made [pounds sterling]350m from music management and 'American Idol'. Together they have utterly transformed global entertainment. Now Simon [...]

general financial Countrywide's Mozilo agrees lifetime ban One of biggest cases from mortgage crisis Angelo Mozilo, former Countrywide Financial chief executive, on Friday agreed to pay $67.5m to settle civil [...]

Media Lions Gate Entertainment, the company behind the Mad Men and Weeds television programmes, has made an offer to merge with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the illustrious Hollywood studio which is on the [...]

Midterm elections The anti-tax group backs Republican efforts to unseat the Senate majority leader, writes Matthew Garrahan Harry Reid is facing the battle of his political life in the hotly [...]

News analysis A hard-edged campaign is gaining little traction with voters in a pivotal race, writes Matthew Garrahan In an election year that has confounded expectations at every turn and [...]

The timing could not have been worse. Hours after she held her own in the first televised debate with Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor of California, [...]

media Paramount Pictures has struck a series of international digital distribution deals for The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers , an online adventure series, in a sign of the growing importance [...]

Interview Chris Albrecht Chief executive of Starz Partners are being sought to bankroll original worldwide programming ventures, writes Matthew Garrahan As the former chief executive of HBO, Chris Albrecht knows [...]

Group profits from ads for movie about rival It may have been eclipsed by Facebook as the world's biggest online social network but MySpace has emerged as one of the [...]

California financial woes hit colleges State faces deficit of more than $19bn A leading business school in the University of California is preparing to forgo public funding amid rising uncertainty [...]

Google's YouTube video site is in negotiations with Hollywood's leading movie studios to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010, putting it head-to-head with Apple in [...]

Maddy Cross likes to watch television but like many American teenagers she does not bother to use a television set. The 18-year-old drama student will shortly leave her home in [...]

MEDIA Hollywood loves to find inspiration for its films in sources that have ready-made audiences, which explains its increasing fascination with stories and characters based on comic books and toys. [...]

Budget deadlock causes cash crisis California will be forced to issue IOUs to public workers and other creditors in lieu of cash in the next two months if a budget [...]

It was hailed as the great saviour of the film industry, but since 3D technology propelled Avatar to a record-breaking $2.73bn ([pounds sterling]1.75bn) box-office haul, fears are growing that Hollywood [...]

MEDIA News analysis Matthew Garrahan weighs the benefits of films produced in the format against the higher costs It has been less than a year since Avatar became the first [...]

Gay rights advocates won an important victory in California yesterday when a federal judge who recently overturned a ban on same-sex unions said gay marriages could resume in America's most [...]

Media The box-office success of Alice in Wonderland , Iron Man 2 and Toy Story 3 boosted Walt Disney's third-quarter profits while the popularity in the US of the football [...]