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Nov. 20 -- Miles Nadal, chief executive officer of MDC Partners Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schaztker about the potential impact of Oprah Winfrey ending her TV talk show in 2011 on the media industry.

Susan Boyle has made Amazon's Christmas dreams come true, with her new album becoming the online retailer's largest ever pre-ordered CD.

Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums.

There was never any doubt today that Nevada gaming regulators wouldn't approve a casino license for the centerpiece resort inside the $8.5 billion CityCenter development.

Oprah Winfrey 's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air.

Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.

Cable companies have gained so much power they have become a threat to Canadian broadcasting, and the national telecommunications regulator is mostly to blame, says Canada's second-largest private broadcaster.

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, remaining above the level that would indicate the economy is adding jobs.

After nearly five years of planning and construction, CityCenter is finally ready to open.

London, High hopes for Michael McIntyre and Alan Carr at Comedy Awards Family comedy Outnumbered is leading the way at this year's British Comedy Awards , bagging five nominations.

DirecTV Group Inc. chose the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive Wednesday, filling a vacuum created when its former chief left just as the nation's largest satellite TV provider was in the midst of a spinoff.

For many, the teenage years are wrought with strife and situations preferably forgotten.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told the North County Times on Tuesday that the killing in the city of Hamdania did not happen in the fog of battle but was a carefully planned attack and coverup.

CLEVELAND -- Fresh off her triumph at the Country Music Association Awards, Taylor Swift has won a deal to create a line of greeting cards for American Greetings Corp.

Loblaw Companies Ltd saw its third-quarter profits jump by 20 per cent as the grocery chain benefited from cost containment and improved supply chain efficiencies.

"Twilight" fans have taken over the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Thousands of fans from as far away as New York filled the streets near UCLA on Monday, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite undead stars attending the evening premiere of "New Moon' - the second film in the "Twilight' vampire saga.

Josh Tyrangiel, the deputy managing editor of Time magazine, will become editor of BusinessWeek when Bloomberg LP takes over the magazine next month.

Viacom Inc. says it has won exclusive rights in the U.S. to air "Michael Jackson's This Is It" on its MTV and BET cable networks starting in 2011.

Nov. 17 -- Time Warner Inc. stockholders will receive one share of AOL common stock for every 11 shares they own in the planned separation of the Internet unit next month.

The last great archives of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency may soon be available to researchers and the public -- 14 boxes of handwritten notes, gifts and correspondence, including a letter from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating him on his 1933 inauguration.