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Kournikova in BBC interview row
Tennis officials lodged a complaint with the BBC yesterday over its showing of an interview in which Anna Kournikov...
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HIT turns hostile with£139m Gullane takeover bid
HIT Entertainment, the children's media group, yesterday went hostile with a£139 million offer for Gullane Enterta...
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Fresh upheaval rocks Vivendi
Vivendi Universal, the French media group, was rocked by fresh upheaval yesterday as executives struggled to salvag...
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Leo Kirch seeks to sell 40% Springer stake
Founder of bankrupt media group thinks legal loophole may let him raise cash by disposing of holding against will o...
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Stewart pleads innocence on TV
Martha Stewart, the US lifestyle icon, went on network television yesterday to deny any wrongdoing in selling share...
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Arnault exit leaves Messier hanging by a thread
Departure exposes as a sham Vivendi chief's claim of unanimous support ...
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Hutchinson 3G wins licence
The Irish telecoms regulator has awarded its third 'A' licence to Hutchinson 3G, the mobile operator. ...
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Not sure whether to laugh or cry
Without the BBC, many of us would have to choose between bread and water on one side and fast food on the other ...
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Messier clings on at Vivendi as closest ally quits
Jean-Marie Messier last night survived as chairman and chief executive of Vivendi Universal, despite the resignatio...
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NewsCommunications bill must support production sector, says Morrison
Granada chief executive Steve Morrison warned today that the communications bill must change to support the UK production sector, writes Lucy Rouse
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NewsBBC board of governors must retain autonomy, says Davies
The quality of the BBC board of governors would suffer if Parliament bowed to pressure from the industry to have all the corporation's activities overseen by Ofcom, according to BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, writes David Rose
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NewsBroadcasters in the dark over Ofcom charges
Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey has said broadcasters are being kept in the dark by ministers over whether the creation of Ofcom will end up with them paying less, or more, towards the cost of regulation, writes David Rose
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Kournikova loses control in BBC interview
Anna Kournikova showed the strain of her continuing decline in form last night when she threatened to walk out of a...
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Ofcom 'puts health of media at risk'
BSkyB boss Tony Ball yesterday launched a stinging attack on government regulators, warning that the health of Brit...
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Vivendi suffers£3.8bn free fall
The crisis facing Vivendi Universal deepened yesterday as the share price of one of the world's largest media group...
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Not just a pretty face
Mike, a retired university lecturer, steps into the TV studio for his audition to be a BBC science presenter. ...
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Yeo's TV-licence idea stinks, but at least he's had an idea
There's a little game doing the rounds of us journalistic types at the moments. It's called Name Me a Policy of th...
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Vivendi dives 23% despite Water sale to Deutsche Bank
Shares in the French media group Vivendi Universal took a pasting yesterday even though the company started selling...
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Telewest unsure over Liberty Media offer
Telewest's board yesterday said it did not have enough information to decide whether it could recommend Liberty Med...
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Investors' fears put Martha Stewart in a spin
Martha Stewart, the American home-making queen at the centre of an insider-trading probe, saw shares in her busines...