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(RED), a nonprofit organization that arranges for companies to contribute a share of profits on certain products to fight AIDS in Africa, is starting a digital music service for that purpose.

Tom Brokaw, the former ?Nightly News? anchor, made a point of breaking with the past as the temporary host for ?Meet the Press.?

After years of raising the profiles and circulations of magazines like Us Weekly and Star by emphasizing celebrity news and gossip, Bonnie Fuller is going out on her own.

In an industry first, Sony Pictures? movie ?Hancock? will be available after its theater run over the Internet, directly to Sony Bravia TVs with a Web connection.

The Screen Actors Guild, now embroiled in negotiations with film and television producers over a new contract, has made the plight of the middle-income actor the centerpiece of its campaign for more lucrative terms.

News outlets in India are tracking complaints and protests related to the movie?s release in the United States, as well as the film?s poor performance and scathing reviews.

Sometimes it is important to take a political stand. And sometimes it is just fun to watch a cartoon panda trying to do kung fu.

Strategic word selection can catapult an announcement about a product or a ?breakthrough? onto the evening news instead of to the spam folder or circular file.

Last fall Discovery spent $250 million buying the United States portion of HowStuffWorks; now it is striving to make the site more appealing to users and advertisers.