Many retail campaigns will start appearing on Saturday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, but the timing could hardly be worse.

The media company posted a loss of $12.46 billion, weighed down by a $14.12 billion write-down related to a drop in value of its radio and TV stations.

An average of 13.6 million people watched each World Series game, 14 percent drop from the previous low set in 2006.

Ms. Asbury covered hard news in an era when most of her female colleagues were consigned to writing about white-gloved society luncheons.

The half-hour special proved more popular than the final game of the World Series and even last season?s finale of ?American Idol.?

The company is trying to turn its Disney Fairies business into a franchise on the scale of Princesses, a line that generates $4 billion a year in sales.

The CBS Corporation posted a loss of $12.6 billion for the third quarter after taking a one-time charge of $14.12 billion to write down the value of media assets on its books.

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Netflix will place its Watch Instantly streaming-movie service on TiVo?s Internet-connected set-top boxes.

An MTV licensing arrangement with the Beatles may bring the band?s songs to the company?s popular Rock Band video game.