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Communications, Internet, Finance

Iliad Punished for Good Results

French Internet provider's shares drop despite a 30 percent rise in revenue.
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Media, Communications, Finance

Vivendi Profits Rise on Telecom, TV, and Video Games

World of Warcraft helps French media giant gain 8.3 percent over last year.
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Archives, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Take-Two Rejects EA's $2B Bid

Board says ill-timed offer provides 'insufficient value' though it had offered to revisit talks after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Computers, Internet

Take Two CEO: Consolidation "Inevitable"

Take-Two Interactive Software CEO Ben Feder says that consolidation in the $40 billion video game industry "ultimately is inevitable," as growth continues.
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General news, Media, Internet

Take That Apple: Amazon Music Service

Online retail behemoth Amazon.com debuts an early rendition of its digital music download site, expected to be a rival to Apple’s iTunes.
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Computers, Media, Internet

Vivendi: Apple iTunes Contract "Indecent"

Vivendi, which condemned as "indecent" the contract terms between its Universal Music Group unit and Apple, is one of many large media companies trying to challenge Apple's grip on the digital entertainment market.
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Internet

Universal Music Ditches DRM

Vivendi's Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label, says it will test the sale of songs from artists such as Amy Winehouse, 50 Cent, and the Black Eyed Peas without copy protection in order to gauge possible effect on market.
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Finance

Private Equity Eyes Dell, EMC, Yahoo

Huge technology buyouts of the past few years may be just the start.
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General news

Vivendi Bids for Polish Mobile

French media giant tries to buy out Deutsche Telekom’s shares in PTC for $3.19 billion.
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Media

Why Warcraft Rules the World

Blizzard VP of game development talks about the hit title that continues to define massively multiplayer gaming.
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Media

EMI Tunes in to Free Music

The label joins Universal in offering its music on SpiralFrog’s ad-supported network.
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Media

AOL Offers Unlimited Music

Portal begins selling songs and music videos, with unlimited downloads for monthly fee.
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Media, Internet

Yahoo Habla Espanol

Portal’s Spanish-language site combines forces with Telemundo.
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Media, Communications

Vivendi Intros 6 Mobile Games

Action, puzzle, flight, and military-themed games planned for cell phones.
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General news, Media, Internet

Diller Builds Online Empire

IAC/InterActive CEO Barry Diller is banking on consumers shopping and seeking entertainment on the Internet.
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Media

World of Warcraft Storms Asia

The wildly popular online game logs 4.5 million subscribers and moves into Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
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Media

On-Demand TV Emerges

CBS and Comcast, NBC and DirecTV make popular shows available for those who prefer TV on their schedule.
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Media, Internet

World of Warcraft’s 4M Gamers

The world’s largest online game has 4 million paying players, bringing in big sales for Blizzard and parent company Vivendi.
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Computers, Media

Microsoft Inks Halo Film Deal

Microsoft’s Halo video game is coming to the silver screen in $5-million-plus deal with Universal and 20th Century Fox.
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Media

Blu-ray Gets Top Music Label

Universal Music Group throws its weight behind Sony-backed Blu-ray’s next-generation DVD format.
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