Friday, March 30, 2007
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Turner To Eye Travel Channel
Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System could be interested in buying the Travel Channel from Cox Communications if the cable operator decides to sell it -- after it is done shedding its stake in Discovery Networks.
Turner, which currently owns TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network and Court TV, would "take a look" at Travel, says Mark Lazarus, president of Turner Entertainment Group. But much depends on terms of programming and other contracts between Travel and business partners. It would only be "natural," he says, to review Travel if it were to become available. Cox is acquiring Travel as part of a $1.3 billion sale of its 25% stake in Discovery to John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media.
Turner, which currently owns TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network and Court TV, would "take a look" at Travel, says Mark Lazarus, president of Turner Entertainment Group. But much depends on terms of programming and other contracts between Travel and business partners. It would only be "natural," he says, to review Travel if it were to become available. Cox is acquiring Travel as part of a $1.3 billion sale of its 25% stake in Discovery to John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
"Trusted Voices" coverage from foreign correspondents based in the Middle East, China and Latin America
NEW YORK (Reuters)
Yahoo Inc. will offer international news from reporters working with U.S. newspaper publisher McClatchy Co., including a blog written by Iraqi staffers, the companies said on Wednesday.
The project will be called "Trusted Voices," and feature coverage from McClatchy foreign correspondents based in the Middle East, China and Latin America, among other regions.
Yahoo plans to launch the coverage on its news site early in the second quarter of 2007. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal.
One of the first projects is called "Inside Iraq," a blog written by Iraqi staffers based in McClatchy's Baghdad bureau.
McClatchy, which publishes the Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee and Kansas City Star, is one of the top U.S. newspaper publishers in terms of circulation.
Like many other publishers, it is searching for ways to make more money online as advertising and circulation trends at its print newspapers weaken.
McClatchy shares were down 19 cents at $31.42 on the New York Stock Exchange. Yahoo shares were down 26 cents at $31.29 on the Nasdaq stock market.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Time Inc. Kills Life Brand Will Live On Online as Photo Archive
Time Inc. Kills Life, Again
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The hits to consumer magazines keep on coming: Time Inc. has pulled the plug on its latest attempt to revive Life magazine, the once-storied photo-heavy weekly that came back as a weekly newspaper supplement in October 2004. Its issue dated April 20 will be its last. FULL ARTICLE
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Single Sponsor to Allow ABC News to Air Ad-Free
CVS First Advertiser for 'Key to the World' Reports
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- ABC's "World News With Charles Gibson" will air without commercials four times in April, thanks to marketers who are stepping up as presenting sponsors, including CVS, following a deal via Hill Holiday.
ABC's 'World News With Charles Gibson' barely trails NBC with 2.86 million viewers in the 25-to-54-year-old demographic.
Photo Credit: ABC
The remaining sponsors are yet to be named. The commercial-free broadcasts will air on April 2, April 9, April 16 and April 23. Carat USA negotiated the remaining commercial support.
In addition to regular news of the day, ABC will air a series called "Key to the World," reported by Bill Weir. The deal will add five minutes to the broadcast and enable it to run ad-free on those nights.
World tour
The aim of the series is to open up areas of the world U.S. viewers may not know much about. The first special will look at the devastating effects of global warming on Kiribati, a nation of 33 islands in the Pacific Ocean.
The deal is a coup for ABC, which is battling NBC for the title of No. 1 evening newscast among 25- to 54-year-olds.The commercial-free broadcasts are a ploy to boost viewership. So far this season, NBC is pulling 2.9 million viewers in the 25-54 demographic, with a 2.4 rating/9 share, while ABC is within shouting distance, with 2.86 million viewers in the demographic and 2.3 rating/9 share.
NBC aired a commercial-free news broadcast late last year thanks to a Philips Electronics sponsorship. The move won NBC almost 4,000 positive viewer e-mails. Philips also did a single sponsorship of CBS's "60 Minutes."
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Kings before the Flood
The Schøyen Collection MS 2855 Sumerian King List
Based on information presented by the National Library of Norway [1]
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| 1 | Alulim | Eridu | 28,800 | 222,600 ‑ 193,800 |
| 2 | Elalgar | Eridu | 43,200 | 193,800 ‑ 150,600 |
| 3 | Ammilu'anna | Bad-tibira | 36,000 | 150,600 ‑ 114,600 |
| 4 | Enmegalanna | Bad-tibira | 28,800 | 114,600 ‑ 85,800 |
| 5 | Dumuzi | Bad-tibira | 28,800 | 85,800 ‑ 57,000 |
| 6 | En-sipa-zi-anna | Larak | 13,800 | 57,000 ‑ 43,200 |
| 7 | Meduranki | Sippar | 7,200 | 43,200 ‑ 36,000 |
| 8 | Ubur-tutu | Shuruppak | 36,000 | 36,000 ‑ Flood |
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| Total | 222,600 |
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According to the National Library of Norway:
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