Hollywood, D.C.
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Obama Names Iger to President’s Export Council
Disney president-CEO joins board as part of president’s pledge to double U.S. exports in five years
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‘Hurt Locker’ Piracy Case Faces Legal Hurdles
Movie producer’s efforts to get 14,000 consumers to pay for illegally downloading films faces thorny legal questions
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Ira Teinowitz -
Comcast, NBCU Agree to More Hispanic Programming, Hiring
Part of an agreement to help win Hispanic groups OK of their $30 billion deal
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Obama Moves to Free Up Mobile Spectrum Space
Plan to give unused government space to private industry
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Cantor Exchange Backs Away From Hollywood
Shortly after federal commission approves its plan, Cantor says it expects Congressional action to prevent any movie futures trading, is assessing other, non-movie options
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House Adds Movie-Futures Trading Ban to Financial Reform
Language was in original Senate bill, but not in House version — courts may have to decide issue
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Ira Teinowitz -
FCC Wants Better Answers From Comcast/NBCU
Delays its review of the merger, but doesn’t change the overall timetable
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Senator: Piracy Causing ‘Biggest Transfer of Wealth in History’
Discussing White House report on intellectual property theft, Congress frames problem in the most dire terms
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Biden: Pirates, Beware — We’re on the Attack
Unveils new 61-page White House plan to increase enforcement to protect intellectual property, both in the U.S. and abroad
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Media Derivatives Chief Pushes on Congress, Attacks MPAA
Makes final push to get Congress to drop ban on movie-futures trading in upcoming financial reform package
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Ira Teinowitz -
WGAW, Consumer Groups Warn of Comcast-NBCU ‘Behemoth’
But on the last day for initial comments, Directors Guild touts the merger for creating jobs
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FCC Ready to Reclassify Internet as ‘Phone Service’
Would bypass appellate court ruling that questioned commission’s legal authority
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Movie Futures Trading a Go for Media Derivatives, MPAA Squawks
Trading commission OKs plan; Cantor Fitzgerald decision due by Jun. 28
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L.A. Teamsters Like the Comcast-NBCU Deal
“We believe that the transaction is in the interests of the workers we represent”
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Ira Teinowitz