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    By Hugh Collins

    | 8:25AM 10/18/2010
    Three million households in the New York area were left without Fox programming this weekend as a contract dispute between Cablevision Systems (CVC) and News Corp. (NWS) rumbled on. Millions of New York sports fans were unable to watch the Phillies play baseball on Saturday night and the Giants...

    By Hugh Collins

    | 6:39AM 9/16/2010
    News Corp.'s (NWS) Fox Broadcasting has sold more than 90% of its Superbowl advertising time, almost five months ahead of the event. The broadcaster is charging an average of about $3 million for a 30-second ad, Reuters reported without naming its sources. Sponsored Links The strong sales...

    By Josh Smith

    | 7:00PM 7/01/2009
    Ticketmaster is facing a $50,000 fine and a change in how it does business after an Illinois Attorney General investigation found that the company had not clearly told customers they were paying marked up ticket prices. As part of the agreement, TicketsNow, owned by Ticketmaster, will also close...

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 2:30PM 4/08/2009
    There is no golden "snitch" in the real-life version of Quidditch, so the game doesn't require a seeker, Harry Potter's position. Also, sadly, the players are not aboard broomsticks that fly. But the rest of the game, created out of J.K. Rowling's fertile imagination, is relatively intact: as the...

    By Gary E. Sattler

    | 7:00AM 3/09/2008
    Some deals only come around once or twice a year, but offer savings that justify the wait. This post is part of our series on such 'don't miss' sales. When I think about dressing for business, it's usually just that, thinking. In my world, a stout pair of jeans, a clean t-shirt and a sweatshirt...