NEW YORK - The United States has a new weapon in the war against terrorism -- an Arabic-language magazine called Hi, aimed at introducing teenagers living in the Middle East to the US.
NEW YORK - AOL Time Warner has gone some way to relieving its debts with the $1.05bn sale of its DVD division to Cinram International, with sales of other non-core assets including the basketball team Atlanta Hawks possibly to follow.
TOKYO - Dentsu, the Japanese advertising behemoth, is to buy two companies that create content for DVDs, to use the firms' content, which includes a special collectors' edition of the slasher flick 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', in its advertising and entertainment businesses.
LONDON - Daily Mail & General Trust has expanded its information business with the acquisition of an online property search business, Sitescope.
LONDON - Patsy Kensit, actress and serial rock-star wife, has made a new career move, becoming the voice of the deal at an online casino.
LONDON - AOL UK has turned to print and radio for the latest recruits to its interactive marketing strategy team, appointing Domenica DiLieto of the Evening Standard and Brigitte Stanley of Capital Radio as sales strategy managers.
LONDON - Fox Television has become the latest US TV network to pull back from reality TV shows in a shake-up of its summer schedule that will see it screen more traditional comedies and dramas.
LONDON - Caroline McDevitt, the chief executive of Barb who piloted the organisation through the introduction of a controversial new audience panel, is stepping down from her post.
LONDON - ITV is looking for sponsors for the new series of its lifestyle and property shows, 'Everything Must Go', 'I Want that House' and 'Moving Day', which will be broadcast as part of its autumn schedule.
LONDON - It has happened in the US and now British viewers will finally get to see some action here, as Channel 4 says it plans to show the episode of the US 'Big Brother 4' in which two contestants got it together.
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