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Social media raises concern about Disney trademark
When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" ...
News Corp 3Q beats Street on pay TV, 'Pi'
News Corp. beat Wall Street's forecast for the January-March quarter, helped by growing revenue from pay TV networks including Fox News Channel and ...
Disney drops bid to trademark Day of Dead name
Disney has dropped an effort to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" holiday celebrated by millions in Mexico ...
Disney 2Q results beat Street; shares rise
Revenue gains at Disney's parks and movie studio led to a 32 percent increase in net income during the January-March quarter. The results, which ...
Television viewers make their choice of killers
The television audience appears to have made its choice of serial killers. Fox's Joe Carroll beats NBC's Hannibal Lecter in viewer interest.
Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses
Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed ...
'Iron Man 3' finishes with $174.1M opening weekend
Disney's Marvel Studios continues to mine precious metal with a $174.1 million opening weekend for "Iron Man 3," the second-biggest domestic debut ...
Disney teams with EA on 'Star Wars' video games
Disney is not giving up on "Star Wars" video games after all. A month after shutting down game production at Lucasfilm subsidiary LucasArts, The Walt ...
Will Downey suit up again after $175M 'IM3' haul?
Iron Man reigns as the standard-bearer of Hollywood superheroes with a $175.3 million domestic opening weekend for his latest sequel and an overseas ...
Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories
In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish.
CBS' Moonves dismisses Aereo as 1Q earns top views
CBS Corp. Chief Executive Les Moonves gave an upbeat view of the health of broadcast TV Wednesday as the company reported strong results for the first ...
Mitch Albom switches publishers, has 3-book deal
Mitch Albom, one of the country's most popular authors, has a new publisher and a new novel coming this fall. The author of the sentimental favorite ...
Media companies benefit from higher network fees
Media companies benefited from higher fees for cable television networks such as TBS, Comedy Central and CNBC in the first three months of the year.
'American Idol' is now 3rd-rated competition show
Television's champion for nearly a decade, Fox's "American Idol," now isn't even the most popular competition show on the air. Both editions of "The ...
'Pain & Gain' leads US box office with $20.2M
Mark Wahlberg's true-crime romp "Pain & Gain" led the domestic box office with $20.2 million over a quiet weekend that preceded the start of ...
'Iron Man 3' rules world, 'Pain & Gain' takes US
"Iron Man 3" was the heavy-lifter at theaters with a colossal overseas debut that overshadowed a gang of mercenary bodybuilders in a sleepy pre-summer ...
Big week for news with Boston Marathon bombs story
The deadly Boston Marathon bombings and the massive manhunt for two suspects helped television news, with Fox News Channel leading all cable networks ...
'Oblivion' blasts off with $37M at box office
"Oblivion" cruised to the top of the weekend box office. The Tom Cruise science-fiction thriller led Hollywood with a $37 million debut. Though many ...
Fans sink into Cruise's 'Oblivion' in $38.2M debut
Movie fans slipped into "Oblivion" as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
SeaWorld makes a splash on NYSE as stock gains
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. made a splash Friday in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The owner of theme parks famous for water ...
'Star Wars' films to come yearly starting in 2015
Disney is turning "Star Wars" films into an annual summer ritual. Walt Disney Co. chairman Alan Horn announced Wednesday that the studio would release ...
NCAA men's basketball title game wins ratings
Unlike the men's basketball championship game itself, there was no contest in the ratings. Louisville's gripping victory over Michigan to win the NCAA ...
Jackie Robinson Day: '42' wins weekend with $27.5M
The Jackie Robinson drama "42" led the domestic box office with $27.5 million in its opening weekend, 66 years after he became the first black player ...
'42' scores at home, Cruise dominates overseas
Baseball has scored a rare hit in Hollywood, while another American institution — Tom Cruise — has delivered his latest hit overseas. The Jackie ...
A country music upset in the Nielsen ratings
There's a change in the pecking order for country music's competing awards shows, at least for this season. The Academy of Country Music Awards on ...