Music News

  • Playboy in talks to be sold

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc is in talks with Jim Griffiths, a former entertainment president at the company, and private equity firm Golden Gate Capital, to sell itself for about $300 million, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.

    November 14, 2009, 5:40 am
  • Playboy in talks with Griffiths, Golden Gate

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc is in talks with Jim Griffiths, a former entertainment president at Playboy, and private equity firm Golden Gate Capital, to sell itself for about $300 million, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.

    November 14, 2009, 3:31 am
  • Liberty Global pays $3 billion cash for Unitymedia

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Liberty Global, the international cable operator controlled by John Malone, has agreed to buy Unitymedia from a private equity group for $3 billion in its first German acquisition.

    November 14, 2009, 3:07 am
  • Harry Potter star Radcliffe denies smoking cannabis

    LONDON (Reuters) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has denied smoking cannabis at a party, after allegations appeared in British tabloid the Daily Mirror.

    November 14, 2009, 1:31 am
  • Daniel Radcliffe denies smoking cannabis

    LONDON (Reuters) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has denied smoking cannabis at a party, after allegations appeared in British tabloid the Daily Mirror.

    November 14, 2009, 1:25 am
  • Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, on tour after 33 years

    LONDON (Reuters) - British folk singer Yusuf Islam takes the stage on Sunday on his first full tour since 1976, when he was still known as Cat Stevens and was famous the world over for hits like "Wild World" and "Morning Has Broken."

    November 14, 2009, 12:56 am
  • Panel urges Ashes, other events kept for free TV

    LONDON (Reuters) - An independent panel urged the government on Friday to reserve several high profile sports events, including England's home Ashes tests, for free-to-air TV despite opposition from sporting bodies and Rupert Murdoch.

    November 13, 2009, 11:45 pm
  • Liberty Global to buy Unitymedia for $5.2 billion

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Liberty Global, the international cable operator controlled by U.S. cable pioneer John Malone, has agreed to buy Germany's Unitymedia from a private equity group for $5.2 billion, its first German buy.

    November 13, 2009, 9:51 pm
  • New York Times says to cut further 25 jobs in 2010

    (Reuters) - Less than a month after cutting 100 newsroom jobs, the New York Times said on its website it would fire at least 25 editorial employees next year at the New York Times News Service.

    November 13, 2009, 6:37 pm