Music giants invest in online Artistdirect
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Up to $97.5 million (94.7 million euros) was invested by four major music companies in Artistdirect Inc. Cisneros Television Group and Yahoo!Inc., along with other firms, invested the money in Artistdirect, an online music company.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2000
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News Corp. plans to buy TV empire from Chris-Craft
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News Corp. acquired the television stations owned by Chris-Craft Industries for $5.3 billion.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2000
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Viacom's president quits amid tensions with chief: Freston, Moonves named co-presidents by Redstone; is Karmazin off to Disney?
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Viacom Inc.'s Mel Karmazin resigned suddenly as the company's chief operating officer and president, bringing tensions with chairman, controlling shareholder and chief executive Sumner Redstone to an end. Redstone appointed Tom Freston of MTV Networks and Leslie Moonves of CBS co-presidents.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2004
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