Cinema Chains Are Adding Large-Format Screens Like Imax in a Bid for Growth

Big chains are adding large-format screens in an effort to find new ways to grow in the United States and Canada, where business has been softening for a decade.



Lofty Newspaper Project Is Closed After Two Years

Project Thunderdome, an ambitious effort to provide articles to 75 newsrooms owned by Digital First Media, will be shut down as the company looks to cut costs and focus on local news.

    

China Appears Set to Force Times Reporter to Leave

Austin Ramzy would be the second Times correspondent obliged to leave mainland China in 13 months because of an unprocessed visa application.

    



Payout May Come for an A.B.A. Team That Is Long Gone

A deal negotiated with the N.B.A. and four former American Basketball Association teams would end television revenue payments to Ozzie and Daniel Silna, brothers who owned a now-defunct A.B.A. team.

    



Plan for Tribune Spinoff Raises Concerns for Future of Newspaper Operations

The new company being created to publish The Chicago Tribune and other papers will have to pay rent and a dividend to its former parent.

    



Bloomberg News Is Said to Curb Articles That Might Anger China

Employees said Bloomberg News chose not to publish investigative articles about China’s leadership because of worries that it would be evicted from the country.

    



A Leaner Times Aims for Global Growth

After shedding outside holdings, The New York Times Company this week will introduce The International New York Times and, later, new subscription, video and consumer initiatives.

    



Bloomberg Reporters’ Practices Become Crucial Issue for Company

Many people claim the company encourages its news operation and business side to work together.

    

DealBook: Hunch About Bloomberg Brought Rivals Together

Suspicions that reporters were monitoring bank executives never amounted to much until an official at Goldman Sachs called his counterpart at JPMorgan.

    

Former I.B.M. Chief, Palmisano, to Lead Bloomberg Privacy Review

The company named Samuel J. Palmisano, former I.B.M. chief, to review its practices after complaints that Bloomberg reporters were snooping in data terminals.

    

Media Decoder: Snooping and the News Media: It’s a 2-Way Street

Lines are being crossed in all directions, with the government seizing journalists’ phone records, and Bloomberg reporters monitoring the actions of their clients.

    

More Clients Ask Questions of Bloomberg

Bloomberg L.P. hastened to shield its lucrative terminal business and appease its subscribers after accusations of privacy violations.

    

Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping

Reporters at Bloomberg News were told to use the terminals to get an edge in the competitive world of financial journalism, more than half a dozen former employees said.

    

Privacy Breach on Bloomberg’s Data Terminals

Bloomberg News confirmed that reporters for its news service used the the company’s terminals to monitor subscribers’ usage.

    

A Bid to Thwart Los Angeles Times Sale to Kochs

Labor and liberal advocacy groups are fighting a potential sale of The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers to David H. Koch and his brother Charles G. Koch.

    

The Media Equation: For Media Moguls, Paydays That Outstrip Other Fields

Leaders in other industries may be well paid, but they earn far less than their media counterparts.

    

Scripps Networks Is Adding 52 New Series

Scripps Networks Interactive, which includes the Food Network and HGTV, hopes to please advertisers seeking original programming with a total of 52 new series.

    

Koch Brothers Making Play for Tribune’s Newspapers

Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, are exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company’s eight regional newspapers.

    

CBS Acquires 50% Stake in Former TV Guide Network

The company said Tuesday that it had completed a deal to buy a half interest in TVGN, formerly the TV Guide Network.

Time Warner’s Spinoff Plan Returns to Basics

With the spinoff of Time Inc., Time Warner has become an example of the media industry’s shift away from rapid acquisition and growth.