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Battle for Yahoo
In depth: What next for the internet company following the collapse of a deal with Microsoft
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Online advertising hit by spending cuts
The online and media industries are feeling the effects of the credit crisis as research shows that internet advertising is facing a slowdown after five years of breakneck growth
Icahn takes his seat at Yahoo table
Yahoo’s reconstituted board is expected to meet for the first time on Tuesday, with activist member Carl Icahn committed to renewing the pressure for a deal with Microsoft
Archant chief poised to lead Johnston Press
Johnston Press is poised to appoint John Fry, the chief executive of rival newspaper group Archant to lead its fight against an increasingly tough trading challenge.
Yell debt restructuring talks
The classified directories group has opened negotiations with lenders over restructuring its £3.7bn debt after its shares lost 80 per cent of their value in the past year
Spielberg leaves Paramount for Reliance
Steven Spielberg has completed his protracted exit from Paramount Pictures after sealing a $1.2bn deal with Reliance Big Entertainment of India to finance his future projects
Lex: Informa bid collapses
There’s hard to get, then there’s Informa. Is this the most intractable board alive?
Move for Informa collapses
Private equity consortium led by Providence Equity Partners walks away from deal with Informa over banks’ inability to finance increased bid
Kelner navigates choppy waters
Simon Kelner is finding out fast, and at an unforgiving time, what life is like on the management side of newspapers. After 10 years as editor of The Independent, he is now managing director of the paper and its Sunday sister title
Setanta in World Cup highlights deal with ITV
ITV in agreement with Setanta, for a cost that has not been made public, that it will show highlights of England’s remaining three away World Cup qualifying games
Thomson Reuters feels effect of market falls
The institutions toppled by the financial crisis of recent months account for just 1 per cent of the annual revenues of the new Thomson Reuters, the financial and professional data provider’s chief executive told shareholders
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| Business Information Markets 2008-2009 | Simba Information - Reports | 12/23/2008 | $2655 |
| Independent Yellow Pages Publishers 2008: Forecast & Analysis | Simba Information - Reports | 11/30/2008 | $2655 |
| Simba Information's 2008 National Textbook Adoptions Scorecard and 2009 Outlook | Simba Information - Reports | 11/30/2008 | $945 |
| Global Professional Publishing 2008-2009 | Simba Information - Reports | 11/26/2008 | $2655 |
| Global STM Publishing 2008-2009 | Simba Information - Reports | 11/7/2008 | $2370 |
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