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Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle

AP News 4 hours ago

Once-private records depict YouTube founder as video pirate, show Viacom wanted to buy YouTube Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle ...

Nasty Google-Viacom billion-dollar battle goes public

AFP Global Edition 18 hours ago

Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar copyright battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom. Viacom was also a target in filings with Google countering that the US entertainment giant ...

Viacom, Google accuse other of YouTube hypocrisy

Reuters US Online Report Business News 19 hours ago

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Viacom Inc accused Google Inc of turning a blind eye to illegal video clips on its YouTube site in a bid to attract viewers, according to court documents released on Thursday. Google countered that Viacom managers continued ...

Google-Viacom lawsuit deal cloaks YouTube user identities

AFP Global Edition 19 hours ago

Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar court battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom. Viacom was also a target in filings with Google countering that the US entertainment giant ...

Business Highlights

AP News 20 hours ago

Business Highlights Economic mixed bag: No inflation but little hiring WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of an economy growing modestly without producing inflation yet struggling to create jobs emerged from government reports. The number of newly laid-off workers requesting jobless benefits fell ...

Court records illuminate Viacom-YouTube battle

AP News 23 hours ago

Court records show YouTube founders views on copyright, reveal Viacom wanted to buy YouTube YouTube co-founder Steve Chen once warned fellow co-founder Jawed Karim to stop posting pirated videos on their Web site, according to court documents unsealed Thursday as part of ...

Viacom to drop Jon Stewart, Colbert Report from Hulu

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 15 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Comedy Central is withdrawing its popular comedy shows "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" from online video service Hulu, a Hulu executive said on Tuesday. Hulu's senior vice president of content and ...

Daily Show, Colbert Report to be removed from Hulu

AP News 16 days ago

Hulu to lose Daily Show, Colbert Report after failing to secure further rights from Viacom Video streaming site Hulu is saying goodbye to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, two popular shows from Comedy Central that will no longer be streamed ...

Viacom's 1Q earnings fall 34 percent

AP News 19 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Viacom's 1st-quarter earnings fall 34 percent as ad and entertainment revenues decline</div><div><p>Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit fell 34 percent, hurt by falling ad and entertainment revenue. But there are signs things may be easing.</p><p> ...

"Star Trek" weekend box office nudged higher

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 19 days ago

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Star Trek" keeps getting hotter at the North American box office.</p><p>The eleventh movie in Paramount Pictures' reenergized sci-fi franchise earned $75.2 million during the three days beginning Friday, according to final data issued on Monday.</p><p>A day ...

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