Interpublic shakes up media operations
The move is another sign of the growing importance of deciding where marketers place advertising, how much they pay and how they apportion ads between traditional and digital media.

Bringing Bangladesh into the Internet age
A group of Bangladeshi expatriates have developed a plan to bring affordable Internet access to their homeland through a blend of high-end wireless technology and what the company calls social entrepreneurship.

EMC replaces the chief and co-founder of VMware
Diane Greene, the former chief executive and co-founder of VMware, had been pushing hard for the company to be spun off early next year.

A cartoonlike way to chat from Google
Lively, an online tool, allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with friends and other Internet users in virtual chat rooms.

Actors' federation approve new contract
Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have approved their new contract with Hollywood's major production companies by a margin, dealing a setback to the efforts of the Screen Actors Guild, which is holding out for substantially better terms.

Nickelback signs up with Live Nation
By signing the Canadian rock band, Live Nation took another step toward expanding its role at the center of the music industry.

A private dance? 4 million Web fans say no
"Dancing," which more than four million people have viewed on YouTube, is the online equivalent of a platinum hit, seeping from one computer to the next like a virus.

'Survivor' producer Mark Burnett sued for $70 million
A former business partner claims he is entitled to 10 percent of Burnett's reality TV company.

Fox adds Wall Street Journal technology columnist
Walt Mossberg, who writes two columns for The Wall Street Journal, is the most prominent person from the newspaper to contribute to the cable channel.

DreamWorks to drop AMD for Intel chips
Following through on a commitment made last year to make all its movies in 3-D, DreamWorks Animation said it would switch from AMD computer chips to Intel chips, retooling some 1,000 workstations and 1,500 server units over the next 18 months.

Microsoft is open to Yahoo deal if board is replaced
Carl Icahn is mounting a proxy fight against Yahoo's board, one built on the gamble that he can bring Microsoft back to the negotiating table.
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