DreamWorks decides on distribution deal with Universal Studios
The movie executives Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider reached a deal to distribute films from their restructured company through Universal rather than Walt Disney.

Financial crisis likely to weigh on mobile phone makers
Handset makers have already started to feel the pinch from slowing economies, with sales falling in Western Europe, but so far that has been offset by booming demand from emerging markets.

Credit crunch leads JCDecaux to abandon takeover
A combination of the French company and News Outdoor Group would have created the largest billboard advertising company in the world.

In times of cutbacks, computer makers put hopes in small devices
In belt-tightening times like these, computer makers are hoping consumers will embrace miniature laptops as a more affordable option to standard laptops and computers.

Hollywood is banking on moviegoers' enduring desires
After taking a big hit during the Depression, the Hollywood box office came back strong - and this time could be no different.

Abu Dhabi to be host to major Western media groups
Setting up shop in the United Arab Emirates will be CNN, HarperCollins, Random House, the BBC, The Financial Times and the charity arm of Thomson Reuters.

South Korea links Web slander to celebrity suicides
The suicide of Choi Jin Sil, the "national actress," has led the authorities to attack Internet rumor-mongering.

For Greenspan's wife, covering the financial crisis is on a case-by-case basis
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News correspondent and wife of the former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, has for years kept her potential conflict of interest in check.

Campaign articles from Newsweek become e-books for Amazon Kindle
It would seem to be a magazine's dream: Take something you have already published and sold, repackage it and distribute it without paper or ink expenses.

Mainstream news outlets start linking to other sites
By embracing the hyperlink ethos of the Web to a degree not seen before, news organizations are now acting in effect like aggregators.

It's easy to find Tina Fey on TV, but not her show
With Fey about the hottest name in show business right now, several NBC executives have asked why her show "30 Rock" won't be on air until Oct. 30.

The rumor mill that won't stop running
Internet-fueled falsehoods and day-trading sites allow for highly tailored rumors to be amplified quickly and exploited. And in recent days there has been a range of false reports that have managed to gain purchase across the globe while the truth is still logging on.