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Indept. News &Media - Annual Information Update
 Independent News ∓ Media PLC Annual Information Document for the period from 20 May 2011 up to and including 18 May 2012. The Company published its annual financial statements in respect of the year ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:04:24 -0700

Watchdog to probe Hunt in News Corp row
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's beleaguered media minister Jeremy Hunt, under fire over his contacts with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, came under renewed pressure on Monday after a parliamentary watchdog said it would investigate allegations he had failed to declare donations from media firms. Labour has already called for his resignation amid allegations he was too close to News Corp as he ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:47:07 -0700

News Summary: Film company plans Abu Dhabi studio
THE NEWS: Digital Domain Media Group, an American special effects company behind "Transformers" and the Tupac Shakur hologram, is setting up a studio in Abu Dhabi.

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:49:52 -0700

China's Bo Xilai scandal revs up news media run by exiles
The scandal involving fallen politician Bo Xilai and his wife gives news outlets run by Chinese exiles a lot of ammunition against the Communist Party. BEIJING — "Beijing power struggle heralds end of China Communist Party," screams one headline.

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:57:10 -0700

Scandal revs up news media run by Chinese exiles
BEIJING _ "Beijing power struggle heralds end of China Communist Party," screams one headline. More sensational headlines purport to reveal how the wife of recently sacked Politburo member Bo Xilai poisoned an Englishman, who may have been her lover.

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:24:22 -0700