broadcasting

Tribune exits bankruptcy with new TV-focused board

CHICAGO (AP) - More than four years after crushing debt and plunging advertising sales forced it to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Tribune Co. has emerged with a new television-focused board and over $1 billion in new financing. Led by such creative and technology heavyweights as Ross

Review: Making Facebook a warmer, smaller space

By TALI ARBELAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A woman I haven't spoken to in six years is pregnant with her second son. Another college acquaintance reads the Bible a lot. A high school classmate likes to rant about politics. A college dormmate thinks he works too much. On Facebook, I'm

Australian radio chair: Station reviewing policy

By By GREGORY KATZAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - The reverberations from the death of a nurse who accepted a hoax phone call about the ill Duchess of Cambridge spread through two countries Sunday, as Australian authorities said London police had contacted them about a possible investigation. The

Democrats want jobless benefits in 'cliff' deal

By By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hovering in the background of the "fiscal cliff" debate is the prospect of 2 million people losing their unemployment benefits four days after Christmas. "This is the real cliff," said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. He's been leading the effort to