Online piracy costs jobs, says music industry
New York: In its harshest indictment yet of Internet piracy, a top official of the music industry said on Sunday Europe's 600,000 music professionals risk losing their jobs unless the industry fights back.
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Oil tycoon Marvin Davis plans fresh bid for Vivendi
Paris: Billionaire oil man Marvin Davis is preparing a new bid for the entertainment assets of French-American media company of Vivendi Universal in a round of meetings set for later this month, a Davis spokesman said on Saturday.
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Fiat's founders to tighten management control
Milan: Fiat's controlling shareholders will strengthen their role in its management, with ailing honorary chairman Gianni Agnelli's younger brother likely to become chairman, newspaper La Repubblica said on Sunday.
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File swapping: Music firms now want ISPs to pay up
New York: A top music executive said on Saturday that telecommunications companies and Internet service providers (ISPs) will be asked to pay up for giving their customers access to free song-swapping sites.
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US airlines in big seat-selling ties
Washington: The Bush administration cleared the largest-ever US airline marketing alliance on Friday, allowing three carriers to sell seats on each other's flights, but imposed restrictions on certain routes, and required them in certain cases to give up airport gates and facilities.
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