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"Mickey Mouse wants to know if you would like this big, fresh box of popcorn." The power of free popcorn, a lesson from Disney University.
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"Mickey Mouse wants to know if you would like this big, fresh box of popcorn." The power of free popcorn, a lesson from Disney University.
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LOS ANGELES, April 4- Walt Disney Co expects to begin layoffs at its studio and consumer product divisions within the next two weeks, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, in the latest cost-reduction step to emerge from a company-wide review.
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SYDNEY, April 4- Australia's Fairfax Media, publisher of some of the country's leading newspapers, said on Thursday it is reorganising its business into five divisions to streamline its structure, focus on digital content and cut costs.
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This author was recently out of work and out of hope, but in his new book he shares his real-life advice on how to find a job when it seems hopeless.
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WELLINGTON, March 28- Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand metropolitan newspapers on Friday. Parata calls for system shift in education: New Zealand needs to raise the academic achievement of its Maori and Pacific Island students to match those of Pakeha students, Education Minister Hekia Parata said in Queenstown yesterday.
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HONG KONG/ TAIPEI, March 27- Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai said on Wednesday he would never sell his print empire in Taiwan, closing the door on a $600 million deal by pro- China businessmen to buy the operation amid fears of Chinese meddling in the island's press freedom.
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Regulators in the United States and New Zealand have already cleared the deal. Random House, the biggest book publisher in the United States and Britain, has been buoyed by the success of the "Fifty Shades" trilogy of novels. Penguin is the No. 2 player in the United States and third in Britain.
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Spurred by signs of stabilization, thanks mainly to growing revenue from digital subscriptions, newspaper publishers, including the likes of Tribune Co and New York Times Co, are putting notable dailies- the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe- up for sale.
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Spurred by signs of stabilization, thanks mainly to growing revenue from digital subscriptions, newspaper publishers, including the likes of Tribune Co and New York Times Co, are putting notable dailies- the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe- up for sale.
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LOS ANGELES, March 26- Hollywood trade magazine Variety launches a new era on Tuesday with the publication of its first weekly glossy magazine focused on in-depth, analytical stories aimed squarely at entertainment industry professionals.
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Spurred by signs of stabilization, thanks mainly to growing revenue from digital subscriptions, newspaper publishers, including the likes of Tribune Co and New York Times Co, are putting notable dailies- the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe- up for sale.
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Spurred by signs of stabilization, thanks mainly to growing revenue from digital subscriptions, newspaper publishers, including the likes of Tribune Co and New York Times Co, are putting notable dailies- the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe- up for sale.
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*Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP and investor Carl Icahn have each separately submitted preliminary takeover proposals for Dell Inc, the embattled computer maker. *News Corp wants the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to waive a ban on consolidation between TV stations and newspapers in local markets, but it is not without setbacks.
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CAIRO, March 24- The Egyptian government is close to a deal with Orascom Construction Industries over a tax dispute, the finance minister was quoted by local media as saying on Sunday. Al-Mursi Al-Sayed Hegazy said so far the agreement was for OCI to pay 7.1 billion Egyptian pounds, Al-Borsa and Al-Youm Al-Sabei newspapers reported.
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DUBLIN, March 24- A syndicate of banks has tabled proposals to reduce Independent News& Media's 420- million-euro debt burden that would see it take a large equity stake in Ireland's largest newspaper group, the Sunday Times reported.
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*Achebe was a vocal critic of corruption in Nigeria. LAGOS, March 22- Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely seen as the grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82.. From the publication of his first novel, "Things Fall Apart", over 50 years ago, Achebe shaped an understanding of Africa from an African perspective more than any other author.
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*Achebe was a vocal critic of corruption in Nigeria. LAGOS, March 22- Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely seen as the grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82.. From the publication of his first novel, "Things Fall Apart", over 50 years ago, Achebe shaped an understanding of Africa from an African perspective more than any other author.
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LAGOS, March 22- Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, widely seen as a grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82, publisher Penguin said on Friday. Achebe's early work focused on the social upheavals caused by colonialism in Africa. "
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LONDON, March 22- Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, widely seen as a grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82, publisher Penguin said on Friday. Achebe made his name more than 50 years ago with his novel "Things Fall Apart," about an African tribe's fatal brush with British colonialism in the 1800 s.
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WELLINGTON, March 22- Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand metropolitan newspapers on Friday. Last climber from Hillary's Everest team dies: George Lowe, the last surviving climber from the team that made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, has died.