Barack Obama's plan to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a Denver outdoor stadium instead of the arena in which his party's convention will be held sent the television networks scrambling Monday.

Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of The Washington Post on Monday, three months after resigning under pressure from the top newsroom job at The Wall Street Journal.

British rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his raucous family -- former stars of MTV -- are headed back to U.S. television as hosts of a prime-time variety hour in the works for the Fox network.

When media and technology tycoons convene Tuesday in idyllic southern Idaho for five days of dealmaking and outdoor recreation, the mountain air will carry more than a whiff of uncertainty as most arrive with their businesses in various states of disarray.

A potential deal between Yahoo and Time Warner's AOL division is unlikely before Yahoo's annual meeting on Aug. 1, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday.

Among the premarket stories for Monday, July 7, from AP Financial News:

A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded shares of News Corp. on Monday, saying threats from digital content distribution and the company's exposure to the newspaper business are cause for concern.

It's good to be king — at least for two weeks.

Microsoft is preparing a new bid for Yahoo's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal, the Wall Street Journal reported.

News Corp. has decided not to sell the community newspapers it acquired as part of its purchase last year of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co.

Venezuelan regulators are forcing a local TV station to show public service announcements as punishment for broadcasting "The Simpsons" during a time slot reserved for children's programs.

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill Monday outlawing cyberbullying, just miles from where a 13-year-old girl committed suicide nearly two years ago after being harassed on the Internet.

News Corp. and a private equity firm offered Friday to buy out public shareholders of News Corp.'s publicly traded subsidiary NDS Group PLC.

A Missouri woman charged in connection with an Internet hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide may have her Los Angeles trial postponed.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp <NWSa.N> may bid for two major pay-TV players, Germany's Premiere AG <PREGn.DE> and Spain's Digital+, in a move that could give more responsibility to James Murdoch, son of Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.