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By Liana B. Baker May 21 (Reuters) - ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co's most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with knowledge of the cuts said. The job cuts,...

By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 21 (Reuters) - Toronto's mayor, facing allegations that he has been caught on video smoking crack cocaine, saw his dreams of a building a full-service casino in the heart of Canada's largest city dashed on Tuesday, as council...

Por Liana B. Baker Mayo 21 (Reuters) - ESPN, el canal deportivo y la unidad más rentable de Walt Disney Co, recortará entre 300 y 400 empleos en toda la compañía y cerrará una oficina pequeña en Denver, informó una persona con conocimiento sobre...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a target of criticism for his often unconventional conduct, on Friday denied media allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. "Absolutely not true," Ford told reporters gathered outside...

By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 17 (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, his lawyer told the Toronto Sun on Friday. Reporters for the Toronto Star, a rival Canadian newspaper, and Gawker Media, a U.S. media...

May 07 (TheWrap.com) - Manti Te'o's girlfriend might have turned out to be fictional -- but she's helped to spark a very real lawsuit. Peteski Productions, one of the producers on syndicated talk show "Dr. Phil," has filed a suit against Gawker Media...

By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Reuters) - Silicon Valley is taking itself a tad too seriously, and a few of its shriller residents have taken note. Recent weeks have seen the birth of a few new blogs poking fun at America's crucible of...

Box office report. New troubles for News Corp. in Russia. A review of Bruce Springsteen's latest CD....

The Fox Mole may be out of a job, but he says the legal threats Fox News is making against Gawker are "baseless." The Fox Mole, former "O'Reilly Factor" associate producer Joe Muto, has said he will continue to share his tales of life inside the news...

Op-Ed columnist Tim Rutten takes a dismal look at the AOL/Huffington Post merger in Wednesday’s Opinion pages. But his critique also casts a wider net to assess the current state of Web-driven journalism, where there’s too much emphasis on frequency,....