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1. Amazon.com to Sell More Films in HD DVD - 2007-07-02 00:46:16-04
   The company currently offers more than 300 HD DVD titles for sale on its site, and more than 400 that use the competing Blu-ray DVD format championed by Sony.
   
2. Public Enemy to Use a Digital Distributor - 2007-07-02 00:47:36-04
   TuneCore, a digital music distributor, is expected to announce that Public Enemy, one of the seminal hip-hop groups, will use its service for its new album.
   
3. A Rat Chef Leads Way at Box Office - 2007-07-02 00:56:56-04
   The rodents of "Ratatouille" and the fireworks of "Live Free or Die Hard" joined at the box office over the weekend to narrowly reverse Hollywood's recent slump.
   
4. The Media Equation: How the Grid Is Changing the Village - 2007-07-02 01:03:46-04
   A broader popular culture that many residents of Corinth, N.Y., have rejected by leaving big cities now rides back toward them on the information superhighway.
   
5. Virgin Media, British Cable Service, Gets Takeover Offer - 2007-07-02 21:27:32-04
   Virgin Media, the British cable company whose largest investor is Richard Branson, said that it had received a takeover proposal.
   
6. Russian Online Music Service Closes - 2007-07-02 21:27:36-04
   AllofMP3.com, a Russian online music service accused of skirting copyright law, has shut down but may be back in business elsewhere, authorities said.
   
7. Trial in Editor's Killing Opens, Testing Rule of Law in Turkey - 2007-07-02 22:56:29-04
   Eighteen young men are charged in the assassination of the newspaper editor Hrant Dink, a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent, who was shot and killed in January.
   
8. News Corp. Buys Two Weeklies, Expanding New York City Reach - 2007-07-02 23:17:40-04
   The News Corporation, owner of The New York Post, bought two weekly newspapers in the Bronx, giving it a chain of neighborhood papers throughout New York City.
   
9. Advertising: Engaging at Any Speed? Commercials Put to Test - 2007-07-02 23:23:01-04
   In new experiments for NBC, people are observed as they watch commercials in fast-forward mode.
   
10. Raymond Douglas, a Times Executive, Is Dead at 58 - 2007-07-03 08:16:47-04
    Raymond E. Douglas, a former New York Times executive who played a major role in introducing color and new sections to the paper, died on Friday.
    
11. World Business Briefing: Media Company Is Acquired and Then Divided - 2007-07-03 23:15:48-04
    Two Australian media companies, the Macquarie Media Group and Fairfax Media, began a $1.08 billion bid for Southern Cross Broadcasting.
    
12. Raymond Douglas, 58, an Executive Who Helped Add Color to the Times, Dies - 2007-07-04 20:47:54-04
    Mr. Douglas had a major technological role when The New York Times introduced color in its news pages and added new sections in the 1990s.
    
13. Advertising: An Emotional Connection Between Sleeper and Mattress - 2007-07-04 21:55:19-04
    Tempur-Pedic, a leader in specialty foam mattresses, has opted for a new message promoting the product not as a bed, but as a wellness brand.
    
14. Advertising: Five, Six, Seven, Eight: Madison Avenue Shows It Still Loves the Right Moves - 2007-07-05 23:51:14-04
    Madison Avenue is going all Fred-and-Ginger on consumers, filling commercials, Web sites and other forms of advertising with energetic dance steps and music.
    
15. [TS] Talking Business: Giving Nepotism a Good Name - 2007-07-07 01:06:31-04
    While corporate America's family sagas are often mired in public drama, Comcast's smooth father-to-son handoff offers a different model.
    
16. Media Frenzy: All Shook Up, Right Down to the Musical Core - 2007-07-07 14:47:24-04
    News that the Universal Music Group would no longer guarantee Apple access to its coming releases could shake up the digital music business.
    
17. Network for Blacks Broadens Its Schedule - 2007-07-08 22:33:54-04
    Black Entertainment Television is introducing 16 shows through 2008, the biggest lineup of debuts in its 27-year history.
    
18. British Press Assails Curbs on Reporting - 2007-07-08 22:36:40-04
    Media organizations say Britain's tight reporting restrictions hamper their ability to cover terrorism stories.
    
19. The Media Equation: Ethics Tenet Is on Trial in Minnesota - 2007-07-08 22:37:08-04
    Can a newspaper maintain editorial independence under the shadows cast by its publisher's conduct?
    
20. Transformers Dominate Culinary Rats at Box Office - 2007-07-08 22:49:11-04
    The robot aliens of "Transformers" have sold $152.5 million in tickets at American theaters since that film's debut last Monday.