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Carrie Kania will lead HarperCollins’s new imprint.

HarperCollins Puts Its Money on New ‘It Books’ Imprint

By MOTOKO RICH

Just a month after it shuttered an entire division, the publisher is opening a new imprint focused on pop culture and content derived from the Web.

YouTube and Universal Music Are Said to Discuss Deal

By MIGUEL HELFT

A licensing agreement could lead to the creation of a new premium Web site for music videos.

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An ad aimed at Hispanics says, “A glass of water can make the difference.”

A Campaign for Clean Drinking Water Expands

By STUART ELLIOTT

A restaurant patron who asks for tap water instead of bottled will be helping to supply clean water to developing countries.

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Working with eBay, Hearst will run inserts in Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Esquire.

As Earth Day Nears, eBay Shows Its Green Side

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

The company is burnishing its environmental credentials, and working with Hearst magazines to promote them.

Cable Companies Target Commercials to Audience

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

Cablevision will use demographic data to route ads to specific households in parts of the New York City area.

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Fans at the Bonnaroo music festival last June in Manchester, Tenn. This year, tickets for Bonnaroo and several other music festivals can be paid for in as many as three installments.

Music Festivals Adopt an Installment Pay Plan

By JENNA WORTHAM

Festival promoters for events like Bonnaroo are trying to improve ticket sales by dividing the price of admission into smaller bites.

Blockbuster Hires Help to Restructure Its Debt

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED

The struggling video rental chain has hired the law firm Kirkland & Ellis to help it restructure its debt, the company said on Tuesday.

Amazon says its Kindle 2, above, and devices like Apple’s iPhone and iPod are complementary.

Amazon to Sell E-Books for Apple Devices

By BRAD STONE

Owners of iPod and iPhone Touch can download free software that will provide access to the 240,000 e-books on Amazon.com.

The New Kindle App: Good Start, but Where’s the Downloading?

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The use of Snickers language on a taxi. The company is hoping its light approach will spur purchases in penny-pinching times.

The Vocabulary of Snacking, Lightly Sweetened

By STUART ELLIOTT

The confectionery behemoth Mars is introducing a campaign for its best-selling brand, Snickers, that is centered on a make-believe language called Snacklish.

Thomson Reuters Plans Video-on-Demand Service

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

The global purveyor of financial news will offer searchable transcripts and video in the next few months.

Supreme Court to Revisit a Case on Breach of Copyright

By ADAM LIPTAK

The justices will decide whether courts may approve global class-action settlements that include claims they would not have had jurisdiction to decide.

Reporter Says Outburst Was Spontaneous

By BRIAN STELTER

Rick Santelli, a CNBC reporter who suggested a “Chicago Tea Party” to protest the mortgage bailout plan, said he did not coordinate his comments with right-wing groups.

Jane Velez-Mitchell is the host of “Issues” on Headline News.

A Fill-In on Cable News Is Thrust Into Host’s Chair

By BRIAN STELTER

The sudden assignment of Jane Velez-Mitchell to a permanent slot in the Headline News nightly schedule became a surprising success for the network.

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Liked the Show? Maybe It Was the Commercials

By BENEDICT CAREY

Hate commercials? They may enhance your television-viewing experience.

Philadelphia Daily News to Be Edition of Inquirer

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The company that owns both papers will start publishing the tabloid Daily News as an edition of the broadsheet Inquirer starting March 30.

A Plea to Keep Cameras Rolling in New York

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

Film and television workers are asking the state to expand, not cut, a program of tax breaks to production studios.

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In a crowded field, some cooking magazines are taking a more economical approach.

Food Magazines Begin to Consider Cooks’ Budgets

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

As upscale food magazines like Gourmet and Food & Wine try to survive the shaky economy, it is out with the truffles, in with the button mushrooms.

Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt

By BRIAN STELTER

As copyrighted material is excerpted online, some owners would rather have clicks than credit.

In Denver, Residents Lament the Closing of a Newspaper

By CHRISTINE TATUM

After 150 years, the Rocky Mountain News was closed for good, leaving residents with one remaining large newspaper and not many takers.

Washington Post Corrects a Goof on Doonesbury

Volunteers Put the Economist Into Chinese

Advertising: Product Placements, Deftly Woven Into the Story Line

Car Crashes to Please Mother Nature

In Downturn, Americans Flock to the Movies

Broadcast TV Faces Struggle to Stay Viable

Yahoo Teams With Newspapers to Sell Ads

The TV Watch: What Are You Doing? Media Twitterers Can’t Stop Typing

Two Editors to Share No. 2 Spot at The Associated Press

News Editors Call Off Convention

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‘South Park,’ a Vision and a Payoff

By DAVID CARR

While Hollywood and network studios are struggling to find the future, the creators of the show “South Park” have created a visionary broadcasting model.

Back to junior varsity for Disney’s “High School Musical” franchise, and more.

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Univision lays off 300 people, and more.

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Talk to the Newsroom: Week in Review

Dave Smith, deputy editor, is answering questions from readers March 2-6, 2009.

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Recovery.gov, the Web site started by the Obama administration, seems to be the Internet version of a 1960s’ construction sign, “Your Tax Dollars at Work.”