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For anyone who follows film, television, publishing and newspapers -- our culture industry -- Robert Levine, the former editor of Billboard and a New York Times alum, has written a must-read book.

What do Rebecca Black and a talking dog have in common? No, not their musical talent, or lack thereof. Both have landed the top two spots on YouTube's most watched videos in 2011 list.

This is the fifth in TheWrap's series of Studio Report Cards.

With Christmas drawing near, many people are looking for the perfect holiday gift. In the digital world, a tablet computer may be a good choice. During the fourth quarter of this year, Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, launched a hard-hitting advertising campaign and powerfully presented the most awaited tablet, the Kindle Fire. But can it stand up to Apple's best-selling iPad 2?

As sales of tablets surge, the fortunes of newspaper publishers may soon begin to turn.

A San Jose judge has said that Facebook, the largest social-networking site, can be sued by those claiming that its showing advertisements that users' friends like is a violation of California law as it pertains to commercial endorsements.

After a year in which global macro machinations drove stock correlations to record highs, the Canaccord Genuity technology team is hopeful that 2012 will be a year in which favorable returns are the reward for superior fundamental analysis.

Last week, investors could finally buy a share of Internet gaming site Zynga, which was priced Thursday at $10 a share in the company’s $1 billion initial public offering. What did they say about other IPOS as well as Facebook's for 2012?

A key House vote on controversial anti-piracy legislation has been delayed.

Now something new has been added: in 2012, Ch. 55 will be owned by CBS, whose WCBS 2, has dominated local airwaves for years along with the other network-owned stations, Disney’s WABC 7, and NBCUniversal’s WNBC 4.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers are: SuperMedia, AsiaInfo-Linkage, Imperial Sugar, Electronic Arts, Endocyte, Twin Disc, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Complete Genomics, Central European Distribution and PMC - Sierra.

The first woman to head NYT and a pioneer of digital media, Robinson's abrupt departure as head of The Times Co. has left analysts and insiders baffled, with many speculating that plummeting stocks pressured the CEO, the first woman to head NYT, to quit and others wondering who will replace Robinson after her unexplained exit.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.3 to 0.6 percent.

Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co. at the end of the month, as the company continues to struggle with advertising declines and a years-long slump in its share price.

Shirtless men clad in red sweatpants have been lining up for days in Singapore's prime shopping district, part of an advertising gimmick revealing not just muscle but also a gradual unpeeling of the city state's puritanical ways.

Suzanne Hart, a 41-year-old advertising executive at Young & Rubicam, on Wednesday became the latest person to die in an elevator accident, this time on Madison Avenue in New York City. Here is a list of other similar elevator accidents -- some fatal, others scary -- that has happened throughout history.

Women in Singapore can thank a major U.S. retailer for bringing them a crop of shirtless men with six-pack abs.

A week on from Angelea's Preston's abrupt disqualification from America's Next Top Model All Stars series, we still don't know the real reason she got the boot. But according to her rep, it had nothing to do with an alleged Facebook announcement, Gather.com reported.

Justin Biel takes a swing at Justin Timberlake and his tequila.

Suzanne Hart, 41, was crushed in a freak elevator accident at 285 Madison Ave. in mid-town Manhattan this morning

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris gave a rare televised interview this week, during which she discussed life with her late father and a budding acting career.