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(Encyclopedia) conglomerate, corporation whose asset growth, often very rapid, comes largely through the acquisition of, or merger with, other firms whose products are largely unrelated to each other…Top Entertainment Sites
While Viacom recently passed AOL as the top entertainment site, it was youtube.com that saw the greatest gain in popularity from 2006 to 2007 with a 469% increase in hits. Photobucket and…Tom Cruise, 2006 News
actor and producer, engaged in a very nasty and public parting of ways with his studio, Paramount Pictures. Sumner Redstone, the chairman of Paramount's parent company, Viacom, announced the…Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson founded and was the first CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET). In 2001 he was named by Forbes magazine as the world's first Black billionaire. Robert Johnson grew up in…Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directed many of the top-grossing films in Hollywood history, including the blockbusters Jaws (1975), E.T. (1982), and many more. His first TV movie, Duel (1971), was successful…Entertainment News from September 1997
JamiroquaiArchive Photos1The 1997 summer movie season ends with a record-breaking $2.22 billion in box-office receipts, but a closer look reveals the numbers aren't much to cheer about.…2003 George Foster Peabody Awards
Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Academy:KMGH-TV, Denver, Colo.60 Minutes: All In the Family:CBS News, New YorkA Question of Fairness:NBC News, New YorkWar PhotographerChristian Frei…2002 George Foster Peabody Awards
Terror on Tape:CNN Productions (Atlanta)Bringing Down A Dictator:York Zimmerman, Inc., presented on PBS48 Hours:“9/11,” CBS, New YorkThe Sonic Memorial Project:Lost and Found Sound from the…Top Sites Worldwide
(among visitors age 15+)Google saw a 12% increase in visitors over the past year, allowing it to bypass the Microsoft network of sites as the most popular web site in the world. While…May 2020 Current Events: Disaster News
Top of Page Science and Technology News | US News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news…