NBC to Apple: 'You're fired!'
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Apple to NBC: 'You can't fire me! I quit!' The Americanized version of "The Office" will soon disappear from Apple iTunes. The Reg couldn't care less - we prefer the original, and we have no interest in watching even our favorite TV shows on an overpriced, DRM-shackled, handheld status symbol - but many uncultured Apple-loving web mavens are sure to be very upset.â¦
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Can one friend do the work of six, and will Americans still delight in watching Donald Trump fire wannabe tycoons? The NBC network has a lot riding on the answers.
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NBC Universal's chief executive on Friday said rumors of his early departure were untrue and created by rival media company Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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NBC Universal has decided against  renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television  shows on Apple Inc&#39;s iTunes after failing to come to an  agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its online  edition on Friday.
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Wherein we plunge into the rumor-infested waters surrounding the Sept. 5 magical mystery Apple announcement. We want our sixth generation iPods â¦ now!
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Former Bulls coach Scott Skiles was fired after he told management the team needed "a new voice," directly leading to and foreshadowing his own departure.
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InfoWorld - Contract negotiations between Apple and NBC Universal regarding video content in iTunes are getting nastier and staying public.
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NBC Universal cuts new content partnership days after a rift emerges with Apple.
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It was two for the price of "you're fired" on NBC'S "The Apprentice." On Thursday's episode, Donald Trump eliminated two candidates instead of the requisite one. After losing a task centering on creating a Levi's catalog, project manager Wes Moss of the Mosaic team put the entire group up for firing.
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NBC Universal has decided not to renew its contract to sell television shows on iTunes, becoming the second major media company to challenge Apple Inc's dominance in digital entertainment.
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(InfoWorld) - Contract negotiations between Apple and NBC Universal regarding video content in iTunes are getting nastier and staying public. In a statement, NBC disputes Apple's characterization of the companies' contract renegotiation and says that its TV programs will be available on iTunes through early December. Late last week,Â Apple said that NBC wanted to increase the price for its video contentÂ so much that iTunes would have to sell individual TV shows for $4.99, instead of $1.99, like the rest of the available programs. Because Apple wasn't willing to agree to that price hike, NBC declined to renew its contract, Apple said. So that it wouldn't have to stop selling programs in December -- the middle of the TV season -- when their contract ends, Apple said it wouldn't offer any NBC shows for the upcoming season. But Apple may have a bigger battle on its hands if it does pull those shows from the iTunes video store. In its statement, NBC said that all returning series including new episodes would be available on iTunes through the end of the contract. NBC also said that rather than asking to double the wholesale price of its programs as Apple contends, it wanted to offer end-users more flexible pricing, including bundling packages of shows for a set price. Apple has mostly stuck to a policy of flat pricing despite pressure from content owners to allow for variable pricing. The exception is in the music store where a selection of songs that come without copy protection cost more. Both companies took jabs at each other in their statements. Apple called NBC's suggested pricing change a "dramatic price increase." NBC responded thus: "It is clear that Apple's retail pricing strategy for its iTunes service is designed to drive sales of Apple devices, at the expense of those who create the content that make these devices worth buying." NBC also sells programs on Amazon.com and very soon plans to start offering its shows and others for free on Hulu.com, a joint venture company with News Corp. So far, sales in the iTunes video store are relatively low. During 2007, the store should generate about $300 million, according to estimates from Forrester Research.
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For Carson Daly, the phrase "the show must go on" has taken on a whole new significance. "An ultimatum was put in front of me," Daly told the Los Angeles Times of his decision to return to host NBC's "Last Call With Carson Daly" during a continuing writers' strike. "It was, 'Put a new show on Dec. 3 or 75 people are fired. What's your answer?'"
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NEW YORK - With a new round of "The Apprentice" ready to go, Donald Trump is fired. Fired up, that is...
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'Take that, Steveo!' Less than a month after its very public breakup with Apple iTunes, NBC Universal has announced its own rights-restricting video download service.â¦
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RadioShack on Tuesday followed through on plans to lay off 400 employees as part of an effort to cut expenses and become more competitive in the marketplace, but the method in which the firings occurred has some fuming. The company notified customers of their dismissal through e-mail.
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NBC News said Tuesday it has reprimanded the employee responsible for mistakenly flashing a picture of Osama bin Laden on MSNBC as Chris Matthews talked about Barack Obama.
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Environmentalists crash Macworld and chide Apple for its lackluster recycling efforts. Also: Notes on how to stop cyberbullying are here & hellip;.  Motorola loses its number two, who wanted to be number one & hellip;. and more.