Underlined: Vatican Backlash, Indie Lawsuits

Vatican Blasts Compass as Godless, Hopeless (Hollywood Reporter)Long editorial in Vatican newspaper condemns the film and Philip Pullman Viacom, Microsoft Ink $500 Million Deal (Variety)Five-year partnership will involve ads, content, events Indie Bands Sue Camel, Rolling Stone Over Ad (Pitchfork)Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the 186 artists […]

Vatican Blasts Compass as Godless, Hopeless (Hollywood Reporter)
Long editorial in Vatican newspaper condemns the film and Philip Pullman

Viacom, Microsoft Ink $500 Million Deal (Variety)
Five-year partnership will involve ads, content, events

Indie Bands Sue Camel, Rolling Stone Over Ad (Pitchfork)
Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the 186 artists included in RS's feature

FCC Relaxes Ownership Rule (Los Angeles Times)
Relaxed rule concerns corporate ownership of a newspaper and broadcast station in the same city

USA's "Monk," "Psych" Headed for NBC (MediaWeek)
Move is part of strategy for dealing with writers' strike