and warner bros. have all been the focus of a series of major mergers and takeovers during the 1980s. [man] what has happened is that the major studios in hollywood, in the movie industry, in the music industry, in the tv industry have been increasingly taken over by global multimedia conglomerates like time-warner, for example, or like sony, the japanese firm, or like matsushita. um, ahem, and what i think is happening in this case is that these conglomerates are positioning themselves with respect to entertainment markets or entertainment and information markets, because now really hollywood is not just entertainment. it's also very much tied up with information. they're positioning themselves with respect to these markets in sound, in film, in tv, in printed material, and also in the technologies, the information technologies in particular, and the hardware that is used to disseminate this information and entertainment material. [narrator] one of the biggest global media companies is time-warner. i

neither cbs nor the production company warner bros.ut kutcher tweeted yesterday, what is the square root of 6.25? the answer, 2.5. >> "the insider" says he will be paid a million dollars an episode. that sounds like a lot. if you think about it, that's a big pay cut. charlie sheen made twice that $2 million an episode. >> it's going to be like bewitched with the second darren. >> elizabeth what do you think? you think ashton will do a good job? he was in the 70s show? >> he is great. he is more my type than charlie sheen. more boy -- >> after what charlie has gone through, i think i would stick with ashton myself. >>> 4:56, folks. he is running to be san carlos' next mayor. >> the drunk driving bust involving the city's second in command. >>> and new allegations in a so- called dirty cop prostitution ring this morning. we'll explain coming up. >>> the slow, steady drum beat of police and fire layoffs continues in san jose and it is not getting any better. i'm kiet do with a live report coming up. >>> a husband's rage leads to murder. t

she almost scotched to scott should a deal with warner bros. for making -- starring burt lancaster. she hassled the studio so relentlessly they almost pulled the plug on it and only when she was through to that movie go one. when he dies of core she then tries to find the best burial place and has to shop the body around which is a bizarre story. >> and you tell it. is this for the town of jim thorpe pennsylvania comes from? yes. there were two small towns facing each other across the low high river with a total population of maybe 5000 they were dying. they had no jobs. this was post-world war ii. they needed to consolidate and long story short, patsy hears about these towns trying to save themselves. she azadi tried oklahoma. she has tried shawnee and tulsa. the body keeps moving around and she finally says to a newspaper publisher, if you change your name to jim thorpe, consolidating get their municipal service together and change her name to jim thorpe you can have the body. so they sign a contract. i've seen a copy of it, for a body and he goes to jim thorpe pennsylvania. >> is

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