New York - Media conglomerate News Corporation posted a $6.4 billion loss for its fiscal second quarter, and took an $8.4 billion charge against earnings, citing the declining economy. [more..]

Washington - EchoStar, the Colorado-based satellite TV firm that owns DISH Network, has been accumulating the debt of satellite radio provider Sirius XM since late summer, and may soon be able to take control of the company, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..]

Washington - In an effort to provide guidance to broadcasters who now face the costly prospect of continuing to transmit both analog and digital signals for another four months, after Congress voted this week to delay the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) addressed the circumstances under which a station may switch off its analog signal on Feb. 17. [more..]

Dulles, Va. - Once a prime contender to acquire AOL's dial-up Internet access business, Earthlink revealed Thursday night that it apparently is no longer interested. [more..]

Waterloo, Canada - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced this week that it will pay $74.5 million to settle a stock options backdating charge from the Ontario Securities Commission. [more..]

Washington - Bruce Springsteen this week blasted Ticketmaster for redirecting fans trying to purchase tickets for his upcoming tour -- including his May 18 show at the Verizon Center -- to its TicketsNow site, which sells seats above face value. [more..]

Los Angeles - JuicyCampus, a site that let students anonymously post gossip about other students at their schools that had been wrangling university administrators, has shut itself down, citing the economic downturn, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Hamburg, Germany - Songbeat, the provider of a desktop music application that aggregates songs from streaming music sites, and allows users to download some of them, has been sued by Warner Music Group for copyright infringement, TechCrunch reported. [more..]

Los Gatos, Calif. - Commercials aired during Super Bowl XLIII have been watched online more than 28 million times since Sunday, with one ad banned from broadcast making the top 20 most popular list, according to a new report from BayTSP. [more..]

Kansas City, Mo. - Handmark, a developer of mobile applications, announced on Friday that it has acquired FreeRange Communications, the provider of a mobile publishing platform.
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Chicago - Publisher and broadcaster Tribune announced on Friday that it will combine the operations of its Zap2It entertainment listings service with the entertainment news division at its Los Angeles Times. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Google this week released a new mobile version of its Google Books for Apple's iPhone, giving users of the device access to 1.5 million of the more than 7 million public domain titles in the scanned-book database. [more..]

Los Angeles - Apple has blocked access to the popular Facebook social network from the computers on display at its Apple Stores, TinyComb.com reports. [more..]

Los Angeles - Chris Petrovic has resigned as vice president of digital at Playboy, citing the company's consolidation of its digital operations to Chicago, PaidContent reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Video game publisher Konami has acquired the rights to create games based on Lionsgate's "Saw" horror film franchise, Variety reported. [more..]