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Bruce Rosenblum, Warner Bros.’ head of television, will step down after losing a competition to become chief executive officer of Time Warner Inc.’s entire entertainment unit, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
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Retailers including Best Buy Co. and JC Penney Co. lost a bid in court to invalidate patents owned by a Texas licensing company over prepaid electronic gift cards.
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Warner Bros. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Barry Meyer agreed to stay on through December 2013, while President Alan Horn will become a studio consultant.
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Actor Charlie Sheen , the star of “Two and a Half Men,” sued Time Warner Inc. ’s WB Studio Enterprises unit and the producer of the television series for $100 million over his firing from the top-rated comedy.
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Apotex Inc. asked a judge to rule that its plan to market a generic version of the blood-pressure medicine Benicar won’t infringe patent rights held by drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. or its American unit.
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DC Entertainment, the New York- based comic-book division of Time Warner Inc. , plans to fire or relocate 80 employees amid an announced move of its multimedia and digital-production businesses to California.
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Warner Bros. Television fired Charlie Sheen , star of CBS ’s top-rated comedy “Two and a Half Men,” after a series of interviews critical of the show’s producer.
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MGM Holdings Inc., the Hollywood studio that exited bankruptcy in 2010, is seeking to complete an initial stock sale before the October release of its next James Bond film, a person with knowledge of the situation said.
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Warner Bros. Television said it has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on the “Two and a Half Men” comedy, effective immediately.
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Charlie Sheen ’s lawyer says the star of CBS ’s “Two and a Half Men” took to the airwaves to defend himself against comments by show producer Chuck Lorre , including “outrageous insults” that appear on TV after some episodes.
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