More Articles By Steven Zeitchik

• Murdoch, Iger hail Sony's Blu-ray
  SEPT. 19 | FROM VARIETY: The high-def homevid battle heated up again Tuesday when Rupert Murdoch and Robert Iger gave surprisingly strong endorsements to Sony's Blu-ray format before a crowd of Wall Streeters. More
  
• AOL launches video search engine Truveo
  AUG. 16 | FROM VARIETY: AOL may have lost the text-search battle to Google, but it's aiming to take the crown in video searching. The Time Warner-owned portal is launching today a destination site for its video search engine Truveo. More
  
• iPhone sales below expectations
  JULY 26 | FROM VARIETY: Apple's iPhone had more press than sales in its first several days of release. In the 30 hours after it debuted, the device sold 270,000 units -- below the expectations. More
  
• News Corp., NBC hire Amazon exec to head online video venture
  JUNE 29 | FROM VARIETY:  Three months after announcing a plan to form an online video venture, NBC and News Corp. have hired a CEO, tapping Amazon.com exec Jason Kilar to run the operation. More
  
• News Corp. plans Web video platform
  News Corp. is forging ahead on talks with a number of congloms to create a video platform that could compete with YouTube. More
  
• Media company stocks fall
  Media and entertainment stocks joined the rest of the market in a freefall Tuesday that abruptly halted Wall Street hot streaks for the country ’ s largest congloms. More
  
• Weinsteins spark to Spanish films
  The Weinstein Co. is licensing the extensive home video library of Videocine, film division of Mexican conglom Televisa. More
  
• Paramount puts movies on AOL
  Paramount and AOL have pacted to bring the studio's movies to the AOL's video portal. More
  
• Netflix takes movie to theaters
  Netflix is dropping another movie in an envelope and shipping it ... to theaters. More
  
• Paramount sells DreamWorks library
  Paramount has made official its sale of the DreamWorks library to Soros Strategic Partners and Dune Entertainment, a Soros spinoff. More
  
• Blockbuster settles NJ late fees suit
  Even as Blockbuster takes heat from Wall Street for ending late fees, it will have to pay up for charging too many of them. More