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CBS chief says Jay Leno mess has 'bruised' TV industry (Los Angeles Times) - With the entertainment industry transfixed by the Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien mess, CBS' programming chief said NBC's handling of its talk show hosts has hurt the TV industry.

Carr talks up car industry despite slump (BigPond News) - Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr says the Australian car industry remains 'substantially intact'.

Carr talks up car industry despite slump (Sky News Australia) - Australian car production might be at the lowest level since 1957, but the industry remains 'substantially intact', federal Industry Minister Kim Carr says.

Human trafficking industry thrives in Portland metro area (The Oregonian) - Portland has become a center for human trafficking for several reason -- inclduing location, lax laws and legal sex industry, said Keith Bickford, a Multnomah County sheriff's detective who heads the Oregon Human Trafficking Task Force.

Governor Manchin, W.Va. ski industry officials declare January 'Learn A Snow Sport Month' (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) - Charleston -- Governor Joe Manchin and officials with West Virginia's ski industry announced Thursday that January is officially "Learn A Snow Sport Month" in the mountain state.

Brokerage industry will shift focus to property management (Zawya) - The brokerage industry in Dubai will shift its focus from real estate sales to property management and running owners' associations in 2010, say agents.

An Industry Is Maturing (New York Times) - Winery standards have improved greatly in this column’s 15 years, but pricing and profitability are still issues.

Five surprises for the music industry in 2009 (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) - Following years of lost revenue from illegal file sharing, the recording industry finally has a reason to cheer: unit sales rose in 2009 for the second year in a row, up by 1.54 billion in 2009, a 2.1 percent increase from the previous year.

Stage set for top industry exhibition (Gulf Daily News) - MANAMA: The Gulf Industry Forum will give added substance to this year's Gulf Industry Fair (GIF), which opens at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre on Tuesday and runs for three days.

Five surprises for the music industry in 2009 (The Christian Science Monitor) - From a decade-end sales spurt to the resurgence of vinyl, 2009 had some surprises - and good news - for the beleaguered music industry.