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Industry Moves: WMG's Bronfman Taps Jim Griffin To End Industry's 'Tarzan Economics' Model (CBS News) - Former Geffen Records' digital chief Jim Griffin has been hired by Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) to head up the company's efforts to offer unlimited access to online music in exchange fees tacked on by internet service providers, Portfolio reports. Under the plan, which is a pet project of Edgar Bronfman Jr., WMG's chairman and CEO, as a way to rescue the music industry in the age of P2P and ...

India’s entertainment industry laments piracy losses (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - India's growing entertainment industry says it is losing money and jobs on account of piracy, but the government is unwilling to bow to industry demands to regulate the manufacturing of optical media.

'Girls Gone Wild' boss can't attend adult industry conference (USA Today) - A federal judge has loosened the legal leash on Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, but kept it taut enough to prevent the soft porn filmmaker from attending an adult industry conference this weekend in Phoenix.

NO OF MACAO'S GAMING INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES SURGES 22.9% IN DEC 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Tourism / leisure   A survey result released on Thursday showed that at the end of last year, there were 44,743 paid employees engaged in Macao's gaming industry, an increase of 22.9 per cent year-on-year.

No Of Macao's Gaming Industry Employees Surges 22.9% In Dec 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - A survey result released on Thursday showed that at the end of last year, there were 44,743 paid employees engaged in Macao's gaming industry, an increase of 22.9 per cent year-on-year.

Sciam Observations Blog: Do the impoverished need industry? (Scientific American) - There is a neglected aspect to efforts to eliminate poverty: industry.

Call for review of taxi industry (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News) - Overwhelming dissatisfaction with taxi services across the country has prompted calls for a federal government review of the industry.

Timber still matters to state, Gregoire tells industry execs (The Columbian) - STEVENSON — Gov. Chris Gregoire told an audience of 120 Northwest timber industry executives here Thursday that their industry remains a vital part of the Washington economy and will play a key...

Hard Sailing: Boating industry tries to stay afloat in wake of struggling U.S. economy (Winston-Salem Journal) - Hunter Scott had made sailboats, powerboats and custom-made lobster boats since 1973. But he decided to close his Pocasset, Mass., shop in December, lay off half of his staff and switch to cabinetry work as orders for the $300,000 vessels all but dried up. "I had a lot of fun in the marine industry," he said. "But the economy has taken its toll." Across the country, the $40 billion boating ...

Games industry warns on age ratings rethink (Financial Times) - Computer games companies have warned the government that the proposed overhaul of the classification system could impose an unfair economic burden on the industry.