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Google and the major record labels failed to agree on a price for the licenses, creating a roadblock for the firm.
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Tween Stars Wanted: Must Be Primed for Pressure
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Potential tween stars like China Anne McClain, 12, need not just talent, but the ability to cope with the temptations of fame.
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Ann Curry, who has read the news on NBC’s “Today” show for 15 years, will succeed Meredith Vieira as a co-host of television’s dominant morning show.
The New Yorker Begins to Offer iPad Subscriptions
By DAVID CARR
IPad subscriptions for The New Yorker will start at $6 a month, or $60 a year, and current print subscribers will not be charged.
Social Networks Offer a Way to Narrow the Field of Friends
By JENNA WORTHAM and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
When Facebook is too public, smaller sites let a user share news with a streamlined group of people.
Nurturer of Authors Is Closing the Book
By JULIE BOSMAN
The editor Robert Loomis, who is retiring from Random House after 54 years, is known for nurturing writers including Maya Angelou, William Styron, Shelby Foote and Calvin Trillin.
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