New copies of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," Andrew Young's "The Politician" and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices.

Universal Pictures just released another very cool movie clip featuring Anthony Hopkins in the upcoming film "The Wolfman" by director Joe Johnston stars Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving and Benicio Del Toro.

Paramount Pictures has released 20 high resolution photos from Martin Scorsese 's Shutter Island , which I've included after the jump.

Flag of North Korea SEOUL, South Korea a ' A South Korean newspaper reports anAmerican detained in North Korea has sought asylum there and asked tojoin the communist country's military.

Bain Capital Ventures , the Boston-based venture capital affiliate of Bain Capital which has approximately $65 billion of assets under management, has taken a $12 million stake in EDGAR Online , a distributor of public company filings in the XBRL financial reporting standard.

The more pay walls that go up the more normal the structures will become and the more tolerant media consumers will become.

In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, Sean "Puffy" Combs attends his fortieth birthday celebration at the Plaza Hotel in New York.

Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Monday.

Federal consumer safety regulators on Friday announced the recall of "The Princess and The Frog" pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action that reflects concerns of an emerging threat in children's jewelry.

Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal said the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the NBC media empire shouldn't raise significant antitrust concerns because the companies operate in separate and highly competitive markets.

Harvey and Bobo Weinstein's movie company, Miramax Studios, has closed its doors for good after 31 years in the movie industry.

Newmarket Films is back in the film-festival market, picking up domestic rights to the Natalie Portman-produced drama "Hesher," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in a deal in the $1 million range.

Publishers have high hopes that Apple Inc's highly anticipated tablet computer will attract new readers and boost revenue, but few expect that it will by itself reverse the fortunes of a beleaguered industry.

It's a good thing for Viacom that the public can't seem to turn away from reality shows such as "Jersey Shore" and "Teen Mom." Since September 2006, Viacom has struggled with poor ratings and a flagging stock price.

Apl.de.Ap; will.i.am; Fergie and Taboo of the Black Eye Peas arrive for the Apl.de.Ap Launch of Jeepney Music Record Label at Ecco Club on August 11, 2009 in Hollywood, California.

Newspaper publisher and TV station owner Media General Inc. said Thursday that cost cutting helped it turn a profit for the fourth quarter despite falling ad revenue.

Guy Ritchie has dropped out of directing DC Comics adaptation Lobo to concentrate on making a sequel to Sherlock Holmes .

McClatchy's fourth-quarter earnings offered a snapshot of the troubles facing newspapers on the Web.

For the last several months , Sam Zell and Tribune Co. have been petitioning a Delaware court to let them handle their own bankruptcy management instead of handing the company over to creditors.

Jay Leno tells Oprah Winfrey that he hasn't spoken to Conan O'Brien throughout the recent contentious negotiations over "The Tonight Show." In quotes provided Wednesday by Harpo Productions, Leno tells Winfrey that "it didn't seem appropriate" to speak to O'Brien. But Leno says the two comedians might talk when "things cool down." NBC unseated ...

Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. said Wednesday that most of its lenders have agreed to refinance its debt and that it cut enough costs to turn a profit in the fourth quarter, even as advertising continued to slide.

The committee representing secured lenders of Canwest Global Communications says there's sufficient committed support to ensure a court-supervised auction of the company's newspapers and online businesses.

Jan. 26 -- Colin Gillis of BGC Partners talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about fourth-quarter earnings at Yahoo! Inc.

Time Warner Cable Inc., the nation's second largest cable TV operator, reports its fourth-quarter results before the market opens on Thursday.