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Film Music and Motion Picture Related News from Variety

SAG says no to majors' final offer
Front Page: Sticking point: Non-union work in new media -- SAG's national board has unanimously backed its negotiating committee's stance that the majors' final offer is unacceptable because it allows non-union work in new-media productions.

SAG's national board holds meeting
Business News: Guild not expected to take action this weekend -- Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild have been meeting over the contract stalemate with majors, amid muted expectations that SAG will take any action this weekend.

'Dark Knight' soars over 'Brothers'
Front Page: Fox's 'X-Files' sequel places fourth behind 'Mia' -- Warner Bros.' "The Dark Knight" continued to dominate the box office in its second Friday, taking in $23.1 million from 4,366 theaters and propelling its domestic cume toward $300 million.

XM-Sirius merger approved
Front Page: FCC voted 3-2 to approve the buyout -- Federal regulators formally approved the merger of the nation's only two satellite radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street.

'Cockroaches' scuttle to E. Europe
Web Exclusive: Lithuania's LNK TV picks up three seasons -- Gallic animation studio Xilam has sold TV and DVD distribution rights to "Oggy and the Cockroaches" in Eastern Europe, following last month's Discop TV market in Budapest.