CNN/Money, January 21, 2005 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will resign from the agency he has led for four years, sources told CNN.

AdAge.com, January 20, 2005 Volkswagen is threatening to take legal action against the makers of a hoax viral commercial featuring a Palestinian suicide bomber driving one of the automaker's Polo cars.

Newsday, January 20, 2005 Despite a last-minute effort by Charles Dolan, Cablevision Thursday evening said it would sell its Voom satellite service to EchoStar for $200 million in cash. Under the deal, EchoStar, which runs the Dish Network, would get Cablevision's Rainbow satellite, which was launched in July 2003 to provide a unique high-definition satellite television service.

Reuters, January 21, 2005 General Motors Corp.'s Cadillac unit will announce on Friday a television and Internet marketing campaign focused on the zero-to-60 mph acceleration of its V-Series cars, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The New York Times, January 21, 2005 The job of chief executive of the Walt Disney Company increasingly looks like Robert Iger's to lose. With financial prospects improving, the company will let Mr. Iger, its president, take center stage and highlight Disney's turnaround at its annual meeting on Feb. 11 in Minneapolis.

The New York Times, January 21, 2005 Talk about fast food. The sandwich developed for Burger King by the winning team on the episode of "The Apprentice" that ran last night on NBC will go on sale today at 7,800 restaurants around the country.

Mediaweek, January 19, 2005 CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather will leave for Baghdad immediately following the Presidential Inauguration tomorrow to report on preparations for the national Iraqi elections that will be held on January 30.

AdAge.com, January 19, 2005 In a what has become a quadrennial custom, a newly elected president of the U.S. will be inaugurated Thursday amid celebrations largely funded by marketers, media companies and other corporations that routinely lobby in high government offices.

New York Daily News, January 20, 2005 Don't count on Michael Eisner riding off into the sunset. With Disney president Bob Iger increasingly looking like he'll be named Eisner's successor, Hollywood is buzzing about the embattled media chief's next act.

USA Today, January 19, 2005 The marketing battle between the world's two biggest beermakers is getting increasingly nasty. Miller Brewing started the fight with TV spots showing a referee penalizing drinkers of Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser and Bud Light. Calling their choice of suds "unbeermanlike" conduct, the ref replaces the beer with Miller Lite or Miller Genuine Draft.