The Dailies – June 23, 2008

Mark Burnett, IMG in talks
Reality TV titan Mark Burnett is looking to sell at least half of his production company to IMG for a rumored price of $250 million.

Rambo to lead Bollywood’s US invasion
Sylvester Stallone is set to star alongside Indian actors and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the most expensive Bollywood production of all time, and the first to shoot at Universal Studios in Hollywood.

Fandango buys Movies.com
The last remnant of Disney’s failed Internet strategy has found a new home at Fandango, the online ticketing site.

NBC axes employee who gave Wikipedia Tim Russert scoop
Wikipedia, not NBC, broke the news of Tim Russert’s death, and now the news network has fired the low-level staffer responsible.

Trades not playing nice with indie film Web sites
Variety and The Hollywood Reporter stand accused of poaching stories from popular film Web sites without attribution — and the fanboys are hopping mad.

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