From KCRW in Santa Monica, I'm Claude Brodesser Ackner, and this is The Business.

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This week on the business, we'll talk to the head of the Motion Picture Association of America

about what he hopes to accomplish with the cavalcade of producers, directors, and moguls

he's unleashing on the nation's capital this week.

And we'll ask a seasoned

Washington lobbyist what he thinks

of their efforts. But first,

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The The Business from NPR. Triple treats and triple tricks on Wall Street this week, which reveal much about where entertainment is headed.

Comcast Corporation, the biggest cable TV company in the land, announced that fourth quarter profits nearly tripled,

the result of the triple play of discounted TV, internet, and phone packages.

Even so, the latest earnings fell a little short

of analysts' forecast, and Comcast's shares fell slightly on the news that it would have to keep

on building that magical pipeline. The company says it'll drop $5 billion in capital expenditures

this year. Similarly, Google's profits nearly tripled in the fourth quarter, and its revenue grew 67%.

Naturally, the stock dropped, 1.3%.

Why?

Well, amazing as Google is, they pay big commissions to advertising partners like MySpace and thousands of other websites.

Of the $1.2 billion it made last year, Google

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