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Textbook publisher Cengage Learning Inc . filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday after reaching a restructuring deal with its lenders that would slash more than $4 billion in debt from its balance sheet. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

This week on the Broke and the Beautiful, a cable TV show distributor filed for bankruptcy, and so did “Gossip Girl” star Kelly Rutherford. Also, funk music legend Sly Stone is fighting to dismiss the bankruptcies of his ex-manager’s companies.

A federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday ruled that repurchase agreements don’t qualify for “customer status” in a failed brokerage business, a blow to a group of banks that had sought equal footing with customers in the liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s broker-dealer. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

Taiwanese shipping company TMT Group is gearing up for a fight over its right to remain in bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

A bankruptcy judge approved a key component of Eastman Kodak Co.’s restructuring Thursday, allowing the company to hand its personalized-imaging and document-imaging businesses to U.K. retirees. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.