How do you migrate itunes and iphoto from an old imac to a new imac

I am trying to move my existing itunes and iphoto libraries from an old iMac to a new iMac.  Migration Assistant does not seem to have any way of doing this.  What would be the best way to migrate these to the new iMac?  Thank you.

See Here
Transfer from Old  to New
http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html

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