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10/15/2001 |
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From Books
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BOOKS DIGEST: Monday Morning Report
Monday, October 15, 2001 9:04:40 AM
by Jeca Taudte
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ENTER ENTREKIN, FRANKFURT'S FAVORITE PARTY ANIMAL
David Kirkpatrick profiles Grove/Atlantic publisher and president Morgan Entrekin in today's New York Times.
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From Television |
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TV DIGEST: Monday Morning Report
Monday, October 15, 2001 8:46:10 AM
by: Christopher Schultz
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CNN: MAYBE OUR VIDEOPHONE FOOTAGE LOOKED LIKE A RORSCHACH INKBLOT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DOMINATE COVERAGE OF THIS WAR
CNN is still finding its way in a news climate vastly different from the one which thrust it to the forefront during the Gulf War, when it had the only clear shots of the Baghdad bombings in 1991.
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From Film |
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FILM DIGEST: Monday Morning Report
Monday, October 15, 2001 10:25:25 AM
by: Christina Nunez
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LEDGER AND MCGREGOR COULD GO YACHTING WITH DEMME; HELGELAND EYES COURT
Ewan McGregor and Heath Ledger are reportedly in talks to star in Nautica for director Ted Demme, but Ledger will first reunite on Sin Eater with Knight's Tale director Brian Helgeland, who has another little project in the works: fighting off a lawsuit.
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From Media |
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MEDIA DIGEST: Monday Morning Report
Monday, October 15, 2001 10:16:38 AM
by: Whitney Joiner
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MEDIA'S ANTHRAX SCARE: (ATTEMPTING TO) KILL THE MESSENGER
Whoever sent anthrax to the mailrooms of American Media
and NBC News succeeded in both getting attention and raising the
anxiety level of an already-jittery nation.
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Cableworld
The Slow Rollout of Online TV Guides
Interactive program guides, available to digital cable and satellite television customers, come in handy and even influence viewing choices. Too bad only one out of every four households knows they even exist.
Kagan World Media
U.K. Platforms Fight for Soccer Supremacy
Newcomer ITV Sport aimed to use an aggressive schedule of soccer programming to break Rupert Murdoch’s stranglehold on the British pay-TV sports market. But it seems soccer is faltering in its role as the industry's killer content -- and the fight for subscribers is looking more and more like a price war.
Folio
Thomson Suitors Face New Challenge
Final bids for Thomson Financial's print assets -- which include American Banker and Bond Buyer -- are due early next month. But Thomson now says it’ll accept only bids for the entire group, which may place suitors that will need financing at a disadvantage.
Cableworld
Sears Takes A Look At Home Networking
Home networking may be the next big thing in consumer electronics, spawning an alliance between Sears, Roebuck & Co. and software company Ucentric. Their goal? To find out if consumers are ready for a platform that links computers and TVs to stereos and phones.
Kagan World Media
Europe Feels the Pinch
European TV stocks have sagged following the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, as continuing political and economic uncertainties reinforce fears the global economy is entering a recession.
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