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...which child-care path parents choose. While the not-for-profit sector treads water, private care has grown rapidly since it became eligible for government subsidies in 1991. About two-thirds of Australia's long-day-care centers are now privately run - 660 of them by Brisbane-based ABC Learning Centres, the world's largest listed child-care provider. Not everyone welcomes the boom. Gordon Cleveland, a child-care economist at the University of Toronto, says Canadian observers are dismayed by Australia's "dependence on the corporate sector - it really frightens us." He argues that child-care providers whose chief...
...sheer buzz alone, new media are showing some promising results. After ABC's hits Lost and Desperate Housewives were downloaded on iTunes, their Nielsen ratings went up 17% and 18%, respectively. And although hard figures aren't available, NBC executives credit iTunes with helping The Office become a bona fide hit. (Switching it from Tuesday to Thursday night might have helped...
TIME: Disney is merging its ABC Radio division with Citadel in a $2.7 billion deal. Analysts say that's less than it could have got a few years ago. Why do you think radio is a growth business...
...ABC's Lost isn't merely a hit TV series. It's the engine driving a vast product and promotional enterprise that's a model for TV's future. Here are just some of the ways that the show is available in cyberspace and beyond...
Internet Sites An online phenomenon, the show has spawned more than a dozen fan blogs in which viewers trade clues, post theories and argue over plot points. ABC's site features podcasts, video clips and, of course, lots of Lost merchandise...