Word: bigs
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...invincible. In the past five years, her ratings have fallen 35% - and 43% among adults 18-49. That's not a lot more than other talk shows, nor other daytime programs, but it means that she is not immune from the woes that plague lesser TV mortals. Without that big reliable pulpit in the public marketplace, how much power does Oprah wield? Does she have enough juice to convert most of her viewers to a cable channel? To develop a following for new Dr. Phils? To get Tom Cruise to jump on her couch again...
Plus, network TV is not the 800-lb gorilla it once was. Most big media companies (see Disney or News Corp.) are seeing more growth and profit in their cable operations, which have a more reliable income stream than broadcast advertising. Audiences are slipping away, and with them, high syndication fees. "Television stations have made it crystal clear that [Oprah's] show was going to get an enormous haircut if it comes back," one syndicator told trade publication Broadcasting & Cable. "Why would she want to subject herself to that when she's in such an iconic position...
...within Obama's camp. Democratic pollsters charted a disturbing trend: a drop in Obama's support among independents, driven in part by national-security issues. Emanuel quietly delegated his aides to get more deeply involved in the process. Damaged by the episode, Craig was about to suffer his first big setback...
...This strategy is a conscious rejection of the Bush Administration's approach, which was never big on deference. The challenge for the President is that with almost a year in office, he has little to show for his global charm campaign beyond a Nobel Prize, soaring international poll approval and the promise of many more diplomatic dialogues to come. As Obama's foreign policy ambitions move beyond the introductory phase, harder questions are coming to the fore: When does politeness lapse into passivity? When does seeking common ground erode the soil that anchors American priorities...
...country's Flemish and French speakers - a quality that could come in handy with the 27-member E.U. - his low profile appears to have endeared him to his initial sponsors, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The two leaders are thought to have balked at a big name like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as E.U. President, because they feared he could become a strong rival for the spotlight. Van Rompuy, by contrast, might have lightweight political credentials, but he was seen as the least aggressive candidate...