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...target of a 1953 Freberg cut, never before released but included in the boxed set. Godfrey may be all but forgotten, but Freberg's gag about his obsequious sidekick, who answers every comment with a knee-jerk, "That's right, Arthur," sums up a century of show-biz sycophancy...
...with total retail e-commerce sales nearly tripling, from $2.7 billion to $7.9 billion for the 12-month period ending in June, everybody from your broker to the corner grocer to the guy who sold you that recliner you're sitting on is paying attention to the online biz, no matter what the aggravation. And whether they're working for an aggressive Net start-up, a brick-and-mortar retailer who fears getting "Amazon-ed" or a company content for now to dip a toe into the scary world of e-commerce, they're all interested in the future...
Several factors determine the strategy and tactics of the eyeball biz. First, the economics of recession-proofing a media business: ad revenue tends to decrease in business-cycle downturns, while movie-theater ticket sales increase. Second, the marketing possibilities of leveraging between brands and media: for example, network promos plugging websites; TV shows syndicated to sister stations. And with broadband Internet access looming, media companies feel compelled to lock up as much brand-name content and distribution as possible so they will have product and expertise ready for the digital age. "In order for these big companies to stay competitive...
SELLING SOLES The athletic-shoe biz is worth more than $10 billion a year, so there's no shortage of people trying to create the next Rollerblade, Air Jordan or even a whole new sport. Here are some contenders and their chance (ranked by Michael Jordan heads) of catching...
...neither. He is a comedy writer. His name can't be found on film scripts or Broadway marquees or even as Executive Associate Creative Consultant on a UPN sitcom. Yet he is the unseen perp of some of the funniest, most famous or notorious moments in recent show-biz history...