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...next? Since leaving Fox in 1992, Diller has dabbled in home shopping, proselytized for the digital revolution, failed to buy Paramount and, last February, succeeded in acquiring the majority of Universal's TV operations. Despite persistent rumors that he is in the market for a major network, such as CBS, Diller says he is more interested in fashioning his latest collection of TV properties--including the USA cable network and a group of 16 UHF stations--into yet another TV network that features lots of local content. O.K., America, are you ready for eight...
...have not made a lot of economic sense for years: most of the money generated has a way of going elsewhere. According to Broadcasting & Cable magazine, NBC was the only network among the Big Four to turn a sizable profit last year--$475 million, on revenues of $3.8 billion. CBS lost money; Fox did too after discounting special accounting benefits; ABC turned a small profit. This year they'll do worse...
...CBS Rating: [3 1/2 Monica Lewinsky heads...
...handling the sticky issue of the stain? While some were plain--ABC News, the New York Post and the Los Angeles Times used the word "semen"--others were more circumspect. "Physical evidence" was the phrase favored at NPR, CNN and the Wall Street Journal, while "bodily fluids" prevailed at CBS News. NBC News and MSNBC went with "DNA evidence," the Washington Post liked "DNA material," and the Christian Science Monitor said "forensic evidence that might suggest sexual contact." The Russian news agency ITAR-TASS was quite adroit, mentioning a "dress Lewinsky claims to [have worn] during her meetings...[that] carries...
Sometimes even small guys like to flex their muscles. Nick Evans, owner of Spartan Communications, a CBS affiliate, was miffed when some advertiser-friends of his had trouble getting into the Late Show with DAVID LETTERMAN. Seats were found for them eventually but apparently not fast enough. Evans yanked the show off the air for a week on the six stations he runs because of "the arrogance of the Letterman organization and the weak ratings," he says. Viewers were treated instead to infomercials, reruns of Married...with Children and Judge Judy. Perhaps that's why a local lawyer filed...