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Still, nearly every major-media company would love to buy Discovery. Not only does Hendricks have a loyal, upscale audience and relatively low production costs, but he also controls a vast library of recyclable content that travels easily across most cultural and political boundaries--and is tailor-made for video-on-demand, a service that cable operators are starting to roll out. And he has Judith McHale, a veteran of the early days of MTV, who, as Discovery's president, runs the firm day to day. McHale is a savvy dealmaker who "has an underlying respect for people that...
...bought the filigree light fixtures and colorful tapestries on trips home. Stone walls and carved wooden lattices separate plush booths lined with silk cushions. It's like stumbling upon a quiet caf? in a forgotten corner of an Egyptian bazaar, with a welcoming proprietor eager to keep his guests content...
...survive." How did they do it? By defying nearly every convention of Web publishing. Their site has few interactive gewgaws. Netheads were horrified when, in January 2001, the site began charging several hundred pounds a year to subscribe. Worst of all, it had the audacity to sell its content to that antediluvian medium, the daily newspaper: eight papers across Europe now run Breakingviews content. The result: a lean staff of 10 journalists who churn out a few finely crafted nuggets of financial insight a day. And a few hundred companies willing to pay as much...
...side-by-side comparison of Moore, the greatest actress of her generation, and Streep, the most acclaimed actress of hers; when judged head-to-head, Moore ends up easily topping Streep, if for no other reason than that Streep persists in being an actress onscreen while Moore is content to be a person. The Hours screens...
Sadly, this glimpse into Murs’ complexity is hardly developed on the rest of the album. Given its shortcomings in the content department, The End of the Beginning is best enjoyed—as Murs implies—like a good situation comedy. It’s not an awful way to spend an hour, but don’t expect to learn much...