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...idea was that by combining content with distribution and cross-promoting the heck out of every film, TV show, song, book and video game the creatives could muster, Vivendi Universal could deliver high-octane growth. To bolster that vision, Messier spent 2001 bulking up with acquisitions: publisher Houghton Mifflin ($2.2 billion), the music website MP3.com ($372 million), the TV and film assets of Barry Diller's USA Networks ($10.3 billion) and a 10% stake in the EchoStar satellite TV service ($1.5 billion). He created a joint headquarters in New York City and moved there in part to reassure U.S. investors...
...approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for a grant of exemption from prosecution for the possession, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances. Once granted immunity from the law, researchers are free to inject narcotics into rats, rabbits and other small woodland animals to their heart’s content...
Janis indicated that Jews are content to live among people of other religions...
...this adds up to a grim reality: until AOL can offer easy access to premium content such as movies and music on demand, not enough customers will pay even the $55 a month it charges today for its broadband service. Those who do--the early adopters--are actually cutting into AOL profits. Every time one of its dial-up customers shifts to broadband, the AOL service goes from a nearly 40% profit margin to one potentially as low as 10%--mainly because it has to share broadband revenue with cable partners...
...hopes that HDNet will soon broadcast round the clock, Cuban is on a buying spree for content. Last month he signed a deal to broadcast 80 Major League Baseball games this season. He has laid expensive high-def cable in 40 stadiums. He helped NBC defray the costs of broadcasting the 2002 Winter Olympics in high-def so he could carry them on his network. He is shopping in Hollywood for 35-mm movies to be converted to high def. A kids' show is in the works. He even sent veteran war correspondent Peter Arnett to Afghanistan to report...