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Some administrators actively steer clear ofgaz-F-19REVELATIONSCOURTESY HARVARD ARCHIVESWALL-TO-WALL COMPUTER: While shows like"The Jetsons" and places like Disney's"Tomorrowland" set the futuristic mood, theelectronic revolution was underway...
...only one jealous of those Internet billionaires. High-paid, lavishly pampered executives are watching small start-ups cash in -- and deciding themselves to bail out. The latest defectors to the Net side include Jake Winebaum, architect of Disney's Internet plans, and Lou Dobbs, money anchor for this site's corporate sibling, CNN. Who's going to run the old companies? It's yet another example of the Net creating chaos for business as usual...
...been wired to the satellite for nearly a week now, and I'm generally happy with the DISHPlayer and the DBS service. The TV signal is as brilliantly clear and reliable as cable. And I get far more programming for my $50--including Disney, six HBO channels, Showtime and Cinemax--than I ever got with cable. I was especially pleased to find those Larry Sanders reruns and relieved that although the program airs inconveniently at suppertime, the DISHPlayer gives me a choice of two different ways to eat my cake and have my Larry too: I can record the show...
...this? mentality has not only raised the ante for thrill rides but also driven up the cost of construction. "It's like an arms race going on in the entertainment industry," says Alexander. Finding workers to operate the parks is another headache. Disney, Universal and Sea World have had to raise their starting hourly pay to more than $6 an hour (the federal minimum is $5.15) to attract and retain employees...
This building boom is happening just when consumer demand for theme parks is softening. Attendance at the three older Disney parks dropped about 10% last year, according to Amusement Business, a trade magazine. The number of visitors at Universal Studios Florida and Sea World was flat in 1998, at 8.9 million and 4.9 million, respectively. The economic slump overseas slashed tourism to Orlando. But experts wonder whether the whole theme-park business is maturing, as the children of U.S. baby boomers get older and hence reduce the number of repeat trips. "I just don't think it makes...