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...Ideally you don’t place soccer on astroturf,” he said. “There isn’t really anything existing in current format that would be able to house those teams...
...which in late spring will be competing with Apple, Napster and MusicMatch on the Net with its Connect music store, just unveiled an updated version of its MiniDisc player that's better able to store tracks purchased online. The player, which can also record songs, uses new Hi-MD-format discs that boast a 1-GB storage capacity (enough to hold 45 hours of music), twice that of regular minidiscs. Players start at $199, and discs are $7 apiece...
...radio isn't the first digital format. Satellite radio from Sirius and XM is transmitted digitally as well. The difference is that regular AM and FM stations broadcast HD radio, whereas satellite companies broadcast a separate stable of nationwide stations. You will need to buy a new radio or tuner to get HD radio, but you won't need to pay a monthly subscription fee or buy a new antenna, as you do with satellite radio. HD radio also lets you read song titles on your receiver's display. The first models are designed for automobiles...
...turned 50 - 15 months after the golden anniversary of Mad, eight months after TV Guide hit the half-century mark. All have fought mid-life crises so critical they could have been end-life crises. TV Guide, unable to cram 500 channels of listings into its pocket-size format, has seen its circulation (9 million) drop to less than half of its 1960s numbers. Mad, which long ago lost the monopoly on irreverent kid humor - where isn?t adolescent ribaldry nowadays? - sells only about 250,000 copies, a tenth as many as it did in the early 70s. (This year...
...cable. The 80s saddled Playboy with the challenge of home video, which made sex with moving bodies available on television. The 90s unleashed the Internet, which made sex accessible, nearly unavoidable, on the computer. Then there are the ?lad books,? including Maxim and FHM, which have taken the Playboy format with one exception - they keep some clothes on their models - and devoured a huge chunk of the male market. (A PG13-rated sex magazine: I will never understand that...