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It has been the aim of the Clinton Administration to demonize smoking; last week the Federal Trade Commission hinted at a crackdown on the often fanciful tar and nicotine levels printed on cigarette packs. Through it all, though, one franchise stays strong: Marlboro. The brand accounts for 30% of the...
In addition, Gaines expanded the TIME franchise by introducing TIME FOR KIDS, TIME DIGITAL and such online services as TIME DAILY. Yet he never lost sight of the magazine's primary mission. Says Gaines: "The new wave of instant news via broadcast TV, cable and the computer has created not...
Audiences cared for him, though. He had been a star since 1946, when he and Lewis teamed up in a musical-comedy act. For a decade they dominated nightclubs, concert stages, films and TV, while Dean's record--That's Amore, Memories Are Made of This--went gold. When the...
Fond of movies, she first invested in Hollywood studios, including Universal and Paramount, and kept a tally of their attendance rates. She also bought stock in about 100 blue chips and large franchise corporations, such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, and drug companies like Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough...
NBC announced has obtained the exclusive broadcast and cable TV rights to the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Olympic Games for $2.3 billion. "What this purchase does is keep NBC the official Olympic franchise," says New York bureau chief John Moody. "For a cash-rich corporation like General Electric, which owns...