Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea of mass media is supposed to mean energy and innovation to twenty-somethings; it means cable and satellite television, programming on demand and the wonderful horizons of the boundless Internet. Amidst such an array of choices, then, radio can sometimes seem like the forgotten province of bombastic talk show hosts and mindless drivel (e.g.Kiss...
...matter how they baited him, Gates held his famous temper and stuck to his message: Microsoft is not a monopoly; anyone can upend the topsy-turvy software industry with a cool new idea. As he put it later, "At the end of the day there's only one question: Are we allowed to innovate? We'll make sure that this boils down to that one question...
...What a strange idea...
...series about some kids on their own after the death of their parents. Early on, the show had few viewers and was almost canceled. To help the ratings, Rupert Murdoch, whose company owns Fox, suggested an episode in which the kids' house burned down. (Keyser and Lippman rejected the idea.) Eventually, the ratings improved, and the show's popularity continues even as the loss of the parents recedes. "These people at any time in their lives are constantly forced back to take care of each other," Keyser says, "which is the original premise of the show. In this...
...still waiting for a shot. Last year, London-based soul-rocker Pauline Taylor circulated a powerful demo tape to a number of U.S. record companies. She has still not been signed by an American label. Peter Albertelli, a spokesman for Cheeky Records, which signed Taylor in Britain, says the idea of a black woman singing rock "is intriguing to people, but then they try to find a marketing strategy, and when they look for a place to fit someone like Pauline in, it gets frightening for them." He says Taylor is rejiggering her album and "pop-sizing...