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...business: ad revenue tends to decrease in business-cycle downturns, while movie-theater ticket sales increase. Second, the marketing possibilities of leveraging between brands and media: for example, network promos plugging websites; TV shows syndicated to sister stations. And with broadband Internet access looming, media companies feel compelled to lock up as much brand-name content and distribution as possible so they will have product and expertise ready for the digital age. "In order for these big companies to stay competitive, they have to do that," says producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "Warner has had success with the WB, Fox has their...
...press, well accustomed to the big and small incompetencies of the Washington bureaucracies, will likely believe it. A significant slice of the republic will not. And some of them ?- self-styled neo-minutemen with a serious beef against King Sam and the arsenal to back it up ?- may well lock, load and decide to do something about...
...last spring, when Rove's cellular phone started chirping in the middle of a high-level campaign meeting. The interruption annoyed Bush, who had asked Rove to turn his phone off during meetings. And so, after Rove left the room to take the call, Bush looked up and said, "Lock the door." Rove never got back in that day. But in Iowa last week, he was never far from the Governor's side...
This isn't kid stuff. McGwire's 70th homer ball last season fetched $3 million. The famous Barry Halper collection, which includes Ty Cobb's dentures and a lock of Babe Ruth's hair, will rake in an estimated $45 million at auction next month. Baseball memorabilia has never been more dear, owing to a tidal wave of enthusiasm for the sport that stems in large part from last year's Sammy and Mark show--airing again this year...
...confession. She had to go to two police stations for questioning." Her mother is also a Communist Party member, which singled her out for special treatment. The authorities repeatedly asked her about Falun Gong's organizational structure. Finally, she recanted so she could go home. "The security forces can lock up their bodies but not their hearts," says Xiao...