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...Clinton Administration's proposed budget for the Antitrust Division about $9 million. Klein is in no danger of running out of paper to write his appellate briefs, but it showed that Microsoft was ready to play hardball. Microsoft has also formed the so-called Freedom to Innovate network, a "nonpartisan, grass-roots network of citizens and businesses" that happens to reside on the company's website. And it has undertaken an aggressive state-level lobbying campaign--mindful, perhaps, that the suit against it is being pressed by 19 state attorneys general. Another political variable that argues for Microsoft to stall...
...Forbes can stay on Bush's case until the end with enough money to buy TV ads--enough to buy a TV network--if he wants to. He's shown he will spend from his $450 million fortune what it takes. According to the New York Times, he has already given up majority ownership in Forbes, Inc. To avoid being labeled negative, he's going pre-emptively nice. "I like Bush personally. I would consider him for Vice President. His brother, too." If Forbes peels off conservative votes, it increases the chances of a McCain nomination. The Senator from Arizona...
Greed is just the first of the quiz-show contenders hoping to cash in on Millionaire's success. Because game shows are cheaper to produce than sitcoms or dramas, nearly every network is scrambling to come up with one. The trick is finding the right formula...
...first pitch to a network--Clark won't say which one, but other sources identify it as nbc--was turned down. But the Clark team's one-page proposal quickly appealed to Fox executive vice president Mike Darnell, who oversees the network's successful reality-based programming, such as World's Scariest Police Chases and When Good Pets Go Bad. In the market for a quiz show to pep up Fox's increasingly anemic-looking fall lineup, Darnell thought Clark's idea would work if it employed an edgier title and execution--contestants not only cooperating but also competing with...
...specials for the past 27 years--is still scheduled to count down the traditional ball drop in Times Square, but he won't be producing entertainment segments. "I've been relieved of those duties and just assigned to the ball," says Clark, who declined to discuss specifics about the network's decision. Guess that's one fellow who won't be partying like...