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Associate Professor at HBS Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Associate Professor Koleman Strumpf at UNC tracked downloads of songs from specific albums on the OpenNap file-sharing network, and then compared this data with the weekly sales figures to see if downloading actually hurt music sales...
Harvard, like many universities, has been under pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to crack down on students who use their network connection to download music. Last April, then-Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 announced that the College would unplug the connection of any users caught sharing copyrighted songs...
BUZZ Political analyst Kevin Phillips' attack on the "old-boy network" that created the Bush political "dynasty" was hailed by Beltway Bush bashers...
...real estate is the new stock market, could HGTV et al. be the new CNBC? Helped by the post- (and maybe even pre-) 9/11 "nesting" trend, the small home channel has grown into a Top 15 cable network, and now has company including DIY, Fine Living and Discovery Home. A slew of new home shows are reflecting how the house has changed from nest to nest egg, focusing not on how to appoint the perfect family room but how to buy low and sell high in a heated real estate market...
...Roger Hazard, an expert "home restager"--this is an actual profession--reminding a couple, "We're not decorating this house for you to live in. We're decorating it for you to leave." Likewise, HGTV's Designed to Sell (Sundays, 8 p.m. E.T.), which joins the network's already popular House Hunters, helps sellers remove clutter and overt personal touches that make it hard for buyers to imagine themselves in the home. Ultimately, the shows are about learning to see your house not as a home but as an investment, which, after all, is what the real estate boom...