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...when Americans think about Sept. 11, they don't look back so much as forward. There will be moments of silence and service motorcycle-rally fund raisers in Minnesota, interfaith prayer services in Cleveland, Ohio; panel discussions in Louisville, Ky.; blood drives in Indianapolis, Ind. But there are no network-TV marathons this time, and many victims' families are grateful to be left alone. The event felt enormous at the time, literally unimaginable. But our imaginations have become deeper, perhaps darker, colored by each new terrorism alert and stretched to allow for reasonable people to spend a week last winter...
...Vivendi will get its $14 billion asking price, including $3.8 billion in cash up front as well as a 20% stake in the new venture, while still hanging on to its telecommunications company Cegetel and the Canal Plus TV business. NBC Universal would unite the top-rated TV network with Universal Studios, Universal's theme parks and cable networks that include...
...victory--almost 17 years to the day since he took over NBC--is a personal one for Wright. He had expanded NBC aggressively by acquiring or developing the cable channels CNBC, MSNBC and Bravo and the Spanish-language network Telemundo. But with the price of programming spiraling, he felt NBC was increasingly vulnerable as the only big network that wasn't aligned with a studio. NBC, for example, was bracing for a rumored $550 million demand from Universal this season for its Law & Order franchise. Meanwhile, advertising revenues were hobbled by a pallid economy and ad-zapping devices like TiVo...
Maybe the USA Network hired ANNA KOURNIKOVA, left, to cover the U.S. Open because of her pretty face. Or because she's the only Russian tennis player whose name Americans can pronounce. But if it was for incisive, McEnrovian analysis, the network didn't get it, and Kournikova retired from broadcast journalism after just three days. Explaining her rapid exit, Kournikova cited the awkwardness of interviewing fellow players and--if this makes sense to you--her overeating on the sidelines. Well, she could always fall back on her competitive tennis career. No, seriously. Maybe she could...
...Still, no matter how bogged down the U.S. may be in Iraq, and the fact that hundreds of jihadis are believed to have sneaked across its borders, al-Qaeda can't claim victories there - most of the Iraqi resistance is entirely homegrown. Bin Laden's network has lost many key operatives and its sanctuaries, its structures and finances have been disrupted, and none of the Arab regimes it aims to topple have fallen. Still, the fact that the trend in the Arab and Muslim world over the past two years is to turn away from the U.S. rather than move...