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...noon, the nightfall of that same day, Guard Jewell would be given he key to the city. The president would invite him to the White House. Every media outlet would hail him, as would leaders and people worldwide. He had saved the world...
...Olympics is giving it a serious run for its money in at least one department. Sure, the athletic performances are good, but the advertising! It's refreshing to know that in an era of reduced arts funding the most creative minds of our time have found another outlet into which they can funnel their talents. It's always curious to notice the way in which mass media has transformed our cultural resources The advertising industry has done just that by providing ad designers with a broader public viewing base than artists or writers usually ever attain. David...
...create, seamlessly, new products for the digital age. As the dial evolves into hundreds of channels and on-demand services, the cable business has regressed to brutal trench warfare over ever slimmer slivers of market share; the game is to control maximum channels in order to ensure a sufficient outlet for ever growing streams of new and recycled programming. Thus Disney buys Capital Cities/ABC; Viacom buys Paramount and launches UPN; and so on through the merger-mad '90s. "The best way to beat back competition," says Gary Arlen, founder of the research firm Arlen Communications, based in Bethesda, Maryland...
Throughout the 20th century, these cities have been searching for the competitive advantage that will allow them to restore their classical dynamism. For years, New Bedford flirted with the fishing industry. Other northeastern cities are now attempting to rebuild their economy with historical tourism, outlet shopping or a new industrial base. Faced with unionized labor, large wages and the high cost of utilities, none of these endeavors are taking...
...slumped last year for the first time in a decade. Yet Duffell, the North American boss, says Virgin megastores are entertainment centers that will attract big audiences because they are so profoundly different. Certainly, calling Virgin a record store is understating the place drastically. The Times Square outlet boasts 250 listening posts and four Sony cinemas, inlaid-marble floors and an artist's replica of Michelangelo's Creation on the ceiling of the performance space in the classical section. In another testament to the company's shrewdness, Virgin paid a giveaway $18 per sq. ft. for the space that some...