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After payroll deductions for taxes and Social Security, she had about $1,850 a month to pay her bills. After her rent of $580, a car loan of $400 and an insurance premium of $200, she was left with $670 a month to feed and clothe the boys and herself and pay for her utilities, child care, other miscellaneous expenses--and her credit-card bills...
...less important than the tactics. In December, according to Time Warner, after months of negotiation, the two companies had come to a deal regarding the fees TW would pay to carry various Disney-owned channels on its cable systems and--most notably--to convert the Disney Channel from a premium service to basic cable. Disney negotiators deny they had got that far. And certainly after Time Warner announced its merger with America Online on Jan. 10, Disney didn't feel it had a deal. What it had then was leverage. Figuring that TW would tread lightly lest it disturb Washington...
Meanwhile, Time Warner and Disney will soon be back at the table. In New York City, TW has offered to make nice by giving all its cable customers a refund on two full days of basic service, plus a free month of a premium channel they weren't already receiving (the latter is a tactic that used to be called sales promotion). In Washington chief Disney lobbyist Preston Padden was serving up unctuousness by the ladle. After the FCC officially scolded Time Warner in midweek, Padden intoned, "We are incredibly grateful to the people at the FCC, who were placed...
According to Schroeder, Princeton--where he currently lives--seems to place a much higher premium on undergraduates...
...contest for the last four months, ever since their latest long-term contract expired. According to reports, Disney, whose confidence has been boosted by the spectacular success of shows like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," wants Time Warner to agree to carry several Disney networks, including the heretofore premium Disney Channel, on its basic cable transmissions. For its part, Time Warner, the parent company of TIME.com, contends that Disney has effectively barred it from carrying Disney programming by raising rates and making unreasonable demands...