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...Somewhere in the medley, to the tune of "Pinball Wizard," they referred to NBC president Jeff Zucker as "that tiny hairless genius / who made Must-See TV." If only Zucker were so lucky. NBC does continue to dominate Thursday nights with its Must-See lineup, but its biggest linchpins - "Friends" and "E.R." - not only predate his taking the job in 2000, but went on the schedule in the era of grunge rock...
...room for improvement. Since Music Store works only on Macs (and then only on those with OS X), the other 97% of consumers who use PCs can't try it until a Windows version, promised by year's end, comes out. And the slender song library, lacking a single tune by Madonna or the Rolling Stones, needs beefing up too. --By Anita Hamilton...
...Well, like the former President said, I am not a crook. I've never stolen anything--anything, that is, besides music. But I confess to being an unrepentant ex-Napsterite, now a LimeWire artist. I can find almost any tune online. I download songs to my computer and then off-load them to my MP3 player or burn them onto CDs to play in my car. Like tens of millions of others, I don't consider myself particularly immoral...
...that otherwise honest folks blithely steal music? For me, it started with Napster. I was desperate to hear an old Loudon Wainwright III tune that hadn't yet been rereleased on CD. I found it one day online--someone had converted the entire record into MP3s and kindly uploaded the songs. I downloaded the tune and then helped myself to a rare Duane Allman rendition of Please Be with Me. I had begun my descent into hell, or wherever it is that music pilferers go at the Final Download. I'd have been thrilled to pay for them, I rationalized...
...CHARGED. JAMES HENRY TING, 52, former chairman of the Akai consumer electronics company; with falsifying the accounts of Akai to the tune of more than $38 million; in Hong Kong. The Shanghai-born tycoon disappeared in late 2000 after the company racked up debts of more than $1 billion. He was arrested after returning to Hong Kong by helicopter from Macau. Akai, which was a 70-year-old Japanese electronics giant before Ting took it over, has been dubbed "Hong Kong's Enron...