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RENAMED. AOL TIME WARNER, parent company of TIME; to Time Warner; by the company's board of directors, three years after the announcement of the trouble-plagued corporate merger; in New York City. Of expunging the name of its online unit--which will mean changing the company's ticker symbol (to TWX) and its logo--CEO Dick Parsons said, "We believe that our new name better reflects the portfolio of our valuable businesses and ends any confusion between our corporate name and the America Online brand name...
...spring, families in the summer and seniors in motor homes in the fall. When Gilley is not there, he's on the road with his 11-member band. "The energy that made him want to play and perform and entertain still exists," says Jim Ed Norman, president of Warner Bros. Records Nashville and a producer of several Gilley albums. "It's a primal, core essence of what artists are." Gilley also owns restaurants in Houston and Branson and licenses his name to a Las Vegas venue in addition to the Dallas club...
...RealNetworks; Pressplay, the service begun by record labels Universal and Sony, is now owned by softwaremaker Roxio, which also bought the rights to the defunct Napster brand; MusicNet, begun by the three other big labels, is now offered by America Online (which, like TIME, is owned by AOL Time Warner). Yet the growing business potential brings ever more newcomers. At least 10 new services plan to go live in coming months. Roxio expects to launch a made-over Napster before the end of the year; CEO Chris Gorog says 1 million potential customers have requested e-mail updates. MusicMatch plans...
John T. Molloy, author of the 1975 best seller Dress for Success, turns his pop-science expertise to the field of matrimony. In his new book, Why Men Marry Some Women and Not Others (Warner), he advises would-be brides...
...gave us our confidence back after Jimmy Carter's malaise years. He loved this country and made us proud to call ourselves Americans. He wasn't afraid to do the right things, the tough things. He brought down the evil empire. I miss him greatly. Kevin Warner Orem, Utah...