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Then all the European teams--Real Madrid, Milan, Benefica and others--came to me with proposals to start playing again. But I thought that would be like returning to the field in Brazil. Another proposal came from the presidents of Warner Brothers and Warner Records [now, like TIME, part of AOL Time Warner] in the States: "We're trying to get soccer going in the U.S., and we're going to start a big team, the New York Cosmos. Why don't you come and play with us?" That, I thought, would be a new experience. The Cosmos were giving...
...Reserves on a lark two years ago for what it could offer - money and adventure - and going off to war offers a whole lot of both. Six months (or more) of free housing, free food, foreign pay and hazard pay, and if that doesn't cut it, AOL Time Warner, corporate parent of this writer, has even promised to make up any difference in my income, profit targets be damned...
...that's not the reason why. They both specialize in a kind of entertainment, superhero books, that suddenly seems off-key. Who can now abide the fantasy of an evil madman's nefarious plot to kill thousands of people being foiled by a muscle-bound troglodyte? This question compelled Warner Brothers to indefinitely postpone the release of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Collateral Damage." Superhero publishers don't really have that option since nearly all of their product follows this premise. Instead they are going forward and hoping for the best. "We're going to get lots and lots of grief...
...Warner Bros. Pictures
...fall season in a battered, partially shutdown city, reports PW. The impact of the terrorist attack was profound, from the Borders superstore near the twin towers that was completely destroyed, to the many closed publishing houses, to the canceled promotional events. September 11 was the laydown date for Warner?s $7 million Jack Welch book, but all of the scheduled hoopla, including an appearance on the Jay Leno show, was immediately put on hold. (Despite the lack of publicity, the much-awaited book soared to No. 1 on the 9/30 NYT list in its first week.) The publishing extravaganza...