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...final departing starter is guard Kevin Rogus, the single-season three-point record holder. Rogus’ heir apparent is sophomore and sixth man Jim Goffredo, who averaged six points and 15 minutes per game this season. Goffredo hasn’t shot the three as well as Rogus has percentage-wise, but unlike Rogus, he makes plays off the dribble and attacks the paint...
...command's Tampa, Fla., headquarters, the JPSE unit has 38 psychological-operations experts (plus a graphic artist and videographer for film editing), a team that is expected to grow to 113 by 2006, with a projected budget of $77.5 million over the next seven years. JPSE director Jim Treadwell told Time he eventually wants to send those units into Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, where they would produce commercial-quality television ads, radio spots, websites and printed material to burnish the U.S.'s image in those regions. JPSE hopes to award $250,000 contracts next week...
...acoustic version of her first hit album, Jagged Little Pill, and the coffee company is launching a new girl group, Antigone Rising, whose debut CD (from Lava Records) is available only through Starbucks. "With file-sharing being as rampant as it is, the industry is competing with free," says Jim Donio, head of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers. "Getting people to hear new music and actually want to buy it is the best way we know to compete with piracy...
...UC’s Campus Life Committee (CLC), also sitting on a fatter wallet, was decreasingly effective in planning meaningful social events for the college community. The year started off well, with the CLC landing Bob Dylan for a fall concert. But last winter’s Jim Breuer comedy show and this semester’s Springfest event were underwhelming and underattended. While we continue to support the basic mission of the CLC to plan campus-wide social events, we implore the CLC to put its collective ear to the ground to try to figure out what kinds...
...Europe, growing populations, literacy rates and disposable income, as well as slicker distribution channels, have helped drive newspaper sales in developing markets. In China, for example, sales have grown by more than a quarter over the last five years. Not surprisingly, Western publishers are eyeing the fledgling markets, says Jim Chisholm, adviser to WAN. "Internationalization is a growing theme of our business," he says. As is miniaturization: a record 56 titles made the switch from broadsheet to tabloid last year, with compacts accounting for 36% of all newspapers. Since Britain's Times and Independent downsized fully last year, circulation...