Word: secondly
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...become a commodity, and he lacked access to the leading source of broadband--the fat, fast pipes of cable television that could carry vast amounts of Internet content. And Case didn't have much in the way of content either. Time Warner's cable-television system, the country's second largest, owned plumbing aplenty to distribute AOL's services. The company also had the proprietary content--magazines, books, movies, music, programming--to send down the pipes...
...brethren for use of the cartoon bird. If any one thing has made Levin a success, it is his long-range strategic vision. But his willingness to let his managers run their businesses as they see fit--as long as they deliver double-digit earnings growth--runs a close second...
...second to none--pace Senators Bradley and McCain--in my devotion to campaign-finance reform, but please. Candidates are beholden to big media because of the power big media hold over them. The remedy to this blight on our democracy is not bigger behemoths. In order to maximize consumer choice, it may make sense to ask how many widgets it takes to make a competitive widget market. But the same question doesn't really make sense for companies dealing in news and ideas. If anything, government should raise the bar before approving mergers among such mega-entities...
...provisions to train, mentor and find jobs for qualified minorities as writers, directors, producers and executives. Mfume says the coalition is nearing agreements with Fox and CBS. The ABC deal emphasizes scholarships, mentoring and training. The NBC pact creates a minority writing position on each show returning for its second season. (If Stark Raving Mad is renewed, maybe they'll draw straws...
...Moonves says, "We don't need an instant 20 share to be able to let [City] survive" in its uncompetitive 8 p.m. time slot. But they will need both white and minority viewers to thrive and create the kind of cross-cultural exchange City aims at. In the second episode, a white resident panics when an African-American girl shows up with a gray efflorescence on her legs. A black pediatrician shows him the miracle cure: Vaseline. The girl has ash--a mundane dry-skin condition--and tells him, "It's a black thing." You may remember the second part...