Word: shorting
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Like ordinary contraceptive pills, Seasonale contains two different hormones: progestin, which inhibits the release of eggs from the ovaries; and estrogen, which holds the uterine lining together. The idea is to take Seasonale every day for 12 weeks. Taking daily placebo pills for the following week creates a short interruption in hormone levels that allows an immature egg to be discarded with only a little bleeding...
Conspicuously absent from the bitter end were Pop's architects: Spielberg, Howard, DreamWorks pals Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen and Howard's partner Brian Grazer. Pulling the plug and skipping the farewell party were among the few things in Pop's short and troubled history that found all five in agreement. "Thank God I've got another occupation," says Grazer. "I love going from foxhole to foxhole in movies and television, but the Internet space is Vietnam...
...staff of 170. A copyright lawsuit filed by the movie and recording industries has scared investors away from the Michael Ovitz-backed content-search engine Scour, which laid off 52 of its 70 employees two weeks ago. The Digital Entertainment Network imploded in May, and even the critically lauded short-films site Atom Films is in need of another round of financing...
...audience just isn't there yet. Even brief online movies require hefty broadband connections such as a cable modem or a DSL. Most of us are still chugging along on 56-K modems, and would rather watch TV than wait half an hour for a jerky postage stamp-size short to load. So until broadband goes mainstream, online entertainment networks have the near impossible task of building a brand in a near vacuum while burning as little cash as possible. "It's like Survivor," says Kevin Wendle, co-founder and CEO of independent-filmmaker site iFilm.com "It's tough being...
...business book. Kenneth Wong, who had no Internet experience but oversaw cruise-ship attractions and theme-park rides as Imagineering head for Disney, was put in charge of the site by Katzenberg. Other executives were plucked from the world of multimillion-dollar budgets and told to produce shorts for $10,000. Personal favors were rife: one staff member says Steve Martin got a budget-busting $100,000 for projects, including Gwyneth and Me, a comedy short about his attempts to have a baby with Gwyneth Paltrow, because the moguls didn't want to jeopardize their relations with...