• Cancellation of 'Buffy': Was it the right decision?
  Expect the debate to be heated
• Times combined web unit promises streamlined buys
  Will link papers, TV and magazines
• Our surprisingly healthy American newspaper industry
  What the numbers really tell us
• If it pops, sizzles or glows Atomic most likely built it
  The folks who create the spectaculars
• @Home and Macromedia join up in rich media deal
  Creating high-end ads for the web
• Outdoor Explorer reaches for adventurous families
  Growth market for outdoor togetherness
• Behind eBay's decision to outsource ad tracking
  Better data for smarter choices

Monday, June 28, 1999

• Might most of the people going on line already be there?
  Growth of web users may be slowing
  
• Targeting cable advertising by zip and neighborhood
  Grey and Kraft testing new technology
• Pay on demand becoming model for paid web sites
  Subscription model losing ground
• Dyke wins top slot at BBC despite protests
  Nasty scrap comes to a quick end
  
• San Francisco insists on open access to cable system
  Supervisors shrug off AT&T threats
• Shorts
  AOL to offer free service in UK, Germany
  Paper: Cablevision wants to buy Mets
  Rupert Murdoch gets hitched
  Woman who set up Gifford sues Globe
  British telecom halts upgrade over access

• Cashing in on the high promise of ATMs
  A medium that's waiting to catch on
  
• ABC and its affiliates reach deal over football $s
  Stations pay $45M and get 8 ad slots
• Bride's: Where love and marriage meet money
  A unique franchise where spending is all
• A way to track success of clients' messages
  Providing sites with key ad data
• Addressing the crisis of content in the digital era
  NTL' s chief calls for 'intertainment'
• Shorts
  Paula Zahn takes Crier's place at Fox
  AltaVista unwraps new web service
  Parents still want better kid TV

  
  

• CNN names new anchors for 'Moneyline News Hour'
  Varney and Bay get Dobbs' job
• Whither George? Fate of Kennedy title in limbo
  Hachette chieftains to decide soon Hachette chieftains to decide soon
• Springer's ratings hold up with cleaned up format
  Diller may not sell show after all
  
• Traffic to travel sites jumps by 58% in May
  Surfers plan for summer vacations
• A noted critic bemoans distractions of most web sites
  Yale design prof: Content should rule
• Shorts
  Disney, Infoseek join privacy movement
  A new CFO for Time Warner

• Coen: Booming ad market may signal halt in TV erosion
  Top forecaster sees more robust growth
• Outside: Leader in field faces raft of challengers
  Literary title for rugged adventurers Hachette chieftains to decide soon
• Outdoor Systems goes on line with database of billboards
  Buyers like what they see but want more
• Controversial TV figure edits Sunday Independent
  Appointment stuns Fleet Street
• About.com joins list of top internet advertisers
  Building awareness over name-change
• Shorts
  CNET launches huge ad campaign
  Hyde sees no quick action on ISP bill
  Healtheon-WebMD buys news service

• DirectTV and NAB agree to back satellite bill
  Measure to allow local broadcasting
• Is the web ready for primetime? Maybe soon.
  Higher rates for periods of high traffic
• Adventure: Magazine for the fearless traveler
  Reaching the 30-ish 'challenge seeker'
• Soap Opera Digest: Passion in the afternoon
  Bit of romance for busy young mothers
• Sun's editors dupe BBC in sex-addiction hoax
  Reporter poses as randy pub barmaid
• Shorts
  Group wants new TV rating system
  Yahoo!, P&G in new marketing deal
  Cable viewership posts new gains
  

• Analysts: Soft spot market dampens network revenues
  Yet CBS shows surprising strength
• New outdoor study ranks cities by bang for the buck
  Atlanta leads while N.Y.C. is last
• Large number of surfers watch TV while on line
  Multi-tasking increasingly common
• Nasty barbs fly between New Republic and Economist
  'One of those snooty British things'
• More publishers seek out brands to start new titles
  Advantage of market acceptance
• Shorts
  Echostar honcho attacks satellite pact
  BT ordered to open access to rivals
  Severino to head CBS stations
  
  

• Bank reform laws expected to set off burst in ad spending
  Major branding efforts likely on TV
• New publisher takes over Columbia Journalism Review
  CJR: Ethical voice in a crowded field
• Web myopia and the crisis of content
  Need for clear lines between ad and edit
• BSkyB to give away set-top boxes at toy stores
  Race to sign up customers for digital TV
• Shorts
  News flash: Reilly quits as Primedia chief
  More info on the top 85 billboard cities
  Outgoing BBC head attacks digital TV
  

• Analysts see breakup or sale for Primedia with Reilly out
  Clashes over stock's poor performance
• 'Movie Stars': Midsummer night's clunker from the WB
  Leaden sitcom about Hollywood types
• The lowly gas nozzle takes off as ad vehicle
  Captive audience for range of messages
• Oprah and Hearst launching title for fans of daytime talker
  Show's can-do spirituality put to paper
• America Online joins list of top 10 web advertisers
  eBay cedes place to Blue Mountain
• Shorts
  Forbes names its first president
  New top salesman for WSJ
  Honcho named at Telemundo
  Study: Search engines search less

• Murdoch builds inroads into China's TV marketplace
  Currying favor at the top to win access
• Ad targeting on the web is not catching on. Will it ever?
  It might not be worth the bother
• Detroit takes sharper aim in marketing cars to women
  Ads tailored to need rather than gender
• It's for real. Black wants a piece of the N.Y. Observer
  Heady plans to go against city's dailies
• Private Eye: Lampooning Britain's rich and powerful
  Skillful evader of UK's tough libel laws
• Shorts
  Springer heads for the United Kingdom
  New head for CBS Broadcasting Int.
  

• Times boots Globe publisher over lagging performance
  Five-year honeymoon ends abruptly
• Study: Web proving powerful ad tool for local businesses
  Passes direct mail as medium of choice
• Is P&G shifting out of network TV? So it appears.
  Numbers back scuttlebutt around town
• Southern Living: Regional title with a loyal following
  Indepth coverage of all things Dixie
• A magazine named Joe from Starbucks and Time
  A coffeeshop title for the latte crowd
• Shorts
  Disney buys the rest of Infoseek
  Search begins for new Primedia chief
  Microsoft invests in Canadian cable

• Study: Billboards are tops for reaching the big earners
  Rich folks drive more and see more
• SRDS expands its online media planning databases
  Aims to have all books up by year end
• In Style extends its brand with four spinoff issues
  Practical advice on how celebs do it
• Hearst names Alston publisher of new Oprah title
  Formerly with YM and Allure
• Shorts
  DoubleClick buys NetGravity
  Indianapolis News to cease operations
  Study: In death women get less respect
  
  

• Nielsen feels the heat as Spanish stations gain share
  Bitter squabbling over who gets metered
• Multi-tasking and the myth of convergence
  Why TV and the web won't morph
• Battle over open access heats up with Broward vote
  Pols tell cablers to carry ISPs or else
• Spate of high school dramas in wake of Columbine tragedy
  Alienation and a subtext of violence
• 'Buffy' Part II: Delayed episode gutted of all spirit
  Ratings success but a downer for fans
• Shorts
  AltaVista will offer free web access
  Hugh Downs to join web broadcast firm
  

• Buyers criticize fall shows for lack of ethnic diversity
  Responding to 'whitewash' charge
• Magazine ad sales rise smartly in June
  Hot titles: 'T&L Golf,' 'Healthy Living'
• 'GvsE': Sci-fi from USA with real cult potential
  Defying all programming conventions
• AOL and Yahoo! move up list of top internet advertisers
  Also vying for position as top ad sites
• Report: Carter agrees to sell New York Observer to Black
  The deal could be announced today
• Shorts
  Ziff-Davis is up for sale
  A magazine called Cutie Patootie?
  New head at Times' newspaper group
  Editor & Publisher is sold to BPI

• Fate of George in limbo with Kennedy disappearance
  Speculation rife that title will close
• Up, up and away! Putting messages in the sky
  Aerial ads rise above the clutter
• 'Dick & Paula': Merciless talkshow spoof from FX
  Regis and Kathy set in Worchester
• Lycos plots a course to be largest web destination
  Sege: E-commerce is what it's about
• Oops! Black's not buying the N.Y. Observer after all
  Report: Deal falls through at last minute
• Shorts
  Roseanne bombs with NBC O&Os
  Microsoft will sell online city guides
  CNN beefs up its biz coverage

• Hachette: We're committed to JFK Jr.'s vision for George
  Kliger suggests magazine will survive
• Ad spending up 4.6 percent in the first quarter of 1999
  Biggest gainers: Web, cable, spot radio
• Feud over satellite reform threatens measure's passage
  EchoStar and DirecTV swap charges
• Leive joins Self magazine as its new editor in chief
  Glamour's deputy editor replaces Udell
• Study: Online households are watching less television
  TV viewership is 13 percent lower
• Shorts
  Wall Street Journal for Sunday readers
  News Corp. extends its reach in coupons
  Online sales to double this year
  
  

• AT&T in talks to allow AOL access to its cable lines
  Deal would give ISP lead over rivals
• New editor promises a newsier Self magazine
  Will widen appeal to women of all ages
• High-earners spend more hours surfing, right? Wrong.
  Less-well-off are heavier internet users
• Go2Net emerges as major online network
  20% increase in unique visitors
• French honcho of Hachette denies George will be closed
  Speaks to rumors after JFK Jr.'s death
• Shorts
  Another voice in support of open access
  Senator rough-and-tumble Springer
  Turner announces new 'toon network
  

• FCC may soon toughen rules on dual-station ownership
  Aim to limit control of smaller markets
• More and more the web is becoming a local medium
  Checking what's showing at the Bijou
• Yahoo! Internet Life: The web as a lifestyle
  Magazine for folks who like to surf
• 'Undressed': Drenched in sex but lacking edginess
  MTV's bedroom romps lack punch
  
• NTL gears up to become the UK's sole cable system
  But will regulators allow it to happen?
• Shorts
  Flynt mulls bailout of George
  Ad pioneer David Ogilvy is dead at 88
  FCC: Keep the web free of regulation
  

• The V-chip is upon us but what will its impact be?
  Experts think well beyond kids shows
• House Beautiful: Riding the crest of the nesting craze
  Reaching the eclectic home decorator
• Carter to start monthly in Westchester County
  Black says Observer deal is dead
• Msn.com climbs to No.2 among top advertiser sites
  Impressions quadruple in one week
• Shorts
  FCC will appeal open access ruling
  AOL's free web service to debut in UK
  CBS picks up another web property
  
  

• What local stations will do to spike sweeps ratings
  Promotions can boost numbers 20%
• AT&T wins a round in the open-access fight
  San Francisco supervisors back down
• Entertainmenteen joins raft of new teen titles
  Tabloid on newsprint from Primedia
• Study: Kids prefer TV and the phone over web
  Least favorite way to relax after school
• More publishers facing advertising cuts by Ford
  TV Guide, Reader's Digest included
• Shorts
  So who's Luis Silva de Balboa, anyway?
  Talk arrives on newsstands next week
  Newsman Martin Agronsky dies
  

Wednesday, July 28, 1999

• The aging of the Seven Sisters
  The crisis facing women's service titles
• Big-name rivals emerge to challenge WebTV
  High hopes for foundering technology
• Madison: Only the toniest of advertisers need apply
  Downtown, edgy and very selective
• Bidders come forth to acquire The Mirror
  Ex-chief's $3.2B offer discredited
• Shorts
  Editor's firing grows plenty nasty
  Cox buys Gannett's cable operations
  

Thursday, July 29, 1999

• Billboard/radio deals are slow to catch on
  'Not as simple as everyone thinks'
• Hispanics join blacks to protest all-white shows
  Call for week-long 'brownout'
• Study: Online advertising will reach $32B in 2005
  But many unhappy with ad results
• CWC deal makes NTL UK's largest cable company
  Will Telewest be far behind?
• Shorts
  CBS ties Moonves into long-term deal
  Allen to take his cable empire public
  Times in unprecedented news deal
  

Friday, July 30, 1999

• Talk, talk, talk: The hoopla begins
  Awaiting the splash of Tina's new title
• 'You asked for it': NBC schlock worthy of Fox
  So much for its tough stand on taste
• British investors go bananas over Freeserve
  Scads of new no-fee ISPs expected
• Next Card jumps up on list of top web advertisers
  Kennedy death boosts news site traffic
• Shorts
  Martha takes herself public
  London's Mirror has a buyer
  FCC to rule on TV station ownership

  
  
  

• Post-Dobbs, biz news is more about content
  Timely reporting over familiar faces
• Shuckin' and jivin' over the whiteness of primetime
  Lame excuses for the lack of diversity
• 'Thanks': Pilgrim turkey from CBS
  Limp summer yuks in period costume
• Study: Entertainment sites draw the most web surfers
  Almost a third say they watch less TV
• New generation of VCRs makes zapping ads easier
  Big step closer to video on demand
• Shorts
  Star publishes tribute to John Jr.
  More signs of hope for George
  Morton Downey Jr. enters cyber space
  

• A first look at Talk: Can it walk the walk?
  Judgment day for Tina's new title
• 'Downtown': Cool MTV 'toon of East Village life
  New animated primetime series
• Britain's top men's title to launch a U.S. edition
  FHM joins an ever-crowding field
• New online registry brokers ATM ad space
  Network of 30,000 machines
• Shorts
  CBS reports surge in earnings
  New heads to run Warner Bros.
  Drop in the number of online buyers?

• NASCAR deal could mean substantial ad rate increases
  TV buyers may face hikes of 20% to 30%

• Soaps losing their lather among younger women
  Viewership off in season's early weeks

• NAACP's Mfume ups demands, gives Big 4 January 1 deadline
  Wants diversity in all phases of television  

• So what's your favorite network? Consumers name America Online
  No kidding. AOL beats out Big 4 in survey

• FTD plants a big one with top banner of the week
  CNET joins list of top advertiser sites

• Shorts
  VW wheels out its new TV ad on the web
  Web advertisers slow to target niches
  Satellite bill is stalled again by Hill hijinks
  

Monday, November 15, 1999

• Dialogue: Media heavies debate pay-for-results compensation
  A good idea but devilish in the details

• Visa signs up for Olympics as exclusive credit card sponsor
  At $60M, first major player since scandal

• Online selling of radio spots sees a rush of new competitors
  BuyMedia, an early player, must defend its turf

• On eve of Christmas buying, gaming sites see traffic boost
  Shopping sites starting to record pickup

• Two British powerhouses launch dailies in Manchester
  Each is a morning paper called The Metro

• Shorts
  One in 10 will soon be on web around the world
  More shake, rattle and roll at Conde Nast
  Entertainmenteen goes monthly in December
  

Tuesday, November 16, 1999

• Charlie Ergen, Congress and the art of brinksmanship
  Floods Hill with angry calls from subscribers

• In a first, NBA spins off a TV channel from a web site
  But will NBA.com TV reach beyond addicts?

• Stuck on a desert island, most folks would rather surf
  Study tracks growing importance of web

• Murdoch plans to reenter the U.S. magazine business
  Son annnounces major upscale golf title

• Ailing Fox demotes Herzog as chief programming whiz
  Studio head assumes control of network

• Shorts
  Judge slaps Disney over Go Network logo
  Drudge stomps off Fox show over fetus pix
  

Wednesday, November 17, 1999

• 4As investigates charges that HGTV double-sold ads
  Panel looks into whether practice is widespread

• Q&A:The web as electronic strip mall for e-commerce
  Rushkoff: Coming death of traditional ads

• Ancier orders bold revamp of NBC's primetime lineup
  Major switcheroo to protect lead in ratings

• ABC extends 'Millionaire' for another three nights
  Raging success gives network sweeps lead

• Top regulator raises specter of halt to UK's cable consolidation
  Flags NTL's takeover of Cable & Wireless

• Shorts
  Katz splits from Comedy Central
  Drudge's days are numbered at Fox

Thursday, November 18, 1999

• Washington Post and NBC craft editorial and ad alliance
  Arming for coming battle of the media giants

• Poll finds widespread support for family friendly programming
  Panel reports 80 percent want cleaner TV

• What's in a name?Part II: Building brand on few dollars
  Study: Real web success stories spent little

• Move over ABC, MTV's got the killer game show of all time
  Interactive webRIOT reinvents the genre 

• Surf's way up: Web traffic rises as temperatures fall
  Time on internet up nearly 10% in October

• Shorts
  Forbes raises its rate base in January
  Lou Schultz off to Western

Friday, November 19, 1999

• Lack of monitoring for cable worries many media buyers
  Nearly impossible to find out if ads ran

• Britannica.com goes free and the world comes knocking
  New kind of portal where content rules

• Satellite bill gains new life in last minute compromise
  Bill now headed for approval in the Senate

• Uncle Mel reaches real deep to keep rights to NCAA playoffs
  Agrees to pay double as ABC & Fox up bids

• Amazon climbs the charts as the holidays approach
  WebMD makes a showing among top banners

• Shorts
  Top Zuckerman executive takes her life
  Drudge is formally out of Fox

• Dialogue: A revolution in the art of branding
  The authors of two important studies tell usalmost all the old rules are out the window.
  Now the question is, What are the new rules?

• Broadband cable poised to break through the office wall
  Putting ad messages in front of workers

• Alexander Liberman: Major figure in the look of magazines
  Death of former Conde Nast editorial director

• Federal court knocks down local laws restricting tobacco ads
  Ruling affects retailers in nine Western states

• Cash is king among fastest growing web sites
  Everbody wants to be a millionaire

• Shorts
  Satellite bill clears Congress as it adjourns
  Another Tina type splits, this one for Brill

• Dialogue: Is television research a dying art?
  Budgets are being cut and top positions left unfilled as respected names in the industry are either nudged out or abruptly booted. Do the suits in the corner offices no longer care to hear what their pollsters have to tell them? Or is it more complicated than that?
• Puttin' on the blitz: Satellite firms gear up to enroll millions
  Advertisers stand to reach more viewers
• Hair at last, a teen magazine for young girls and their mops
  TeenStyle primps for a January launch
• UK haggles over license fee to speed adoption of digital TV
  Will user's levy help or hinder acceptance?
• Web page views break the billion-a-day barrier
  Almost 64M users hit the web in October
• Shorts
  Super Bowl draws dot.coms and big bucks
  Univision plans debut of online venture
  Annoyed plumber sues over bathroom prank

Tuesday, November 30, 1999

• Frank Lalli named editor to revive George magazine
  Pro with a pencil but novice in politics
• Giacomino splits from Grey for a top media job at Carat
  Lost out in power struggle as units merged
• Time Warner aims at masses with debut of Entertaindom.com
  First effort in TW's grand internet strategy
• MRI study tracks when readers actually read their magazines
  Early finding: Timeliness of edit plays big role
• Amazon leads the e-pack of online holiday advertisers
  E-commerce sites plugging Xmas wares
• Shorts
  NAACP says it's been skunked by network bigs
  Canadians bemoan TV clutter (No kidding)

Wednesday, December 1, 1999

• Nielsen response rates are in yet another slide
  Efforts to boost participation having no effect
• ABC mulls slotting 'Millionaire' for three nights a week in 2000
  The big question: Will it keep its steam?
• Ouch! Number of folks going online may be slowing
  Report: Most likely surfers already web savvy
• All rise, court is now in session as judge shows sweep TV land
  Lead overall upsurge in syndicated shows
• Taking the hick out of country:TNN and Turner South aim upscale
  Both seek younger, well-heeled viewers
• Shorts
  Grey confirms Giacomino's job cut
  Price of web addresses on a steep rise
  Ramseys sue the Star, claiming libel

Thursday, December 2, 1999

• Berner restructures Fairchild, announcing key appointments
  Aims to double profits and add new titles
• Study ranks viewer satisfaction with nation's top cable channels
  Media buyers divided over value of findings
• Q&A: Behind CBS's integrated media strategy
  Bob Leverone on melding the old and new
• 'Turn Ben Stein On': Talker is too polished for Comedy Central
  Droll host can expect early cancellation
• An odd coupling threatens further consolidation in UK TV
  Carlton-United pairing shakes up the market
• Shorts
  Star and Enquirer: Clintons to divorce
  'Snoops' snuffed to make room for 'Millionaire'

Friday, December 3, 1999

• Our hats are off to 'Millionaire' but how significant is the victory?
  Against prior years a 15 rating ain't much
• Heads up, Frank!  Here's some sage  advice on how to fix George
  Helpful tips from some top media buyers
• Dot.com spendthrifts bump Super Bowl spots over $3M
  Average 30-second ad climbs to $2.3M
• Q&A: The rising power of radio in the coming age of new media
  RAB's Fries on the e-borning of the medium
• MSN and WebMD flood the net with banners for MSN health site
  Wine.com spreads a bit of pre-holiday cheer
• Shorts
  Lalli kills Feb. George; Lagani named publisher
  ABC formally slots 'Millionaire' for January
  Controversial hi-tech reporter joins NY Post
  

Monday, December 6, 1999

• Sweeps are a joke, right? But who is the joke on?
  Buyers know its all hype but still get taken
• Understanding how 'Millionaire' could change sweeps strategies
  Tired-and-true blockbusters lose their magic
• Angry Tina comes out swinging over critical piece in the Times
  Talk editor on the magazine launch as war
• AT&T in a deal with Mindspring for access to broadband system
  Armstrong committed to open access to web
• Online toy sales go nuts but e-commerce lags overall
  Some sites see only slight gains over 1998
• Shorts
  Massachusetts judge upholds tobacco ad ban
  Eisner vows to slash costs at all Disney units

Tuesday, December 7, 1999

• Forecasters predict big gains in global ad spending in 2000
  Dot.coms enrich all areas of U.S. media
• ESPN and baseball league tie knot for another six years
  New deal ends dispute, ups game coverage
• At Fox, it's all about brand, and the brand is a studied edge
  Lundberg on the importance of risk-taking
• Review: ABC will slaughter the goose by airing  hit 'Millionaire'  three nights
  Thursdays okay, but Sundays and Tuesdays?
• Ziff-Davis computer titles sold to group led by Jim Dunning
  Led turnaround at Peterson Publishing
• Shorts
  Big stink over tawdry ad deal dies quietly in LA
  Excite@Home signs up millionth subscriber

Wednesday, December 8, 1999

• The vast web ambitions of NBC
  NBCi CEO Chris Kitze is busily assembling a herd of web properties that promise to put the peacock well ahead of the other networks. Expect the promotional blitz to be deafening.
• Is New York's News about to go?
  Court papers show lots of red ink but the union suggests losses are cooked to beat settlement
• Feds okay Infinity-Outdoor deal but order sell-off in key markets
  U.S.: Trim New York, New Orleans, Phoenix
• Say wha? Skinny on Andersen's Hollywood site remains quite thin
  Launch announcement reveals next to zip
• CNBC claims win against CNN for day viewers of business news
  The latest, best numbers in this war of words
• Shorts
  'South park' team will create for the web
  Times names Maslin replacements on film beat
  Salon will develop TV show for Bravo in 2000
  Less than 10% of Xmas budgets slated for web

Thursday, December 9, 1999

• Rodale shuts New Woman after a major repositioning
  Redesign failed to stem falloff in readers
• A retiring Carlo Vittorini muses on his two decades with Parade
  Publisher : 'Printed word is alive and well'
• Retailers double presence on the web over five months
  More players and bigger ad campaigns
• Thoughts of Chairman Rupert
  News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch is nothing if not frank and recently he's been speaking out more than usual on everything from the web to his mother. Here are some of his more noteworthy quips.
• UK television giants partner to launch British Ask Jeeves
  Granada and Carlton to kick in ad support
• Shorts
  Online Wall Street Journal turns a profit
  No. 2 George editor resigns post, as expected
  Hearst sells Motor Boating to Times Mirror

Friday, December 10, 1999

• For all the talk about Hispanics few marketers target them well
  Just 25% buy in Spanish-language media
• 'Millionaire' wasn't only show to do well during the sweeps
  Audience gains reported for 17 regular series
• Study: Internet shifts power from marketers to consumers
  New American individualism blooms on the web
• Vibe/Spin has growing list of suitors to buy music titles
  Latest rumor: Time to partner with Essence
• UK's Telewest in buyout talks with key player in digital race
  Partnering up for interactive TV launch
• Shorts
  Bidding war heats up for UPI news service
  Ex-Disney executive says he knew sex prey was adult
  Sports Afield goes to Peterson founder

• Nielsen to debut people meters in top 10 local television markets
  First Boston and the remainder over 3 years
• In Salon's deal with Bravo there's a pairing of like minds
  Two unique voices as one on Madison Ave.
• Ad buyers flock to Oprah title even without a name or prototype
  Some 500 pages sold to 75 top advertisers
• Quiz show mania due in January in response to  ABC's 'Millionaire'
  NBC signs Maury Povich for 'Twenty-One'
• E-commerce sites may be hot but they are not big in web ads
  The exception: Amazon.com, up 23 percent
• Shorts
  Study: Web attracts young and affluent blacks
  Lagging 'Early Show' reshuffles ranks
  Most online Xmas shoppers are old hands

Tuesday, December 14, 1999

• Dot.com clutter, you say? Here are some painful figures
  Number of ads rising far faster than prices
• It's official: Dot.com ad spending went nuts in first three quarters
  CMR: $1.4B on traditional media, up 291%
• Fox Sports Net goes local with sites covering home teams
  Appeal to national and regional advertisers
• Creating print magazines for a generation of web heads
  Imagine Media plans titles for a new sensibility
• AFP agrees to sweepstakes for people who feel cheated
  Part of N.J. court deal to settle lawsuits
• Shorts
  Bud spots will dominate Super Bowl game
  Disney's Go.com is bleeding deep red ink
  McCartney in historic webcast from Cavern
  

Wednesday, December 15, 1999

• The graying of the TV armchair drives up ages of network viewers
  Both CBS and NBC draw older audiences
• Welch says NBC is not for sale but we ask, What if it were sold?
  Would it be such a bad thing? Opinions vary
• Q&A: Freeing the internet from the prison of its technology
  Cooper: 'Windows is a thing we all dread'
• So what killed New Woman? An inability to stem loss of readers
  Rodale closed title rather than pour in more
• NTL furthers its European march, picking up the Swiss's Cablecom
  Aims to add holdings in other key markets
• Shorts
  Ladies man Albert back as NBC basketball voice
  CBS's 'City of Angels' set for Wednesday at 8
  AOL: Sunday is most popular Xmas shopping day

Thursday, December 16, 1999

• MTV and VH1 under probe for hold over music video industry
  Feds look into exclusivity for new releases
• Time Inc. titles see best ad gains among major publishing houses
  Pick up another $400M over 1998 period
• Barry Diller's itching to grow but he's mum when pressed
  Might a woman's network be in the works?
• NAACP's Mfume meets network bigs over diversity
  Executives trek to Baltimore to lay out plans
• Internet population climbs but time online dips a tad
  Worry over declining portal traffic fades
• Shorts
  Cable industry gets a peek of Oxygen
  CNBC biz news again tops CNN's 'Moneyline'
  Cahners trims another 150 jobs
  

Friday, December 17, 1999

• NBC to air Summer Olympics on both CNBC and MSNBC
  Promises 273 hours of cable coverage
• As we go off to the movies so are America's top advertisers
  Loads of  ad messages for the holiday crowd
• Battle brews over what ABC considers paid circulation
  Major papers irked over Gannett give-aways
• Not to over-simplify, but simplicity is now a hot idea in magazines
  (Just don't be confused by the spate of new titles)
• MSN's gaming site Zone.com becomes a top advertising site
  Barnes & Noble steps up Xmas advertising
• Shorts
  AOL and Wal-Mart to launch ISP for rural areas
  Ex-Infoseek executive beats child sex rap--for now
  Must-read: New Yorker's spoof of Details
  

• 'Toons on the web
  For all its high-tech promise, the internet is becoming a testing grounds for the crudest of all forms of entertainment, the so-called adult cartoon.
• First week in January looks to be even more quiz-intensive
  'Greed' on three nights'; Clark debuts 'Lines'
• At People en Español, learning to speak Spanish wasn't  so easy
  Struggling to create a title for all Hispanics
• Marketers slowly begin to tap into U.S.'s rich Asian consumers
  Telcos lead the way with major campaigns
• L.A. Times recites its principles in a front page letter to readers
  After ad fiasco, no more conflicts of interest
• Shorts
  Study: TV takes the hit when folks go online
  Time Inc.: We did not steal the idea for Real Simple
  Amazon founder is Time's man of the year
  

• This Fox has nine lives
  Rupert's network, home of edgy programming, seemed in deep mire just weeks ago. But of late the numbers are looking better as some trusty primetime stalwarts show their stuff. So don't throw the sod on quite yet.
• Tech web sites command top dollars for banner ads
  Portals and search engines among cheapest
• Nielsen quietly drops research on the passive people meter
  Cites need to detect digital television signals
• Magazines end a robust year with pages and $s up smartly
  12.1% revenue increase through November
• L.A. Times report rips up publisher and top editors
  Read it and weep: Shaw minces no words
• London: Rupert's trip to grimy Hull may hold key to BSkyB's future
  Tycoon inspects DSL as alternative to cable
• Shorts
  Idle gossip: Mort's shopping U.S. News
  More idle gossip: Steve to Alex, Come hither
  Juno, the free emailer, offers free web access