• 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?