Archives 2000

• Dialogue: Passive meter is dead but will it be mourned?
  A few researchers say promise was overblown
• Our humbled TV critic fesses up to some bungled picks
  But what's a few ringers in a near perfect year? 
• Primedia names Platzner as publisher of Seventeen
  Top teen title beefs up to hold lead in hot field
• ABC again ramps up 'Millionaire' in already game-heavy January
  Eight nights in row beginning next Sunday Eight nights in row beginning next Sunday Eight nights in row beginning next Sunday
• Brisk Christmas card traffic boosts Blue Mountain's numbers
  But holiday web usage predictably dipped But holiday web usage predictably dipped But holiday web usage predictably dipped
• Shorts
  Web Xmas sales boom but malls do well too
  ABC's New Year's coverage tops in viewers
  Globe scribe indicted in Ramsey case
  

Tuesday, January 4, 2000

• Campaign spending kicks in early in heated presidential race
  Slew of primary candidates with deep pockets
• Q&A: High- tech guru Esther Dyson on the future of web ads
  'It’s much more interactive and intimate'
• Whither Diller? Latest rumors have him talking a deal with ABC
  Big synergies seen under new duopoly rules
• Health titles are hale and hearty, pumped up by drug advertising
  Mini fitness boom as consumers take better care
• Gannett in fierce bidding war for chain of UK newspapers
  Real tussle is over control of local web content
• Shorts
  CNET in deal with AMFM for tech radio news
  'Ally' oops: Fox kills half-hour rehash of hit
  

Wednesday, January 5, 2000

• Cable's growth slows and larger networks decline
  Down to 8 percent from double digits
• Now the real season begins as networks revamp lineups
  New series debuts and artful rejiggerings
• Playboy appoints Gail Day as its first  woman publisher
  Comes over from Sports Illustrated for Kids
• Village Voice finds buyers with ambitions for a national chain
  Longtime publisher leads investor group
• E-Commerce sites see gains but web's real comer is CNET
  Jumps past ZDNet as top source of tech news Jumps past ZDNet as top source of tech news Jumps past ZDNet as top source of tech news
• Shorts
  'Early show' skids while 'GMA' soars
  Ted and Jane in trial separation

Thursday, January 6, 2000

• The portal shakeout is here and AOL and Yahoo will win
  Analyst: Also-rans face speedy demise
• NBC cuts a deal with NAACP to increase racial diversity
  Other big networks to follow, averting boycott
• "Winning Lines': Losing answer from CBS in quiz show face-off
  Shameless Brit ripoff in death-inducing slot
• Curse of Christmas: Nielsen's struggle to keep meters working
  Electronic gifts can throw a wrench in readings
• For Sports Afield, a journey back to its roots in hunting and fishing
  Out go the backpacks and other gentle boy toys Out go the backpacks and other gentle boy toys Out go the backpacks and other gentle boy toys
• Shorts
  P.O.V. folds, loser in battle of men's titles
  Idle rumor: latest Diller desire is Ovation
  Uncle Mel names a web chief for CBS
  

Friday, January 7, 2000

• Talk of an all-free web grows, with some powerful implications
  But will it happen? Gurus disagree furiously
• For Drew Massey, P.O.V.'s very success brought its demise
  Spawned imitators with far deeper pockets Spawned imitators with far deeper pockets Spawned imitators with far deeper pockets
• TV review: 'Malcolm in the Middle' Trite Fox fare with a first-rate time slot
  And this Simpson ripoff will need it to stay afloat
• French media giant Lagardere is expanding into pay television
  Bidding for a one-third stake in Canal Satellite Bidding for a one-third stake in Canal Satellite Bidding for a one-third stake in Canal Satellite
• Merged NBC web properties debut at No. 8 on top 10 list
  NBCi soars on strength of Snap and Xoom
• Shorts
  New Woman's Laura McEwan lands at YM
  ABC and NAACP to announce diversity pact
  Tina snags a features editor from Vogue

• AOL and Time Warner announce their merger
  All stock deal valued at $350 billion 
• Susan Dominus has Nerve and very soon a magazine too
  But can she edit a title advertisers will buy?
• High-tech media toys post strong year-end sales
  2000 to be year of the digital revolution
• TV Review: 'Twenty One': Worthy contender and crutch for 'Dateline'
  Giving overexposed newsmagazine a breather
• Car sites pick up speed as America trades in old for new 
  Jittery investors boost financial category
• Shorts
  More angst and backpeddling at L.A. Times
  S.F. Examiner: Paper a city won't let die
  Judge: Teen magazine hurt by porn web site

Tuesday, January 11, 2000

• First big media deal of the century promises to bring huge changes
  A check list of things to keep an eye on
• Media buyers' reaction: Good deal for players and industry
  Mainstreaming of web to everyone's benefit
• New media reaction: Bold revolutionary and whoopee
  2000 to be year of the digital revolution
• USA Weekend gets a new editor and a Sunday morning wakeup
  Jack Curry's marching orders: Crank up the copy
• Granada throws an oily wrench at pending Carlton-United merger 
  Bid to buy either puts deal before regulators
• Shorts
  New Yorker to get weekly PBS exposure
  Communism, Microsoft slammed in poll
  'Millionaire' capitalizes on Super Bowl
  Rogers talks up changes at Primedia
  New Yorker to get weekly PBS exposure
  Communism, Microsoft slammed in poll
  'Millionaire' capitalizes on Super Bowl
  Rogers talks up changes at Primedia
  

Wednesday, January 12, 2000

• AOL-Time Warner deal sees a rise of ifs and buts
  Morning-after reactions to a major merger
• Amid merger mania, a powerful dissenting voice: Horse feathers
  JWT's Pool: 'This is not the second coming'
• Highly pumped Oxygen in last-minute race for distribution
  Major markets not signed, including New York Major markets not signed, including New York
• Angels step forward to revive the troubled Chicago Defender
  Important voice in civil rights goes to auction
• '18 Wheels of Justice': Drama is key to TNN's country makeover
  Talking truck may do the trick in luring young
• Shorts
  Millionaires galore at Time Warner
  Kelley inks contract with Fox for $300 million
  Proposed postal hike has publishers fuming
  TheStreet.com drops fee for most sites
  

Thursday, January 13, 2000

• As merger euphoria subsides, can they hold this deal together?
  Deal-makers say yes, but investors are antsy
• Should the market tumble, expect a thinning of dot.com ads
  
  Bug-outs will leave behind hefty inventories
• Magazines had a great year, and now the numbers to prove it
  Biz, news and music categories lead the pack
• Record audiences tune in to glut of new game shows
  All do well but 'Millionaire' is way ahead All do well but 'Millionaire' is way ahead All do well but 'Millionaire' is way ahead
• Forget traffic, offline names matter most when wallets open
  Study: Folks spend most at brick-and-mortars
• Shorts
  Salon: Feds in tawdry drug ad deal with networks
  O for Oprah: Hearst has a title for new title

Friday, January 14, 2000

• When moneyed folk turn on the tube, they turn to NBC
  FCB study: Network tops in affluent viewers
• White house secretly injects anti-drug messages into primetime
  Salon: Networks gave feds crack a scripts
• Q&A: The real lowdown on what makes Americans click
  Bernadette Tracy on consumers and the web Bernadette Tracy on consumers and the web Bernadette Tracy on consumers and the web
• 'City of Angels' : Top-flight CBS  drama has hit written all over it
  Bochco's winning series about a black hospital Bochco's winning series about a black hospital Bochco's winning series about a black hospital
• In burst, UK's ONdigital doubles subscribers for pay-TV service
  But still behind Murdoch's BSkyB in box race
• With holidays passed, card sites are out and debt consolidation is in
  AmeriDebt and getSmart join top banner ranks AmeriDebt and getSmart join top banner ranks AmeriDebt and getSmart join top banner ranks
• Shorts
  AOL and TW recover as both spin the deal
  Redesigned Talk appears on Monday
  TRUSTe seal gains 1,000th site
  Women web-shoppers worry about security
  NBCi, thinking globally, inks Asia deal
  

• Mort shakes up top ranks at a troubled U.S. News
  Ellenthal shoved aside as lead salesman
• Tina's redesigned Talk is, well, more American--perhaps too
  Will the heartland buy or stick with People? Will the heartland buy or stick with People?
• Coming soon, movie rentals without schlepping to the store
  Blockbuster and TiVo  to offer video on demand
• 'Higher Ground' : So-so series won't revive Fox Family Channel
  Troubled teener no salve for falling ratings
• Women are different than men, and web advertisers are noticing
  Study: As more females surf, targeting catches on
• Shorts
  ABC: Dropped drug ad deal when feds got pushy
  Fox's 'Malcolm' is a mid-season hit
  Go2Net updates its MetaCrawler
  Flycast throws itself into email advertising

Wednesday, January 19, 2000

• A marriage on the rocks, a newsmagazine in trouble
  Prediction: Mort and Fred will soon part
• The forever-young WB thinks it's time to don some whiskers
  But can the network still keep its teen viewers?
• Listen up, Jim Murphy, here's how to fix CBS News 
  Three big ideas on how boost its ratings
• Report: Third-quarter spending on web ads shot up 30 percent
  Hit $1.2B; still more than half spent on banners Hit $1.2B; still more than half spent on banners Hit $1.2B; still more than half spent on banners
• Blair crony in row over media holdings as he rises to head BBC 
  Rupert's Times raises stink over foe's wealth Rupert's Times raises stink over foe's wealth Rupert's Times raises stink over foe's wealth
• Shorts
  Disney looks to sell Los Angeles magazine
  GQ ups rate base with P.O.V. subscriber list
  Oxygen Media and MSN in ad deal

Thursday, January 20, 2000

• Now, hard numbers to prove the web is powerful at branding
  Study: A third say internet changes perceptions
• Lifetime, ramping up for Oxygen,ponders what women really need
  Brooks: Better research leads to better shows
• White House anti-drug team backs off from reviewing scripts
  Fierce backpedaling in storm over TV ad deal
• An invigorated Court TV tries its hand at original shows
  Debuts bio series 'Mugshots' and 'Hollywood' 
• Web directory About.com joins ranks of most visited sites
  Big traffic boost amid December shopping spree
• Shorts
  Mort taps Rosenthal to scribble for Daily News
  Fox launches free Simpsons web service
  More than one billion (pages) served!
  'Millionaire' turns in more hot numbers
  Nod to Michael J. Fox on quitting 'Spin'
  FCC's Kennard hails open access pledge
  

Friday, January 21, 2000

• If dot.coms spend oodles on ads  they must work, right? Wrong!
  Traffic numbers are actually down for many
• ABC and New York Times link up to share some news operations
  Daily webcast to cover this year's electionsDaily webcast to cover this year's elections
• 'Interactive TV will have a longer learning curve than people think'
  Bernadette Tracy on expectations vs. reality
• Mort on Mort: The real story behind the story at U.S. News 
  No, it's not for sale and, no, Fred's not out
• Media people mull and puzzle over the goings on at U.S. News
  Reacting to new reports of management shuffles Reacting to new reports of management shuffles Reacting to new reports of management shuffles
• iWon pulls 'em in with cash prizes, boosting CBS on hot portals list 
  Climbs up on About.com and Looksmart.com
• Shorts
  Rumor: Eisner's about to pick his No. 2
  'Sopranos' sings like a jail bird
  A&E's Oprah bio draws record viewers
  Wicks closes on titles from Dow Jones
  

• A first hurrah for little radio and a challenge to the big boys
  FCC OKs licensing of low-power stations 
• Revolution anyone? New title for marketers in the digital age
  UK import discourses on tech as a biz tool
• 'Doubledare 2000': Nick debuts killer game show from the past 
  Afternoon tricks to fend off  growing rivals Afternoon tricks to fend off  growing rivals
• Report: Downloading of media to grow markedly in four years
  Music and software, followed by books, video
• Americans shopping the web prefer familiar boutique retailers
  Brick-and-mortars saw big December increases Brick-and-mortars saw big December increases Brick-and-mortars saw big December increases
• Rupert in secret pact with Blair to ax BBC competitor to BSkyB
  Tycoon drops opposition to digital license fee
• Shorts
  Time Warner to merge with UK's EMI  
  Big papers sue over Metro transit deal
  So where's randi Mandi anyway?
  Disney's Soapnet launches with little lather
  Toodles for '90210' and 'Party of Five'
  
  

Tuesday, January 25, 2000

• Yes, it's true: Eisner picks ABC's Iger as his right-hand man
  Still unanswered is if he'll rise to the top post
• With AOL-TW, interactive TV is about to go mass market 
  Major sign-up push from Web TV as well
• 'Ripley's': Believe it or not, this new TBS series kicks butt
  Breaks the record for a basic cable debut Breaks the record for a basic cable debut
• Essence has a new editor, a new look, and lots to worry about
  Now let's see, there's B. Smith and Oprah and... 
• 1999 was the year of the web and now the numbers to prove it
  Women are equals, and we all spend more time
• Shorts
  Bud leapfrogs Pepsi in Super Bowl spending
  AGs again whack Publishers Clearing House
  Emmis nabs L.A. Magazine from Disney
  Idle gossip: Monica's unfit for Jane
  Car-buyers swamp web dealer, crashing site

Wednesday, January 26, 2000

• A ticket you can print at home adds a twist to local portal wars
  A big leg up for Ticketmaster-City Search 
• Nielsen and Univision at odds over Hispanic household count
  Los Angeles survey halted over procedures
• Living simple: Rothenberg on the trend behind the new magazines
  'Oprah’s been on a simplification kick for years'
• Radio slowly begins to exploit its vast potential for e-commerce
  Irresistible synergies: loyal listeners, local ties Irresistible synergies: loyal listeners, local ties Irresistible synergies: loyal listeners, local ties
• Hearst sweetens Examiner deal: 'We'll even sell you the presses'
  Pressure from feds stalls close of SF paper Pressure from feds stalls close of SF paper Pressure from feds stalls close of SF paper
• Shorts
  Study: 75 million Americans suffer web-phobia
  Post's Dunleavy cools off in the can 
  Ask Jeeves beefs up with an acquisition
  Newspapers appeal judge's Metro ruling

Thursday, January 27, 2000

• Though despised, junk emails drive traffic to advertisers' sites
  Nearly as effective as banners and lots cheaper 
• Launched in a hush, WSJ Sunday spreads its reach to more papers
  Vying with glossy weeklies for financial ads 
• VH1's long flow of smart ideas at last may be slowing to a dribble
  Three new duds follow a string of successes
• If you want to reach pill-poppers,the internet beats all other media
  Far cheaper at driving prescription drug sales
• UK: High Court rules on  two Metros but fight over name has just begun 
  Swedish chain of free papers on global march
• Shorts
  Bryant Gumbel's off to divorce court
  Rooney: Money drives TV news operations
  Teen-pop culture fads top Lycos search list
  Gartner: B2B global web sales to rise 5000%
  WSJ in Super Bowl over online growth

Friday, January 27, 2000

• Disney trims Go Network;first loser in portal shakeout
  Red-inker will morph into entertainment site
• Expedia.com signs Ziff-Davis to publish a travel magazine
  'Seamless chain' for folks planning trips
• 'Millionaire' viewers are not your average couch potatoes
  FCB's Frydlewicz: Monied with a touch of class
• Bernadette: 'This is the year the web becomes a tool for branding' 
  Visionary advertisers begin to grasp its power
• As outside temperatures chill U.S. flocks to Weather Channel site
  Rises to No. 15 as storms sweep East Coast
• Shorts
  NAACP on verge of diversity pact with Fox
  Primedia's Rogers shows Grossman the door
  Some handy Super Bowl numbers to munch
  Clinton calls for universal content code
  
  

• DoubleClick's ability to identify users worries privacy advocates
  Californian sues to stop distribution of data
• Late summer Olympics promise to play havoc with fall TV season 
  Should others start earlier to cut NBC's edge?
• Going into launch, Oxygen looks to be gasping for air
  Real doubts whether Laybourne can do it again 
• The Onion's slow emergence as America's funniest newspaper
  Wisconsin wit wins Gen-X hearts and minds
• For the Groom: At last a magazine for the man about to walk the aisle
  Practical advice and titillation for the affianced
• Shorts
  CJR: Tina, you're still tops with us
  USA Today slimed in lefties prank
  Another Hollywood big to make web cartoons
  AP agrees to distribute CNET tech stories

Tuesday, February 1, 2000

• Surprise Super Bowl thriller beat most researchers' estimates
  Final numbers: Half of America saw game
• ABC may have won the game but television won the weekend
  Super Bowl as a holiday for the couch crowd
• In record numbers, football fans surfed as they watched the game
  Heavy ABC promotion drew 650,000 users
• MPA launches a big campaign to beat back a 15% postal hike
  'Inefficiencies and out-of-control cost structure'
• As Letterman recuperates wannabes rush forth to fill in
  Late-night host never had so many friends
• Shorts
  Oxygen asks viewers to bug Time Warner
  'Millionaire' aims its big guns at '21'
  DoubleClick's new unit reps smaller web sites
  Hollywood gives Prez Bronx cheer on ratings
  
  

Wednesday, February 2, 2000

• It's not whether your ad ran in Super Bowl but just when
  Risky fourth-quarter slots paid out big
• This Super Bowl dot.com story is almost better than the game
  Computer.com bet it all on one spot--and won
• At GQ, they seem not to notice the lad titles. Well, not much anyhow.
  Editor Cooper distains but pages say otherwise
• 'Brutally Normal' and 'Zoe' add to WB's Monday blues
  Bummers even  with '7th Heaven' leading-in
• London: With the hit 'Asterix,' French hope to become major exporter of films
   Tailoring homegrown movies for UK audiences
• Shorts
  Brill pairs with CBS to launch Contentville
  Maxim launches site on Valentine's Day
  Icon: Another men's title goes under
  BBC has big for-profit plans in the U.S.
  Kravitz takes over as editor of Parade
  

Thursday, February 3, 2000

• Football is a young man's sport but Bowl viewers skewed older
  Fewer under-35's saw this year's cliff-hanger
• You're wrong if you guessed 'Millionaire' is a big draw in Vegas
  Show's popularity varies widely from city to city
• Banner ad rates are ending their free fall as 2000 gets underway
  Four-quarter decline slowed to just 1 percent
• Elephant in a tutu: Understanding Microsoft's long-term media plans
  Quietly munching a bit of this and a bit of that Quietly munching a bit of this and a bit of that
• CBS and Fox to announce diversity pacts with the NAACP
  Report: More extensive than ABC and NBC deals
• Parade's new editor sees his job as preserving a Sunday ritual
  Confident title will survive threat of the web
• Shorts
  Publicis picks up Fallon in acquisition spree
  Gates: No big media mergers for us boys
  Letterman may return earlier than thought
  Interesting figures on what AOLers do online.
  More grief for DoubleClick over privacy
  

Friday, February 4, 2000

• Viacom makes a daring bid to buy UPN from Chris Craft
  Here's $5 million, now put up or shut up
• In satellite wars, bickering only increases with success
  EchoStar files suit, calling DirecTV a bully
• Young publisher says Icon done in by flight of capital to web
  Fewer dollars to fund independent magazines
• A jiggly power chart shows who really rules your world
  Valid Krebs' twitching girdle of media alliances
• Cable & Wireless shakes up UK market for digital services
  Threat to BSkyB and OnDigitial in broadband TV Threat to BSkyB and OnDigitial in broadband TV
• Though perhaps a corny idea, CBS's iWon picks up momentum 
  Play-for-prizes portal draws visitors and ads
• Shorts
  Facing heat, Brill names Kuhn his top editor
  Mort to Rupert: Let's make a deal
  Top CNN executive to land PBS prez spot
  

• Day of click-and-buy TV is nearer than you may think
  Programmers see early impact for broadband
• Tobacco wars may seem over, but the real fight is just beginning
  Cigarette foes take aim at retail display ads Cigarette foes take aim at retail display ads Cigarette foes take aim at retail display ads
• In the heat of fire, David Kuhn defends Brill and Contentville
  New editor: No worry over conflicts of interest
• Prediction: It may be close but ABC will take the sweeps
  'Millionaire' lives to kill, notably on Sundays
• Sweeps strategy: ABC will rely on regular schedule to hold lead
  Little gimmickry and few specials planned
• Travel sites, now consolidating, seek anchors in the real world
  Major threat to traditional brick-and-mortars 
• Shorts
  Mort to NY Post: Liar, liar, pants on fire Letterman pals will host show until his return
  Report:Ted's fooling around and Jane's angry
  A Spanish edition of  the National Enquirer
• New Media Shorts
  Toys are out and books and flowers are hot
  NBA and USA in  spring e-commerce deal 
  Media Metrix's final Super Bowl ad scores 

Tuesday, February 8, 2000

• Ralph Lauren saddles up for a major media deal with NBC
  King of magazine fashion ads chases Martha
• Hot over Nielsen's rate hikes? You can lump it and like it, or not
  Efforts to challenge the increases fizzle out
• British invasion #3: BBC's plan to buy up American magazines
  $300M to spend but not just any titles, mind you 
• A bit late to the game, Discovery shapes an ambitious web strategy
  Maybe too ambitious. Aren't portals a bit passe?
• Sweeps strategy: NBC is relying on the power of its proven winners 
  Beefing up top shows with big-name guests 
• Lest we forget, here's LifeMinders, an email service that reminds us 
  Big player in booming ad-supported messages
• Shorts
  GM's Guarascio is home from surgery
  Yahoo! is down for 3 hours, slimed by hacks
  Way bad Charlie Sheen likely for 'Spin city'
  BET's black lifestyle site goes live

• People
  Michael Gross leaves New York magazine for George
  Eileen Murphy promoted at ABC News
  Pat Mitchell named new PBS CEO

Wednesday, February 9, 2000

• Buyers looking to spring see a pricey upfront taking shape
  Fear and loathing of double-digit increases
• Such a mouth: Gear's Bob G. trashes his competitors just awful 'Crap is crap, even if it's corporate crap
• As email ads get respectable, spending goes through the roof
  Study: 15% of internet dollars in three years
• Sweeps strategy: CBS turns to old tricks to boost viewing
  Spicy scandal flix and lots of guest appearances
• Though dissed, 'Mary & Rhoda' puts ABC first in sweeps race
  Eases ahead of NBC on power of reunion froth
• UK: Insider trading scandal roils already nasty tabloid slugfest
  Murdoch's Sun tags Mirrror's editor 'an idiot'
• Shorts
  Following Yahoo, hackers cripple more sites
  'Malcolm' picked up by Fox for rest of season
  What's a net appliance? We'll soon find out.
• People
  Judy Coyne moves to Women.com
  Richard Becker leaves OnMoney
  David Verklin named to board of Aegis Group

Thursday, February 10, 2000

• As hackers close more sites, Feds respond: 'We're clueless'
  Little reason to believe attacks will end
• Fall dot.com spending was way up for almost all media
  Big gainers: Local TV and  national spot radio
• With teens so hot, YM puts on a new face for the competition
  McEwen: New entries invigorate the entire field
• Sweeps strategy: Fox cages its beasties in favor of sex sex sex
  Serious recidivism for the ratings-challenged
• 'The Others': This solid sci-fi-er faces an impossible challenge
  It's Saturday, the black hole of programming
• Shorts
  Gossip: Time's Isaacson as top AOL editor?
  Troubled Oxygen spoofed by Onion  
  AltaVista revs up with Women.com content
  Chris Craft to Viacom: See ya in court
• People
  Gary Ryan to general manager of People Online
  Ann Aciero to general manager at InStyle.com
  Allison Douglass to senior producer at realsimple.com
  

Friday, February 11, 2000

 

• Buyers predict cable upfront may approach last year's stiff hikes
  Strong economy and lots of dot.com dollars
• Bernadette: 'Media sites offer a halo effect from their credibility'
  Far more visitors say they click through to ads
• Forget the cold outside, January was a cozy month for magazines
  Large houses saw biggest revenue gains
• Expect fierce grappling for rights to Vince's wrestling and football
  CBS-Viacom and USA head for a smackdown
• New Media: Love me do, or at least send  a card on cyber-Valentine's Day
  Traffic up early as well for tax prep web sites
• Shorts
  Millionaire' backer wants dumber contestants
  No more hack attacks but few answers
  For Steve Forbes, it's back to the writer's life

• People
  John Mack Carter honored by ASME
  Marcus Baram, Mark Malkin and Tish Hamilton leave the Daily News for Us magazine
  

Monday, February 14, 2000

• CBS again proves TV is a medium for everybody
  Study: Network draws most blacks and whites
• Maria Rodale: We've got our act together, thank you
  Shakeups reflect plan to return to their roots
• American males rush online for Valentine's gifts
  Major portals see boost in sweetheart ads
• Investigators eye German hacker in web attacks
  Clinton to hold summit over cyber-vandalism
• Pressures build to divest BBC of its special status 
  Privatization appears likely under Tony Blair

• Another nasty exit from the house of Brill

• Norville: My so grim life in the slammer

• Rex Reed pinched for shoplifting CDs

• Appeals court sides with Winfrey in cow suit

• Cyber-swallower CMGI gobbles two more

• Financial Times debuts redesigned site

 Tuesday, February 15, 2000

• Nielsen response rates reach alarming new lows
  New doubts about integrity of viewership sample results

• Under attack, DoubleClick announces privacy policy
  Allows surfers to opt out of  data collection

• Now here's FHM but wait, it looks like...ah ...Maxim
  How could this be? Easy if you bet your all on the lads trend

• How agencies miss out on the power of the internet
  Click-throughs over chance to communicate with customers

• ABC and NBC ahead on power of regular programs 
  Lead sweeps race in households and prime demo

• Canned Korn? Top CNNer exits amid ratings slide 
  Insiders: Lou Dobbs aftermath bungled badly 

• Shorts
  Hancock rejoins Olympics as a sponsor
  Abe's back and roaring at the Daily News
  Spare change? Last day to bid on Examiner
  'Millionaire' hits new high on Sunday night

 Wednesday, February 16, 2000

• Cable bigs to start women's soccer league
  Debuts next spring for an 80-game season
•  Kids upfront looks weak, unlike broadcast and cable
  Glut of programming and toy business plagued by problems
• For this Cosmo Girl, it's about talking to your readers
  Editor Atoosa Rubenstein: They look to us as role models
•  U.S. lads craze is just beginning for FHM's editor
  Brit import Ed Needham: We'll rely on influx of new readers
• Online entertainment expected to blossom shortly
  Study predicts rise to $1.8B from $1.1B in 1999
• Top searches: Love, black history & young nakeds
  Lycos survey: 'Glimpse of the public brain-pan week to week'
• Rupert's ambitious plan to put BSkyB on the web
  Reformed Luddite commits $400M to catch-up scheme
• Shorts

Lonesome tonight? Join the crowd
Two biggest health web sites to merge
Dave is back to late-nights come Monday
NBC loses SF's KRON but gains KNTV 

• People

Miriam Arond to editor in chief of Child magazine
Margaret Springer to Direct Reults Group
Kelly Keenan joins Latingirl

Thursday, February 17, 2000

• Saturday is the favorite day for surfing the web
  And, says a study, Wednesday is the least around the world
•  Wedding bells for Fox's 'Marry a Multi-Millionaire'
  Sure, it's a little tacky--a lot tacky, really--but millions tuned in
•  Say good-bye, Dick, as CBS tubes 'Winning Lines'
  Return unlikely for Clark's me-too half-hearted game show 
• CBS's play to older viewers paying off in ad dollars
  Revenues rise15% and CPMs are going up as boomers age 
• Forget Regis, keep your fantasy, give me reality TV
  Next big trend: Life as a soap opera with real cameras, a la MTV
• Bob Johnson's big bet that blacks will flock to web
  But BET cable network founder now faces established players
• Looking for masses, Access tucks into Sunday paper
  Weekly web magazine with national circulation of 8 million 

• Big changes rumored at Western Initiative
  Buyers step forth for San Francisco Examiner
  Cable big Paul Allen buys Sporting News

• People
  Geoffrey Wells to ABC's VP of information technology 
  Andrea Alexander to associate publisher of Travel & Leisure Golf 

Friday, February 18, 2000

• Television ad spending returning to good old days
  Study: 1999 broadcast and cable more robust than first thought
• Bernadette on 'converting consumers into customers'
  Most companies are in a holding pattern in their web strategy
•  Big ruckus in Philly over a tiny paper called Metro
  Swedish publisher with ambitious plans for U.S.'s urban readers
• Probe widens into DoubleClick and privacy violations
  New York and Michigan follow FTC with own investigations
• Bluemountain gives Excite sweet Valentine's gift
  A 20 percent kickup in traffic makes it No. 4 on web property list
• Scott Crystal on Expedia and changes in publishing
  Revolutionary web-to-magazine model will be widely adopted

• Shorts     
  Gear's Bob G. sued over photo spread
  Starbucks' Joe closes after three issues
  Arledge looking for another writer for memoirs
  Heins quits G&J to join internet company     

• People 
  Larry Glick promoted at Travel & Leisure Golf
  Kerry smith moves up at ABC News
               

Tuesday, February 22, 2000

• Oops, Fox's dreamboat groom is a scalawag
  Cancels tonight's rehash as yet more dirt comes out
• Tumbling stock prices put AOL-TW merger at risk
  Might investors vote no on deal of  the century? Could be.
• In sweeps, it's still nose to nose for ABC and NBC
  Early signs that the power of  'Millionaire' may be flagging
• Most web advertisers are still Johnnie-one-notes
  Eschew variety for running same messages over and over
• 'Floor, please, and now a message from a sponsor'
    Big race to put video messages in America's elevators
• Western's name change, fresh start under Schultz
  New CEO restructures huge buying shop, splitting U.S. in two
• Britain's top free web service to offer broadband 
  High-speed audio and video by phone without the  toll charges
• Shorts

Just call me Lucky, from Conde Nast
EBay halts kidney auction as a no-no
Playboy picks up a webmaster from Disney
Sheen officially assumes Fox's 'Spin' role

 

Wednesday, February 23, 2000

• Media buyers see a hot upfront for syndication 
  No longer a refuge just for low-rent advertisers
• Rodale finds a new leader in Disney's Murphy
  Search ends for COO to replace Teufel as heirs assume control
• New Economy biz magazines up sharply in readers
  Red Herring and Fast Company report biggest circulation gains
• Dow Jones gets all Excite-d. Will it Work.com?
  Merger is horizontal play in an increasingly vertical web world
• Major talents take up cameras for new TV season
  Spielberg, Scorsese, Cameron, Bruckheimer, Spike Lee...
• Dave dusts Jay but expect ratings to settle back
  Households triple for perpetual No. 2 late-nighter on his return
• Shorts

Yo, yet another Brill biggie bugs out
UPN and WB to share programs in six markets
Fox wedding fiasco draws the curious to Lycos
Mistress battles for share of Kuralt estate  

• People
  Sallie Schoneboom to VP of ABC daytime media and talent relations
  Amy Dockser Marcus to Money from WSJ
• Features
  'Floor, please, and now a message from a sponsor'
  Most web advertisers are still Johnnie- one-notes

Thursday, February 24, 2000

• Forget the network blues. Big 3 cleaned up in 4th
  Sports and dot.com $s spurred 16% increase over 1998
• PC Computing's new face, name and mission
  From hawking gizmos to providing business solutions 
• Fox's wedding fiasco leads to a nasty honeymoon
   TV bride and groom don't kiss but tell all on talk circuit
• Christmas past, surfers turn to web for information
  Portals see traffic surge; 4 of every 10 minutes spent on AOL
• I said what? Analyst yanks TW downgrade
  New Merrill report sees roses; others see armtwisting
• Brits begin weaning BBC from public largess 
  New plan rewards public TV system for cost-cutting

• Shorts
  Supermarkets cover randy women's titles
  Microsoft: Hackers whacked oursite
  Bob G defends Gear in Spelling suit
  Cable claims more ad dollars 
  

• People
  Eric Garland moves from Money  to Dads title
  Peter Gardiner adds managing partner to Bozell title
  
• Features
  'Floor, please, and a message from a sponsor'
  Most web advertisers are still Johnnie- one-notes
  Major talents take up cameras for new TV season  

Friday, February 25, 2000

• Online cards heading for the dead letter file
  Analyst drops $800M revenue estimate to damn near zip
• Media dons ponder FHM and future of lads titles
  Boys will be boys but will they read all this stuff? Maybe.
• What? Broadcast and cable both claim growth
  Both are right, dicing the right numbers on each other's audience
• 'Grapevine': All the elements click save one, CBS
  Singles in Miami sitcom is too hip for older-skewing network
• Bernadette on the four Ps of web strategy 
  Prioritize, plan, project and  personalize for results

Monday, February 28, 2000

• Skunked Fox swears off reality shows. Honest.
  Edgy network bloodied by wedding fiasco and ratings slide
• Face behind the new black media powerhouse
  Will Keith Clinkscales add Vibe/Spin to his stable of magazines?
• 'Web has more garbage and a greater share of it' 
  About.com's Scott Kurnit on the failings of search technology
• ABC has edge over NBC, provided 'Millionaire' pulls
  But that's our guess: sweeps race is too close to call for sure
• Dangerous Dave's last opus on Super Bowl winners 
  Plus his homemade chart of how many viewers saw what ad when
• Deutsche Telecom begins selling its cable network
  Lush booty indeed as richest media market in all of Europe
• Shorts

• Mega-deal between Yahoo and News Corp?
  NBCi launches portal for high-speed users
  Time's Isaacson: I'm staying right here
  

People

James A. Belzer joins Civilization as ad director
Anne Alexander to editorial director at Rodale' Healthy Living Group

Tuesday, February 29, 2000

• Meet the Dirty Dozen, 12 shows media buyers avoid
  Yup, Howard Stern leads the list, but Oprah's on it too
• Nielsen delays Boston people meter test
  Rating service says software snags delay project half year
• Perlis booted at Ziff as Dunning assumes control
  First big move in turnaround of ailing high-tech publisher
• Moving beyond geeks, web radio draws top listeners
  Audience ranks high in income, education and online buying
• ABC nears sweeps lockup as NBC stumbles 
  'Millionaire" network set to take total viewers and adults18-49
• Shorts

Lycos, following others, offers free web access
Babs to HB's Betts: I'm out of here
Lawyer looking for work? Site for Wal-mart suits
Son of 'Millionaire' is in the works in UK
New lease on life for Latin cable news network

• People

Christopher Willcox out as Reader's Digest editor
Todd Tarpley heads A&E's new Interactive unit

Wednesday, March 1, 2000

Ad spending varies widely in top 10 markets
Vehicles are ranked No. 1 in newspapers and spot television

Business Week's Ferm jumps to Primedia
Heads B2B; Kupper moves up as president of McGraw-Hill unit

Vince's smackdown between Uncle Mel and Barry
CBS's Karmazin and USA's Diller grapple for lush sports rights 

Even young shoppers prefer brick-and-mortar sites 
Rather shop at e-retailers with strong offline presence

Kathie quits morning chitchat: Tabs drive me buggy
New partner likely for Regis Philbin on top-rated show

Cash-hungry BBC selling stake in for-profit units
First step in eventual privatization of public media conglomerate

Shorts

Fox bride also loose with background facts
Lopez’s Grammy dress scores big in searches
More startling dot.com spending numbers
Anti-smoking ads may work on younger kids

• People

John Jay to president of Access Internet Magazine
Linda Thomas Brooks to EVP and managing director at General Motors Mediaworks and General Motors Cyberworks

 

Thursday, March 2, 2000

• Ad clutter rises to nearly 17 minutes in primetime
  ABC leads Big 4 in broadcast; Fox Family tops in cable
• David Ferm on the new competition in business titles
  Departing BW chief: Magazines as multi-media franchises
• Simplicity's more complex than it sounds
   New title is less about paring down than living it up
• 'Cover Me': USA's lighter knockoff of 'Sopranos' 
  May be hit Diller needs with fate of WWF wrestling in the air
• P&G's web tsarina on FAST's efforts to tame the net
  Bechtold: Goal is to advance the medium as a marketing tool
• At times it pays to have enemies. Ask Dr. Laura. 
  Gays are busy protesting over her upcoming TV talk show
• Shorts

Bush bungles late-night appearance with Dave
AltaVista adopts opt-in in new privacy stance
TiVo cuts a deal in the UK with BskyB
Study: Web porn draws a rising army of addicts

• People

Steven L. DeLuca to associate publisher of In Style
Mindy Herman to president of E! Entertainment 
Andre Nel to executive creative director at Donino White 

Friday, March 3, 2000

• DoubleClick:  We blew it on the privacy controversy
  Chairman: Won't link internet users with personal data 
• Among media, boob tube grabs the most hours
  TVB study concludes that the internet is no rival to television
• ABC wins sweeps; NBC and CBS tie for second
  UPN and ABC only networks to record gains in viewers
• All the vogue, reality shows spell disaster in the sand
  European versions stir protests for violating 'human dignity'
• 'Secret Agent': Faux cool series drips flop sweat
  'Men in Black' knockoff won't save UPN's ailing Tuesdays
• Bernadette: 'Privacy is a major concern of surfers'
  Big worry among internet users: Theft of a person's identification
• SI's swimsuit issue drives up CNN traffic 75 percent
  Excite@Home slumps as Bluemountain sputters
• Shorts

Returning Letterman beats Leno in viewers
GMA set records of its own with TV bride
Washington sniffs at AOL-TW's access vows
Government: Online sales hit $5.3B in 4thQ

• Guest Column

Real Media's Dave Morgan:
Targeting without violating privacy

Monday, March 6, 2000

• The new sisters
  There were seven once but now more and more magazines are targeting the American homemaker. As different as they are, they enjoy many sisterly qualities 
• Tough new law will create havoc for kids sites
  Abrupt end to willy-nilly data collection from children under 13
• Viewers who like shows pay more attention to ads
  Study also finds that creativity matters more than placement
• 'Millionaire' nets ABC a raft of new households
  Quiz show and Super Bowl raise ratings 10% over last year
• Candidates dropping big bucks on Super Tuesday
  Media spending heaviest for critical NY and California races
• Ok! so bring on the girls--and the investment bankers
  Top UK girlie publisher with worldly ambitions plans an offering
• Shorts

Major cat fight between two media gossips
In the works, Sally Quinn series on G'town
Katie Couric goes under the scope
George W. ducks out of '60 Minutes'
Fairchild's Berner launches new fashion title

• Guest Column

Real Media's Dave Morgan:
Targeting without violating privacy

Tuesday, March 7, 2000

• Buyers say errors in cable billings widespread
  Critics charge that at least some are result of outright fraud

• New laws before Congress likely to kill cigarette ads 
  Nearly half of display space would be devoted to health warnings

• AOL's 5.0 upgrade spurs a rash of nasty lawsuits
  Allege nation's largest ISP alters files to freeze out other ISPs

• Vogue of hip hop titles reflects major social trend
  Going mainstream among America's kids as the new rock 'n roll 

• La radio hispana es el último grito
  Translation: Spanish-language radio is hot hot hot

• Growing line of bidders for San Francisco Examiner
  One rumored player: Tony Ridder of Knight Ridder chain

• Shorts

Dr. Laura goes ballistic, attacking 'f.........'
Cosby says he's angry enough to sue Enquirer
Another top WSJ editor says toodles
Boston Globe offer subscribers online perks 
Infospace drops the dot.com from its name

• People

Staff upset at Upside magazine 
Myers Group recruits Ted Valand to head custom research

• Guest Column

Real Media's Dave Morgan:
Targeting without violating privacy

Wednesday, March 8, 2000

• Networks rolling out mid-season hopefuls
  Who knows? Maybe there's a hit or two among the stinkers.

• UPN searches for its niche as net for young males
  Grappling and grit win out over glamour and girls

• On the web, vertical sites rise as portals flatten
  Study: Users prefer specialized destinations when searching

• Lalli's George: Politics and a lot less celebrity glitz
  Magazine's new editor, facing two choices, makes the right one

• Sprung from jail, editor rips judge for contempt 
  Refuses to reveal sources on stolen gun story 

• Shorts

DoubleClick hires top consumer advocates
Primedia sues Rodale: New title rips off 17
New Yorker weighs in with Kathie Lee spoof
Forgive us our dreadful headline Spanish
FCC to Clear Channel: Dumps 72 stations
E-consumers still spooky from hack attacks
Seattle now has two morning newspapers

• People

Alan Suhonen to GM of new Network News Service
Laura Begley to style director at Travel and Leisure

Thursday, March 9, 2000

• Top cable execs concede errors in ad placement
  Networks say they are upgrading systems to reduce mistakes

• ABC revamps news operations, naming 3 chieftains
  Westin tags Friedman, McGrady and Murphy to replace Coffey

• Business magazines hold early lead in ad sales 
  Then come men's titles, pushed largely by Maxim

• 'God, the Devil and Bob' headed for an early burial 
  NBC animated series slotted against ABC's 'Millionaire'

• TV stations sign with iBlast to deliver data to PCs
  New competitor to telcos and cable for delivering web services

• ABC re-ups Regis for 'Millionaire' and 'Live'
  Question: Who will co-host morning show with Kathie Lee gone?

• Shorts

Oscar board to WSJ: Quit your snooping
ABC cans Esiason from Monday night football
TV bride Darva files to end marriage
History in the making: First web primary voter
 Online-only book from Stephen King
'Seinfeld's Mrs. Costanza goes online

Friday, March 9, 2000

• A&E and Discovery rank tops in delivery of ads
  Best back office operations of cable networks, say media buyers 

•  Brand's the thing, even if the thing is cyber-babes
  Penthouse.com takes on the no-name porn web sites

• 'Son of the Beach': Winning spoof of 'Baywatch' 
  From FX, bimbos, sand and the subtle wit of Howard Stern

• Bernadette: 'Web is information, not entertainment'
  Broadband will simply enrich the experience of searching

• About.com and AskJeeves rise among top portals
  But, alas, Time Warner sees a big dropoff in web visitors

• Shorts

CNET founder Halsey Minor quits as CEO
Ronnie McD signs up to invest in Food.com
Vatican turns to web to spread the word
Martha picks up a new flop in Westchester
Trading online sees big boost in ’99
Tumbleweed, get your tumbleweed 
Fired Boomer to ABC: Boom-boom this

Monday, March 13, 2000

• Media directors bemoan salaries for young talent
  Dot.coms jack up entry-level  jobs by 10% to 20%

•  As P&G staggers, hands wring along Madison Ave.
  Question: Will ad spending see the axe as company reins costs?

• Tribune to buy Times Mirror, creating huge empire
  Will own newspapers and TV stations in major U.S. markets

•  More gains on Mirabella as it increases frequency
  Meredith and Hachette duke it out for the over-50 woman reader

• When it comes to credibility, print is tops for biz news
  Study: Consumers rank the web behind even television

• Huge battle looms over the games people play
  Microsoft pits its X-Box against Sony's PlayStation

Coppers turn up no leads yet in web attacks
AT&T: We'll dump assets to win merger OK
Mickey faces the hoosegow over Go logo
Point-pounding pundit plummets in popularity
Janet Maslin returns to Times to review books
Fifties switchblades find a new life on the web

Tuesday, March 14, 2000

• Viewer loyalty is a big deal, or is it? Perhaps not.
  Study finds that long series score surprisingly low. 

• In Tribune deal, Mark Willes was very last to know
  Times Mirror head was bypassed by Chandler family

• By the way, US debuts as a weekly on Friday
  Fitful step up to the plate against People and EW

• Enough of this talk: Celebrity gabbers gasp for air
  Syndicators looking for the latest new thing to revive a genre

• Governor's grand web plan greeted by protests
  Oops, state portal for Pennsylvania trimmed back as we speak

• Merger off between CDNow and Columbia House
  Deal killed by time lag and shifting priorities on both sides

• In gossip wars, Walls wails: I've been Matt-slammed
  MSNBC scribe punished over book outing Drudge

Japanese cartoon among most searched terms
E-Trade: Often a bridesmaid, never a bride
Heineken plants its web ads on error pages
Dr. Laura apologizes for anti-gay remarks
Yahoo sets launch for financial news show
NY Daily News' Hispanic baseball insert
At last! The OED goes online today

Emap's Jeff Branch jumps to Primedia Enthusiast Group
WashPost president Alan Spoon quits to join VC firm

Features  

Wednesday, March 15, 2000

• Debate: TV will soon die as a mass medium
  Two experts opine on the debate over television's future

• Anxious investors may rein in dot.com ad spending
  Whether it's the right move is a big question for media people

• Macho golf magazine for the young Maxim crowd
  Beer and Bogeys: Caruso's lifestyle title targets under-40 duffers

• Vince breaks USA lease, ending WWF deal early
  But McMahon has yet to say he'll go with CBS for sure

• Ex-George editor in a pickle over Kennedy book
  Critics: Hey, Richard Blow axed people for discussing JFK Jr.

• Yahoo! and eBay  ponder a 'deep partnership'
  Two powerful brands talk togetherness but not outright merger

TV Guide folds its new Spanish edition
Demand for King’s online book swamps sites
ABC’s ‘Millionaire" site draws millions of users
Nielsen spins off Competitive Media Reporting

Web Shorts
Study: Most users find web shopping a bore
Patron saint for the internet may be appointed
Feds warn internet industry: Get hip on privacy

People
Jeannette Chang moves into senior VP position at Hearst Magazines International
Cynthia Lewis promoted to VP and publisher of Harper's Bazaar



Thursday, March 16, 2000

• FCC eases stand on ads on public television
  Rulings shift acceptability of messages to local stations

• ABC plans to change how circulation is counted
  Distinguish between papers sold to individuals vs. groups

• 'Titus': Dysfunctional family sitcom pushes the edge
  Original Fox fare in the spirit of 'Malcolm'  in ideal time slot

• Hachette denies rumors that Mirabella will close
  Kliger plans to restaff ailing title aimed at older women 

•  New Yorker wins  a record 11 ASME nominations
  Esquire is put up for  five national magazine awards

• Cable boom spanning Europe spreads to Hungary
  Operators of crazy-quilt of systems suddenly become rich

Oodles of O: Oprah one-shot from Nat. Enquirer
Offspring sprung from the ribs of Smart Money
Darva says she’ll consider posing nude
Fuhrman axed as ‘GMA’ crime expert after protests
Dr. Laura tempers her apology to gays
Yahoo!-eBay deal appears to be off

Web Shorts
Women.com shutters e-commerce unit
Brazilian hackers swoop down on NASA lab
Surfing for the perfect single-malt Scotch
Spy-in-the-sky shots of your favorite nuke site

Nathan Lump to senior editor at Travel & Leisure
Larry K. Sanders exits USA Today for  accessmagazine.com.


Friday, March 17, 2000

• Top programming strategist out at NBC
  Preston Beckman gets early walking papers

• Judge rebuffs Chris Craft in suit over UPN sale
  Ruling: Must either buy network or sell to Viacom

• Schultz on Initiative and changing face of media
  New CEO: 'We’re going to lead and let others follow'

• Stance: Lifestyle title about culture of skateboarding 
  A bit of Bikini and FHM for teenage boys who like to pop ollies

•  'Magazines have powerful ties to online readers'
  Bernadette: But there's confusion over how to tap into that trust

• Men still lead women in hours spent on the internet
  Nielsen: Males also surf the web more while at the office

Ex-George editor lands publisher for Kennedy book
Bidders: Line up for a shot at Inc. magazine
Fresh from UK, Norwood hires for Mademoiselle
Oxygen strikes a distribution deal with Cox
New BBC boss: 1,000 people must go

Web Shorts
Go.com gets a redesign and a new logo
Chess champ Kasparov hangs out an e-shingle
King deluge knocks out Amazon site

Monday, March 20, 2000

• Here's Us, and maybe not a dumb idea after all
  Magazine review : Wenner's weekly may well find its niche

• Guarascio retires from GM as head of advertising 
  Gives notice after heart surgery; Middlebrook takes over

• R.I.P: Life, 64, child and dream of Henry Luce
  Time Inc. closes the cover on a bit of American history

• Local publisher to buy San Francisco Examiner
  Fang family controls local chain of freebes

• B2B advertising is fastest-growing sector on web
  Study: More companies putting out more messages

• Two new advertisers emerge on weekly list of top guns
  Nielsen: Traffic shoots up smartly at census bureau site

Chris Craft must decide today on UPN
Over here please: Hostage-taker directs TV crews
Naughton in surprise guilty plea in sex case
WSJ's Kann gets a 40% pay boost, to $2.33M

Web Shorts
Most companies now post help-wanteds online
Washington judge tosses anti-spam law
Lorne Michaels in rock webcast deal

People                                                                                                                          Jonathan Sinnett to VP at Gotham
Writers Leslie Haggin, Laura Lallos and Eric Moskowitz join Moneymagazine

Tuesday, March 21, 2000

• Conde Nast tubes Details after flubbed makeover
  Rebirth planned as Fairchild men's fashion title; Golan ousted

• Viacom wins UPN, so let the digestion begin
  With Chris Craft out, bold plan to bring network into fold

• In dot.com ad spending, New York is way ahead
  $100M-plus on spent on spot TV alone; SF ranks a distant 2nd

• Marie Claire's Bailey on writing to women as women
  An outspoken British editor jabs her American cousins 

• 'Inside TV Land': Stars of television's golden age
  Behind the reruns from the producers of  'Behind the Music'

• When it comes to Webbies, there's room for weird
  Why, drill a hole in my head and cure me of what ails

Rumor: Mort's shaking up tops ranks of News
Hearse out of gas? Attend that funeral online 
No regrets for Otis over Willes' departure
Fairchild's Berner debuts WWD: The Magazine

Web Shorts
King's ransom for spook tale may lead to more
China grows nervous over web's rising influence
Amazon and Kozmo partner for speedy delivery 
Ruskie web monkeys make salaries to die for
March Madness tops among search terms

• Media buyers give thumbs up to Viacom-UPN 
  Say buyout good for network and clients; foresee FCC approval

• High Court KO's FDA's bid to regulate smokes
  Knocks back agency plan to toughen magazine ad warnings

• Real Simple? Well, not really, but still a smart idea
  Review: New Time Inc. women's title fits no mold but it works

• UPN, up from the mat, struts out a macho lineup
  WWF champ builds a new schedule around its one success story

• Three technologies that will transform the web
  Interview: Paul Saffo on the coming of the killer apps

• 'Titus' debut is a wower, sweeping Monday for Fox
  Sitcom knocks CBS comedy lineup flat on its derriere

Gays in LA rally to protest Dr. Laura show
Mort: NY Post makes up 95% of its stories
NBC tanks once promising 'Freaks and Geeks'
Webcast in the works for 'That 70's Show'
Colorado Gov: Walters coddled Ramseys

Web Shorts
Traffic snarl on cable's information highway
Gambling leads among web entertainment ads
TV cop Jerry Orbach in lather over theft identity
Next generation of Windows floods the internet
Oops, wrong button: TWA emails its email list

People                                                                                                                                     MTV Jokester Tom Green treated for cancer
Darcy Miller to president of Primedia's American Baby Group 

Thursday, March 23, 2000

• Herzog flies the coop as lead Fox programmer
  Scapegoated for network's stumblings amid declining ratings

• Studies show cable matches broadcast in ad recall
  But at least one top researcher says he still has doubts

• Miller calls off planned sale of Spin and Vibe
  $200M pricetag drove off even the deepest of pockets

• At CondeNet, the strategy is to go vertical and deep
  Sarah Chubb: We were prescient at the creation

• 'Daddio' and 'Battery Park': Two Thursday losers 
  NBC sitcoms won't gain from slots between  'Frasier' and 'ER'

• More and more, the web's a woman's world
  Study: It's also becoming a daily habit for many Americans

Rising stink as Examiner sale heads for OK
PlanetOut buys out major gay publisher
Nielsen punts TV season start to after Olympics
Dooner named COO of Interpublic
ABC invites surfers to play along on 'Millionaire'
Disney lobbies against AOL-TW merger

Web Shorts
Dobbs cuts NBC in as investor in Space.com
Inside it is for Hirschorn and Andersen
What in a name? Lots if it's Beaver College

People                                                                                                                                 Jack Valente to VP at The Media Edge
Neil Cavuto stays at Fox
Harvard Law's Dershowitz signs on at Court TV
Shawn Young to design director at In Style

• Mort names Ed Kosner editor of  NY Daily News
  Krenek out in latest shakeup in Zuckerman's media empire

• FCC rule change would permit Viacom-UPN deal
  Staff calls for dropping ban on dual network ownership

• When it comes to dot.coms ad spending varies wildly
  Study: Most categories are way way up but a few are cutting back

• 'Making the Band': Reality soap to suds up T.G.I.F
  ABC entry in genre that could be the next big trend after games

• 'TV's an ideal medium for driving traffic to web sites'
  Bernadette: Chance to build loyalty through viewer involvement

• March Madness boosts SportsLine traffic
  Brisk business in electronic St. Patrick's Day cards

Rupert taking a fancy to General Motors?
UPN’s ‘Beat’ doing well in its numbers
ABC cleans up big time on Oscar spots
Dave's back to a full late-night schedule
Kuralt's secret mistress wins one in court

Web Shorts
Sir Paul slaps copyright suit on MP3
States likely to settle with DoubleClick
.Ps: Palestinians get their own domain code
In a switch, seniors site goes brick and mortar

People

Melinda McLaughlin to VP of research at A&E 

Monday, March 27, 2000

• Worsening struggle to hold mid-level media people
  Siren song of dot.coms forces up salaries, but quality declines

•  Fans visit film sites to bask in after-Oscar effect
  And visitors are inspired to see and rent more movies

• For women golfers, a lifestyle guide to the game
  Golf Digest Woman: Taking readers beyond just the strokes

• Viewership is up for cable and network TV 
  More tube time in response to more programming choices

• At Fox, it's out with the new and in with the old
  Returning to the youthful shows of its past successes

• Whoa! One billion? Forgive a  few errors in math.
  Nielsen//NetRatings way off on ad impressions for week of 12th

WSJ hits a near bull’s eye with Oscar picks
Yahoo and eBay in more urge-to-merge talks
‘Cosby’ ends four-year run on an off note
‘Then Came You’ in promising debut for ABC
Martin Short chatfest in death rattles

Web Shorts
Dot.com pranksters loose in San Francisco
Short-term memory for Super Bowl web ads
Georgia city to wire everything and everyone
European leaders see a bright cyber-future

People
Stephen Chao to president of USA Networks
Sig Mickelson, CBS's first president, dead at 86 

Tuesday, March 28, 2000

• Pat Fili-Krushel quitting as head of ABC TV
  Report: Duties to go to Disney president Iger

•  A bit battered, NBC opts to stick with what's worked
  Lots of new shows from proven names, with emphasis on comedy

• Investors Business what? Small paper with big eyes.
  Founder Bill O'Neill takes on far larger Wall Street Journal

• At A&E, a top researcher with agency stripes
  Melinda McLaughlin: Digital will bring a total change to media

• Sites offering true privacy surprisingly uncommon
  Many statements when closely read permit sharing of data

• 'Brands are leaky buckets that advertising fills up'
  Commentary: Erwin Ephron on the power of the mass message

Oscars suck ‘em in, easily giving ABC the night
J&J stock tumbles and media folks worry
Top Forbes editor to AOL as editorial chief
So who’s the new new Details editor? 
Some early guesses
Ad Age launching a B2B newspaper

Web Shorts
It’s gavel time for Microsoft as talks sputter
Web thief’s simple scheme to bilk buyers
Spam’s latest wrinkle: Friendly fire
Nike web ad has networks nervous
Searching and searching without clues

Wednesday, March 29, 2000

• NBC wins rights to air McMahon's spring football
  Saturday nights will get a bit bloodier for the WWF crowd

•  ABC's Fili-Krushel to president of WebMD Health
  Media buyers agree that network will survive the loss

• Buoyed by 'Millionaire,' ABC looks for a successor
  Strategy: Develop new alternative shows to lob at rivals

• Comeback: David Granger and the rebirth of Esquire
  Magazine for men in the land of the lads

• Study finds magazines and web best hold eyeballs
  Most powerful attention grabbers in an age of multitasking

• Rupert wins approval for slice of Germany's Kirch TV
  Linking of giants will transform pay market

Prediction: $5 billion for cable upfront
Microsoft judge postpones his decision
ABC takes another week in the ratings race
Giant information portal for New Yorkers

Web Shorts
Cisco passes Microsoft as richest company
France to make anonymous web sites illegal
World's running out of short web site names
Game-makers sue Yahoo! over bootleg copies
Law firms, not amused, sue web prankster

People

Joe Blaney to publisher of NFL Insider
Michael Pepe to CEO of Time Inc. International
Randy Freer to EVP at Fox Sports Net

Thursday, March 30, 2000

• Dan Peres named editor for rebirthing of Details
  Fairchild wonderboy lured from Paris bureau

•  CDNow teeters, first in the e-commerce shakeout
  Early web success finds itself running out of money

• For CBS, task is to woo the young and the ad $s
  Upfront motto: Gray is good but green is better

• Ad spending rose 10.3% in 1999, driven by dot.coms
  CMR: Outdoor saw biggest hike--650%-- in web advertising

• Last-minute court appeal to block sale of Chronicle
  Local politico: Examiner deal is a Hearst-rigged sham

• Ex-Sun hack find life after Rupert as radio tycoon
  London: McKenzie's Wireless Group taps into rising market

Primedia names consumer magazine chief
Dobbs-less CNN takes more rating hits
Viewers tag Crystal as Academy Awards performer
It's official: D'Vorkin leaving Forbes for AOL
Under pressure, Rodale retitles teen mag MH-18

Web Shorts
AT&T gobbles up Excite, vowing open access
Pirated King e-book spooks publishers
Saab chieftain joins dot.com car retailer
E-commerce studies struggle to emerge

People
William Lansing to CEO of NBCi
Alberto Oliva to associate editor at People en Español
Samì Haiman to ad sales  manager 

Friday, March 31, 2000

• Magazines taking ad dollars for anti-drug stories
  Salon report :Similar to White House deal with networks

•  Why Details has a chance of making it this time
  Yet another relaunch but this one may have the goods

• For WB, comedy's key for rebuilding its schedule
  Forever young network chasing after a bit older demo

• E-commerce and finance ramp up web ad spending
  Quickly catching up with computer and online advertisers

• 'The web won't kill newspapers, quite the opposite'
  Bernadette: An opportunity to build on the public's trust

Judge agrees to delay Chronicle sale
NBC: 'God' is dead and gone
U.S. baseball a no-hitter for Japanese
Mary may return to primetime after all
HBO wins a fistful of Peabody Awards

Web Shorts
Primedia takes on powerful new media partners
Jail may be in the future for Lucent scamster
Hackers hone their craft at Israel conference
Judge declines to ban 'deep linking' of sites

Monday, April 3, 2000

• Auditors report Penthouse is on the verge of going under
  Once-powerful skin book awash in red ink
• In the clutter race, cable is catching up with broadcast
  JWT's Solomon: But ABC leads the pack
• Take it on Faith: Popcorn on the web as a mega-trend
  Noted social seer on the changes it  will bring
• Why, there's FT.com and of course the paper, too
  Web site leads in pink sheet's major push
• The thinking behind Vince's Saturday XFL game plan
  It's a lonely TV night--except for young males
• Airport carousels: Reaching the upscale while they wait
  What you need to know to buy smartly

News Shorts
WSJ: What problems with our site?
AOL joins the ranks of the Fortune 500
Jim Gaines is out at Travel & Leisure Golf
More grim numbers for CBS morning show
San Jose paper plots move in SF market

Web Shorts
Free DSL web access comes to town
NBCi buys Flyswat
New virus really does erase hard drives
7-11 serves up e-commerce kiosks in Japan

Tuesday, April 4, 2000

• Si pulls the plug on React, teen offshoot of Parade
  Never made its mark with advertisers
• Guccione: Penthouse death reports are greatly exaggerated
  Looking for funding to cover notes falling due
• For the WB, comedy's key for rebuilding its schedule
  Forever young network after a bit older demo
• WB will debut three shows with family-friendly scripts
  Funded by advertisers upset over violence
• Not just another celeb site from the streets of Hollywood
  From the guy who put the ! in entertainment
• Balloonist Branson falls out with Virgin Net partner NTL
  Sir Richard resists floating stock offering

News Shorts
Hearst: We'll go to trial May 1 over Chronicle
Lagging CNNfn opts to go to 24 hours
USA Today redesign: Trimmer, more dignified
UPN yanks foundering 'Secret Agent Man'
ABC's 'Wonderland' off to a strong start

Web Shorts
Beleaguered TheStreet.com to lose CFO
Study: Internet becoming more international
Searching for perfect April Fool's prank
Web-o-phobia strongest among over-45s

Wednesday, April 5, 2000

• Body count: Losers among mid-season shows piling up
  A few innovative shows will make the cut
• In e-commerce, as in real life, customer loyalty counts loads
  Study: No profits until many repeat visits
• Say so long, Stella Dallas: Soap opera's waning warble
  Sniff, viewership is off and death may be nigh
• The web is more popular than TV during the daytime
  One in four Americans go online at night
• For Jane Pratt, life is not about finding a husband
  Nor is her very hot magazine, for that matter

News Shorts
USA's Chao cracks wise, amusing no one 
Move over Sam Donaldson, Leo's here
Judge denies Darva a quickie annulment
B'Ball bombs big-time for  CBS
WB offers up Friday afternoons for kids 
Primedia teams with Sony for web soapfest

Web Shorts
AOL launches seamless high-speed service
New broadband portal debut spoiled by glitch
Mr. Gates goes to Washington, friendly-like
Native Americans offer cheap smokes online
Sega.com formed for online efforts

Thursday, April 6, 2000

• Now, some hard numbers on the ads viewers actually see
  Audiences drop 10-plus percent during breaks
• On paper, Nerve's, well, more palpable. Fun too.
  Literary smut site debuts as a magazine
• Finance sector shifts ad $s to web as investor traffic rises
  Leads in share of budgets spent on internet
• Three top executives quitting TW's Entertaindom.com
  Disgruntled over nixed IPO for web site
• 'Sabrina' moves to WB, leaving gap in ABC's 'TGIF'
  Bewitching fit for younger-skewing network
• Dyke's ax begins sailing as he sets to prune the BBC
  New boss's motto: Dare to be different

News Shorts
TV viewing is rising, even as more go online
CBS's 'Falcone' premiere fails to wow
This time, judge grants Darva annulment
Top editor named for USAToday.com

Web Shorts
MSN offers free access to gain market share
Doctors show high resistance to internet bug
New Netscape browser, at long last
European investors fall for April Fool's IPO prank

Friday, April 7, 2000

• Ad dropoff debate: CBS study shows only slight viewer decline 
  Far less than 10%-plus in MPM research
• The Juggy Effect: Rescuing television's lost generation
  A very simple formula for luring young males
• Now, out of the billowing steam, Kaga's Iron Chefs!
  What? You got it, the ultimate camp cookery
• The tall man: GQ tale of male rape has media world buzzing
  Just who is he? Well, that's part of the buzz
• 'The web is becoming more, not less, frustrating for users'
  Buyers need to look ease of navigating sites
• NextCard plasters the web in a major blitz of banners
  About.com rises on list of most visited sites

News Shorts
Dr. Laura has some friends after all
CBS renews five shows for next year
Consumer Reports wins in Isuzu libel case
Now even the LA Times has eyes for SF
Robin Williams in new career as web host

Web Shorts
Gates takes to the air for some image-mending
A web site for art stolen by the Nazis
Online credit scores angers credit bureaus

Monday, April 10, 2000

• Blacks overwhelmingly favor UPN and the WB
  Offer 19 of top 20 most popular shows among Afro-Americans

• The new boomers: Teens, teens enough for all
  More than enough for all the new magazine titles

• TBS bids for the 'regular guy' hoping to rope his girl
  Sees room for two on its new programming couch

• Fled by fickle sports fans, TNT puts on dramatic airs
  Movies and series to build on viewer loyalty; no news is bad news

• Sponsorships: When posting a banner isn't enough
  An idea from early days of TV is reborn on the web

• AdSticks: Telling your story in the checkout line
  Ad-bearing baton is passed from customer to customer 

Journal of Commerce drops back to weekly
Top media directors named to run Mindshare
PAX stations will re-air NBC local news
Details nabs Traveler's Wackerman  
High anxiety: List of shows fearing cancellation 

Web Shorts
Deadline nears for kids' web protection act
Retrieving web data in a webless world
In the end, the joke's on JokeWeb.com
Web designers out to prove that less is more

People
Jeffrey S. Ahl to associate publisher at Esquire
Roland Bello to creative director of Real Simple 

Tuesday, April 11, 2000

• Washington Post sweeps Pulitzers, winning three 
  Two for The Wall Street Journal, zip for the NY Times

• Study: Hispanics adapting to the web at rapid rate
  Favor major portals such as Yahoo! and AOL  over targeted sites

• Fox Family accents family in pooped-out kids market
  Facing a flat upfront amid excess inventory of its own creation

• USA, widening its reach, opts for a family crime wave
  New show roster of wholesome mayhem to please us all

• News magazines suffer slow ad sales for the quarter
  Only The Economist is up; Ouch, U.S. News takes biggest  hit 

• Pearson partners to create Europe's largest b'caster
  Free TV alliance latest in spate of mergers across Continent

Time Inc: Real Simple's just fine, thank you
Hearst and Conde Nast in distribution deal 
Advertisers pulling out of Dr. Laura show 
Industry Standard does the Continental
Live 'Fail Safe' pulls in decent numbers 
More changes at change-prone ABC?

Web Shorts
Virgin offers free computers for personal data
British clergyman sounds net alarm
Chatting with Clarence? High court goes online
Our candidate for silly web survey of the week
New ad targeting capacity for MSN

People
Dennis Dunlavey to senior Washington editor at ABC News
Val Nicholas to VP of special projects at ABC
--Jim McClintock to VP of network media 


Wednesday, April 12, 2000

• What game show craze? Regis wannabes fading
  Aging 'Millionaire' still powering through, even as numbers fall

• Sport, its ad revenues off, rumored to be on block
  EMAP monthly hurt by growth in competing sports news outlets

• 4As roasts cablers over poor handling of spots
  CEO Drake: 'Rules of the Road'  for ad reporting are in the ditch

• Why 'Falcone' bombed is a no-brainer. Ain't no good.
  Review: Weak 'Soprano's copycat and pretty weak TV, too

• In matters wired, cities of the West Coast lead
  Study: 6 U.S. cities with more than half their households on web

• FCC's Kennard: Networks dogging it on digital TV
  Tells CAB audience that resistance to new technology futile

Big bucks pegged to Couric's contract
Sorry Sam, ABC will show Leo-Bill chat after all
Fashion Wire's Dolce in lather over GQ rape tale
Sniff, Kathie Lee's son sues Examiner
What's the hurry? Kids upfront waits to tee

Web Shorts
A million play 'Millionaire,' in sync, online
George W. launches banner campaign
Tuvalo sells its code for dot.com bucks
Not primetime but prom time on the web
Yahoo being sued by French anti-racists

People
Nik Mainthia to executive VP and media director at BBDO South
Jane Turner to marketing director at  Ralph Lauren Media


Thursday, April 13, 2000

• Forrester predicts e-commerce wipeout
  Top analyst sees bankruptcy for most web-only retailers

• Barry and Sumner toss dollars at Vince's WWF
  Diller sues to block McMahon's flight to Viacom 

• MTV, up in numbers, turns to the tricks that work
  High successful '10 Spot' inspires summer and fall shows

• Comedy Central serious about moving beyond yuks
   A broader mix of shows to attract women and regular viewers

• The ever-transforming Deja emerges as a shopper
  New Media: But please, call it a 'precision buying service'

• ABC: Low ratings tubed 'Wonderland,' not protests
  Critics were of praiseful of psych ward saga; patients less so

• Fox: No one's to blame for 'Millionaire' wedding farce
  Probe finds groom's manhandling past beyond detection

Expedia travel title gets a name and an editor
ABC's 'Talk to Me' debuts to decent numbers
NAACP: Cablers could use some diversity
More ads as we turn the radio dial

Web Shorts
AOL edges past Amazon as No. 1 e-tailer
Who are you calling stupid, stupid?
Postal service ditches .gov for .com
About.com debuts redesign, plus ad auctioning

People
New York's Phoebe Eaton jumps to Details 

Friday, April 14, 2000

• L.A. Times editor and publisher get heave-ho
  Tribune picks Sun's Carroll to edit, Orlando's Puerner to publish

•  It's O the magazine and very very much Oprah
  On eve of next week's debut, her touch is, well, grip-like

• Cartoon Network doodles up more original kid shows
  Upfront strategy: Stay the successful course that built audience

• Game Show Network pegs growth to quizzer mania
  Enters its first upfront with roster of originals (some off the wall)

• 'Web is not a branding medium? Wrong, so wrong' 
  Bernadette: Look not to banners, though, but sponsorships

• Baseball lands SportsLine among web's top 25
  Nielsen//NetRatings: NextCard ad blitz over as fast as it started

ABC jacks up rates for sweeps 'Millionaire'
Healthy Living read its death notice
Gumbel morning show digs down even deeper
'Just Shoot Me' get a new lease on life

Web Shorts
Is there email after death? Apparently so.
Plot thickens: Who's hacking film industry site?
Study: Surfers in hot pursuit of car info
Celebs lining up to hand out Webbys

• Steve Grubbs on OMD and why bigger is better 
  Interview: Knitting together a global buying colossus 

• DirecTV, aiming to score, adds original sports show 
  Five hours of Broadband Sports programming

• Publishers chase wired $s with web shopping guides
  Ready appeal to offline advertisers building online awareness

• Who wooda thunk? IRS sees huger burst in visitors
  New Media: Ad campaign and friendlier appearance help

• Semi-conscious: For slogans that can't be ignored
  Truck sides: Not as broad as a barn but you get the point

• Interactive television off to a bumpy start in the UK
  Letter from London: Major player Yes gets dumped by NTL

Drs: Rupert has a light case of prostate cancer
Watergate's Bernstein edits political site
CBS rushes to small screen with Elian saga
CBS's 'Survivor' debuts on May 31
Alas, Pixelon was mostly fairy dust
Banana peel editor sues Gannett

Web Shorts
New CondeNet fashion site gets a name
AltaVista stays private yet again
Naked hunch: Beat author items end up on eBay
Metallica bangs Napster with a lawsuit
Web site wants U.S. drivers to get mad at Big 3

People
Ronald A. Berg jumps for Deja for idealab!

Tuesday, April 18, 2000

• O arrives and it's Oprah through and through
  Magazine review: Talk from the heart in a no-nonsense format

• But this O--as in Oxygen--has a passel o' problems
  Buzz-less cable network bets on healing power of time

• Online travel is booming, amid talk of shakeout. Why?
  We've puzzled it out. Read on as we explain the conflicting reports

• VH1 throws a wider net to counter stalled growth
  But a horror show for aging rock 'n rollers?

• NBC cuts a deal to air its nightly news on PAX
  Affiliates: We are irked in the extreme. Take this scheme and...

• Key executive walks from Flextech-Telewest merger
  London: Loser in bid to lead  final consolidation of UK cable

Supreme Court: Sorry, tobacco ad bans stand
Peacock's got a dead 'Battery' on Thursdays
Dr. Laura's foes rouse rabble in four cities
Sharp to think outside the box as new NBC VP
Axed swimmer turned TV newswoman honored
Correction: Mislabeled drug

Web Shorts
MoMA and Tate to sell art for dollar's sake
DoubleClick doubles size of privacy campaign
Web users shun variety, stick with their faves
Social scientists use the net as one big lab
Mecca cops cracking down on cyber cafes

Wednesday, April 19, 2000

• Alas, growth of cable shows signs of slowing
  Researchers blame a mix of factors, not just 'Millionaire'

• Web advertising outpaces all but zaniest estimates
  IAB reports $4.62 billion spent in 1999, topping most forcasts

• BET, already powerful, looks to extend its reach
  Better programming to combat lag in viewership numbers

• As cigar craze wanes, Aficionado goes to the dogs 
  Editorial shift to pups and other boy toys for monied men

• Animal Planet looks to fiction to broaden appeal
  Critter channel adding family movies to documentary roster

• Free of AOL, Bertelsmann plots an acquisition binge
  Europe's media giant eyes deals in U.S., perhaps in magazines

Ugh, Americans tuning out of local TV news
Dr. Laura in tangles with her TV producers
'Walking with Dinosaurs' walks real tall
Yes, even more exits from house of Brill

Web Shorts
Is FAST too slow? New web ad group says so
A web site for new Darva proposals
Miffed Bush loses bid to rein in spoof campaign site
Encarta dictionary now free online
Huge event: Webcast of elephant birth

Monday, April 24, 2000

• Rupert's cable nets bundled under Fox's Shell
  News Corp: Mega-unit for better deal-making and distribution

• In George makeover, Lalli aims for breaking news
  Bets Elian Gonzalez cover will spike up newsstand sales

• For Discovery, spectacles of science reap numbers
  Space and historic bones on upfront programming agenda

• 'And now, Mr. Hot Dice, a message from our...'
  Outdoor: TV ads debut on casino buses to Atlantic City

• At Mindshare, top of mind is moving to new quarters
  Media shops of O&M and JWT race to settle in before upfront

• IWon, tossing out prizes, buys its way up the charts
  Lottery portal gives out $10M on tax day, climbing 11% in a week

With less Leo, ABC eco show has feet of clay
Wishful thinking: Barry to peddle WWF in upfront
Major newsweeklies pounce on Elian
A winning 'Titus' is picked up for 13 weeks
LA Times tosses in towel on bikini ad

Web Shorts
Open heart webcast a smooth operation
Go.com stealth-launches new movie site
Bradley's email list now congressional spam
Space.com magazine set for summer launch
AT&T wireless IPO looms large, even still

Tuesday, April 25, 2000

• TheStreet's Cramer: 'It's all over but the shouting'
  Forget correction; noted tout calls dot.com stock dump a crash

• FCC staff wants to prune reach of AT&T-MediaOne
  Calls for cap of 30 percent of cable market, in significant setback

• Entertaindom brass quit, confirming speculation
  Dissatisfaction over shelved IPO is cited for top three's exit

• Who sees least primetime? He's 22 and kayaks.
  Honest. This and more TV trivia from FCB's Rob Frydlewicz

• Though ahead, Lifetime hones focus on women
  Oxygen effect: Network adds feminist fare for the upfront

• In the UK anyhow, dot.coms sitting on piles of cash
  Living lavishly on lush larders from height of investment boom

Red Herring goes to twice monthly
Yet another Sunday insert but for small-towners
Hot syndication upfront set for this week
More wow numbers on e-commerce
New command in place at Times Mirror
Only on the web: Springer spoof of Oprah mag
New top fella named to run DirecTV

Web Shorts
New site pays users to read email ads
Area 51 and Martha Stewart, together at last
Romanian hackers in new political attack
Microsoft stock slide makes Ellison now richest

Wednesday, April 26, 2000

• FCC staff: OK CBS-Viacom and UPN buyout
  But calls for sell-off of stations over 35 percent cap

• Long slow death of a Sunday morning ritual
  Local magazines dying off amid rise of new competitors

• In May sweeps, big race is between CBS and NBC
  ABC pulling out its 'Millionaire' cruise missile to ensure lead

• At NBC, web paves the road the Peacock walks
  Internet strategist Yudkovitz: Key to entering e-commerce era

• This charming Billy would love to bust the FCC
  Hot-tongued Tauzin rails against agency 'blackmail' 

• UK's powerful ITV fades as new viewer choices arise
  Disgruntled advertisers warn: Get audience numbers up or else

Dobbs in swirl of deals as Ted begs: Come back
Maxim editor hightails it for home
Unending Elian saga boosts all-news nets
Three Stooges flic woo-ed women as well
Oppressive governments aim to quash web

Web Shorts
Drkoop.com heads to intensive care
Small companies increasingly online
Dr. Dre to sue both Napster and users
Linux slammed for security glitch

People
Carolyn Everett to CEO of soon-to-be launched New York-focused website
Shelia Glaser to art editor at Travel & Leisure
Michael Cooke to editor of the Chicago Sun-Times

Thursday, April 27, 2000

• Justice Department OKs Viacom-CBS merger
  Redstone hopes for FCC nod without caps on station ownership

• Grease monkeys with $s drive boom in hot rod titles
  It takes a thick wallet to slip under an old car, wrench in hand

• Sci-Fi comes down to earth to build on rapid growth
  Reaching beyond geeks to mainstream viewership

• A&E stresses entertainment of an artier sort 
  More original programming to draw  more upscale viewers

• Fox affiliates walk rather than accept tougher deal
  UPN wooing disaffected with sweeter terms; others may follow 

• Data shows workers surf same sites as home users
  Indeed, office folks spend even more time at leisure destinations

ABC big raps producers for Leo-Bill brouhaha
Weider launches Men’s Fitness en Español
NBC signs up 'Law & Order' through 2005
Latest scuttlebutt on Dobbs' CNN return: It's off

Web Shorts
iVillage loses still another CFO
It's a dog-sue-dog world: Pets.com socks Conan
AOL puts band-aid on Drkoop.com’s wounds
AOL to gamers: Play politely goshdarnit!
Pentagon experiencing PowerPoint fatigue

Friday, April 28, 2000

• Curtains for an ailing Mirabella
  Hachette pulls the plug on money-losing women's title

• Mary Berner on Fairchild, her ambitions, her mafia
  Interview: Turnaround artist shakes up a once sleepy shop

• New Maxim editor vows to add a tad of, well, culture
  But just a tad, understand. Why forsake a proven formula?

• For History Channel, less war, more remembrance
  Shift to build viewership while increasing advertiser appeal

• 'Key is understanding why people come to the web'
  Bernadette: Needs differ markedly by how long they have surfed

• Essential.com who? Newcomer's banners flood web
  New media: Predictably, card sites flourish with Easter 

• Much-dissed Channel 5 ponders taking on new airs
  London: Should it upgrade or take the money and run?

Disney names Callahan to head ABC
NBC signs up 'ER' through 2004
People's Beautiful and Damned (covers)
N.Y. Times names new broadcast chief

Web Shorts
Soon, flying the internet-friendly skies
It's the Phantom price tag at Amazon UK
Yahoo seeks end to ripoff net names
AP's in a lather over Elian Bud parody site

People
Jim Burke to president of sales for Fox Television Stations and Fox-owned regional sports networks
Thomas R. Herwitz to president of station operations for Fox Television Stations

Monday, May 1, 2000

• Only a few shows pull big $s in syndication upfront
  Most properties either flat or up slightly as sell-athon winds down

• Readers frustrated by Nielsen's slowness to change 
  Poll finds little praise for TV ratings service

• Study: Death of e-commerce greatly exaggerated
  Health not to be confused with stock market turmoil

• Ellen Levine tinkers a bit to lure older moms
  Halting the aging of Good Housekeeping; Madonna as cover girl

• For 'Man Show' co-creator it's trusting one's instincts
   'If I think it’s funny, my friends will think it's funny too'

• Postcard ads, a medium with a personal message
  Out of home: Putting your client in the nicest of company

• Court socks MP3, finding it liable for swiping songs
  Web downloader Infringing copyrights held by record labels 

Disney-TW spat leaves millions without ABC
NBC relents; no 'Nightly News' on PAX
Economist folds its Washington lifestyle mag
Y&R to join up with Publicis, not WPP
Examiner hearing begins today

Web Shorts
Some adults, taken for kids, lose their Hotmail
Hey, man, smell my web site
Low-res films seek high art status
High-tech junk a growing landfill problem

People
Suzanne Grimes to publisher of Allure
Michael Kramer to political editor at the NY Daily News
NY Daily News' Orla Healy to senior editor at InStyle magazine

Tuesday, May 2, 2000

• FCC ponders breaking up Disney-TW brawl
  ABC suffering mightily from sweeps blackout

• T'wasn't beauty killed Mirabella but beastly bungles
  First publisher Lewit: Magazine was not meant for older women

• Cable: We're short-changed on dot.com ad $s
  Study finds subscribers are heavier web users and spenders

• Webcasting, the hot new ad medium that isn't
  Study: Lots of promise, even more questions, and zero sales push

• Ah, it's a Boys' Life and a heck of a magazine as well
  Companion title for outdoor-loving Scouts was founded in 1911

• UK's top magazine group headed for the sales block?
  London: IPC, stumbling a bit, looks for a digital daddy

Time Inc's eCompany hits the streets
New honcho for National Geo channel
ABC drops 'Talk' and 'Band' for sweeps
'South Park' to stay on Comedy Central

Web Shorts
Elian's raft now floating on eBay, maybe
Chuck D makes love not war with Napster
VW to release special web colors for Beetle

People
Nancy Novogrod to editorial director of Travel & Leisure Group
Nolan Finley to editorial page chief at the Detroit News


Wednesday, May 3, 2000

• Toe to toe with Disney, Time Warner backs down
  Cable giant, under pressure, restores service for ABC

• Winding down, kids upfront struggles to top last year
  More inventory leads to drop in CPMs for some networks

• Oh, it's Keith Kelly, and he's saying what?
  Meet the nightmare every magazine pr person fears waking up to

• Likely hits from the slush of new syndicated shows
  Critic Andrew Wallenstein picks 'Dr. Laura' and 'Trial & Arrest'

• Comparison shopping sites--all the rage but set to die
  New media: They create brand awareness, perhaps too well

• Learning Channel looks at life up close and visceral
  Quirky and experimental sibling of Discovery sharpens its focus

Skullduggery revealed at Examiner hearing
Even more Martha as title goes monthly
Dolgin moves up at Fox Sports
Newspaper circulation rises modestly
Curley steps down early at Gannett

Web Shorts
Mozart for money, from MP3
Smithsonian collects PCs as cultural artifacts 
Wazzup? Elian searches flood web
Brits building online surveillance network

People
NY Post columnist Gersh Kuntzman to editorial director of Pseudo Politics
Angela Matusik to editor of InStyle.com
Hal Smith quits as president and COO of New Times

Thursday, May 4, 2000

• FCC: Time Warner was way way bad
  Agency finds TW unit illegally kicked Disney off cable system

• New Yorker walks away with top magazine awards
  Wins for fiction, public interest and overall excellence

• ABC leads May sweep but NBC has 18-to-49s
  Specials may tell who wins very close race among the top four

• Slapped down, WB angles to regain charmed youth
  Ouch, some missteps and bleeding ratings are costing dearly

• A mouse--er, cat--that tells whether ads really work
  Bar-code scanner sends readers to the web for more info

• Court TV buckles up for more crime and true grit
  Original programming to offset trial snoozers

FCC rules Viacom and CBS a done deal
Purportedly jealous Walters leaving '20/20'?
Real Simple a waiting room fave
'Survivor' scandal a-brewing up
Debut for parenting magazine for dads

Web Shorts
AltaVista flatters Google with stark imitation
CDNow expects white knight by end of June
AOL Time Warner management team set

People
George E. Curry to president of ASME
Robin Wunsh  to executive fashion editor at Mademoiselle
Elisabeth Murdoch quits pop's BSkyB

Friday, May 5, 2000

• Levin structures TW-AOL by content and distribution
  Two co-COOs named; Turner loses all power
• Study tracks the ways of Europe's business elite
  What they read, what they earn, how they live
• UPN may be up, but up from where? Here's our Rxs.
  Some tips for patching its ailing schedule
• For these editors, winning was the last thing in their minds
  Smart Business series wins top editors award
• 'Internet effect is dramatically changing how we behave'
  Shifts span industries from banking to media
• Trick ad moves to top spot on list of week's big banners
  Also: overall traffic down the week after Easter
• Shorts
  Stunning Blow for JFK Jr. book: It's axed
  Blaze flames out as hip hop title 
  Lawyers: Hearst knew of publisher's antics
• Web Shorts
  Please, no more ILOVEYOUs
  Librarians fret over internet porn
  John Cleese in downloadable internet movie
  Bill would extend web tax moratorium
  

Monday, May 8, 2000

• Don your war paint for dance of the cable upfront
  This week is when serious dealing begins; prices may be way up

• Faulty Hispanic data leaves Simmons red-faced  
  Researchers puzzle over why recent magazine numbers inflated

• What Fox must do to stay ahead of WB and UPN
  TV: Wallenstein's comb-over tips for schedule's bald spots

• Encarta, going free, sees site traffic skyrocket
  New media: Second only to Eonline with 153% increase

• For HGTV, it's how-to days and nights of home style
  The trick: Building numbers while staying within the brand

• Meter mania: Posting messages where people park
  Out-of-home: Captive audience as it shovels for quarters

• Liz leaving Rup's BSkyB for a more creative life
  London: But is Murdoch's daughter out of succession race?

Feel Lucky? Shopping, sex and the single girl
Disney enlists towns in fight with Time Warner
'Leeza' and others won't be around next fall 
Tambourine Man signs on for HBO special
Gannett adds another newspaper chain in the UK

Web Shorts
Love Bug suspects detained by police
CDNow courts Mexican white knight
Hot-shot Hollywood web site sinking fast
Web promotes sex addiction, insist scholars

People
Tom Jermoluk quits Excite@tHome  
AP ousts top editor William Ahearn 
Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazento to editor of the New England Journal of Medicine
Liam J. Carlos to VP and CFO at the NY Times;  Neil P. Fitzpatrick to VP and controller 
Renee Loth to head edit page at the  Boston Globe

Tuesday, May 9, 2000

• It's a deal: WWP agrees to acquire Y&R for $4.7B
  Fitful wooing leads to pact  to create world's largest ad shop

• NBC? No way. ABC resumes sweeps trounce
  Glimmer of hope dashed by celeb-larded 'Millionaire'  spread

• Nasty chill for Sunday mags in sizzling ad climate 
  Also ailing, U.S. News sees 18.5%  $ dip in first four months

• Lefty journo worries Big Media will control web news
  Interview: Talking with Danny Schechter of MediaChannel

• TV Land's struggle to prove old's as good as new
  Pesky dip in night viewers of nostalgia-rama, but days are up

• For all its promise, satellite's a distant threat to cable
  Study: Older technology still has the real edge in the internet age

Abatemarco in hasty scoot from PopSci
Tread-worn Kathy Lee on Us cover after all
JonBenet's folks sue Post and Time for libel
Book: Ted still lusts in his heart after NBC
..And Thomson lusts after Wall Street Journal
What kiss and make up? TW-Disney duking

Web Shorts
Study: Major advertisers love the web too
DoubleClick goof puts booze ads on kids’ site
Seniors say the web is a marvelous thing
Napster busy removing music pirates
Government net fraud unit up and running

People
Dina Ruiz Eastwood named contributing editor at Golf Digest Woman
Brett Hill to executive editor at Mademoiselle; Dale Hrabi to executive creative editor
Dina Barberio to senior account manager at InStyle magazine
 

Wednesday, May 10, 2000

• New challenger has hopes of unseating Nielsen
  Cableclik vows better data and more data at less cost

• AAAA offers up a calendar for goofy broadcast year
  Has 53 weeks and season starts late because of the Olympics

• Crash? New Economy titles doing gangbusters
  Puzzler: Will a shakeout come and how bad will it hurt?

• For web newsies, word's worth 1,000 pictures
  Or almost. Study finds readers focus on text first and foremost.

• FCC's Kennard raps cable's tough-guy tactics
  Commish: Time for some behavior mod, youse guys

• Britain's looming battle over video on demand
  Contenders line up to watch first fumble; big boys holding back

New Honchos and vision for Time.com
P&G opts for Dr. Laura, angering gays
Kind of info most people would die for
Rupe's Liz about to become Mrs. Freud?
Bill: Ruling on AT&T/MediaOne coming ASAP

Web Shorts
Painting, fake or not, ignites eBay frenzy
Internet venture going belly up? Click here
Searching for the love bug virus
CBS turns cheek on Christian messages
Web site to serve the wealth market

People
Andreas Wiele quits Gruner + Jahr
Chris Moseley scoots from top marketing post at ABC
Barbara Walters gets lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 

Thursday, May 11, 2000

• Numbed by new media numbers? Please read on.
  Whys and wherefores of rankings that appear to make no sense

• Times Square is better for Allure's complexion
  Publisher nixes talk of a Fairchild makeover a la Details

• Ailing Health Channel relaunching as WebMD TV
  Building on the clout of better known companion web site

• Meet the folks who turn reality into a soap opera
  'Real World' creators focus on a bigger stage at ABC

• 'I've seen the future and the kids are already there'
  Nick researcher Laura Wendt on the coming impact of digital

• Pint-sized Yankee with deep New England roots
  Little gloss, lots of history and day-tripping

'Raymond' creator near big-buck CBS deal
Experts say U.S. ill-equipped for Love attacks
Time Inc.'s No. 2 editor returning to writing
EBay cancels much ballyhood art auction
E*Trade the magazine launches
Conan pal whistles 'Happy Trails'

Web Shorts
MP3.com makes nice to record industry
Net enhances interpersonal connections 
America Online offline for some last night
Software makers learn to love the Love Bug
Surfing the World Wide Bow Tie

People
Elizabeth O'Brien in hasty exit as deputy editor of O 
Barry Thurston quits Columbia TriStar Television Distribution
Barbara Deering to president of Primedia Enterprises

Friday, May 12, 2000

• Cable upfront heats up, amid gusts of hot air
  Sellers shout up frenzy on fears of a freeze-out; buyers play deaf

• One woman's vision of a life of shopping
  Lucky editor Kim France on the why of her new maga-logue

• What CBS must do to revive its crumbling primetime
  Pointed advice from scheduling maestro Andrew Wallenstein

• The serious business of branding at Comedy Central
  Lots of laughs but one emerging identity under Bill Hilary

• 'People shop online for convenience, not price'
  Bernadette: The internet has become the mall of America

• Traffic drifts from iWon. Blip or trend?
  New Media: Meanwhile, About.com surges in portal race

Denver papers pal up, ending bitter war
Disney to FCC: Throw cuffs on TW-AOL 
Sniff, ending BH 90210 pulls big numbers
Canada issues warning label for Dr. Laura
Love Bug suspect: I coulda done it
Ford and Fox in 'No Boundaries' deal

Web Shorts
Napster finally wins a round-- a Webby
Winner in battle over Sex.com 
Web prankster royally riles Patriot fans
Broadband growth sluggish while 56K rules
Hey, Dude, more mail you can do without

People
Katherine O'Hearn to top slot at 'Moneyline'
Kathleen D. Love named president of MRI
James Kinsella to chairman of World Online International
Andy Barnes heads National Newspaper Association of America

Monday, May 15, 2000

• NBC in major revamp of fall primetime schedule
  Breaking news: Shows shuffled and a number are axed

• For Lucky, success will be in the details
  Review: A Maxim for women, where shopping is sex

• ABC has the sweeps but NBC owns the upfront
  Peacock is busy rebuilding Thursday and Friday nights

• Probing the soft belly 'neath the beast of 'Millionaire'
  Wallenstein on TV: ABC's remaining schedule is full of hurt

• Looking for buzz? Offer free highway tolls
  Out of home: Instant attention for a dot.com entering Boston

• British fret over allowing tacky ads on television
  London: Plan to lift ban on hypnotists and escort services

• And the winner is...your list of Webby awards
  New media: Goofy ceremony nods to serious achievement

• Love Bug sends users scurrying for fly swatters
  New Media: Anti-virus sites top list of traffic gainers

Time Warner: We were wrong to axe ABC
NBC: We're all still 'Friends'
Fan mail of a peculiar sort
UPI taking a trip to the Moon?
Nurse Hathaway exits 'ER' to big numbers
HBO signs up for burial plot after 'Sopranos'

Web Shorts
Silicon Valley: Bill's not so bad, really
Another webcast first: Mummy's day
AOL to offer simultaneous usage
Let the dot.com layoffs begin

Tuesday, May 16, 2000

• ABC: 'Millionaire' will bury you all
  Breaking news: Fourth night added to primetime 

• For WB, it's more laughs and some nip and tuck
  Six new shows, five of them comedies, set for fall debut

• NBC's schedule's got more holes than Swiss cheese
  Wallenstein on TV: Thursdays sing but week has seven days

• It's babes, beer and tees. It's Maximum Golf, dude.
  Magazine review: Maxim meets the 'Man Show' meets . . .

• Where men are men doing what boys do best
  Cable thrills on Speedvision and Outdoor Life

• As circus trial ends, judge to weigh Examiner's fate
  Forget the dirt that's come out. Is the newspaper worth saving?

P&G to Dr. Laura: You're on your own
It's official: All the news from Rev. Moon
Salon fights Powerful foe for Inside track
USA picks up two weird ones for summer
'Jesus' bigger even than Regis now

Web Shorts
Lycos and Spanish giant Terra may merge
Mom's Day frenzy for flowers online
Russian coppers unamused by nuclear joke
AOL to offer free service for schools 
China fights to control online information

People
GM honors Phil Guarascio
Howard Witt to top editor of Washington City Paper
Will Lippincott quits as New Republic publisher  
Mary Kaye Schilling to LA bureau chief at Entertainment Weekly
Sonia David named marketing director at USA Weekend

Wednesday, May 17, 2000

• CBS, ratings also-ran, places its bets on Bette
  Major revamp of fall schedule but will the young come?

• Upfront prognosis: Pull out your fattest checkbook
  Broadcast TV: Both sides see CPM hikes of 15%-plus

• ABC in for a bruisin' with punchy 'Millionaire'
  Wallenstein on TV: But WB plays it real smart with its schedule

• Here's a hot magazine we know you don't read
  Maybe you should. It's The Sciences. It does not spoon-feed.

• Growth begins to slow in ad-supported web sites
  New media: Ah, but so too does the slide in CPMs

• This pearl of culture plumbs the creative spirit
  Cable :Bravo also now runs ads among the arias

Cable upfront dollars pegged at $4.6B
'Today' adds an hour, in a jab at Regis
Details ex Golin in top job at Moviefone
Sunk Mirabella editor jumps to Elle
Drug tsar slings words with New Yorker
Helen: Take this job and shove it

Web Shorts
DoubleClick names a privacy board
Bishop joins ranks of porn site scribblers
Dell debuts a computer for day traders
Doc: Web smut will wound our young
ABCNews.com: Voters register here

People
Alexandra Golinkin to publisher of Women's Sports & Fitness
Heidi Posner picks pix at Travel & Leisure
Bill Foster, sidekick on 'The Man Show,' dies

Thursday, May 18, 2000

• Real Simple editor axed for laying an egg
  Wyland tumbled for bungled launch; search for successor is on

• Fox resorts to old tricks to revive its primetime
  Walking wounded, you say? Watch this. Big names, big bucks.

• UPN: One-trick pony seeks to build a stable
  Building up Monday and Friday nights beyond the WWF

• Bette may be divine but she'll miss against 'M'
  Wallenstein on TV: Wrong wench to throw into 'Millionaire's' gears

• E!, grown torpid, works to add some spritz
  Cable: More fiction to its entertainment coverage

• It's spring, and as weather warms surf dips a tad
  New media: About.com portal gains among home users

• Happy Birthday, us.
  Media Life is a year old and there's lots of thanks to toss around

X Files's' Duchovny re-ups for next season
Univision will host its own 'Millionaire'
Street's Cramer bolts from Fox News
United's skies get unfriendly for Dr. Laura
O for ouch. German fetishist claims name.
Correction: Right name, wrong agency

Web Shorts
Dr. Dre to Napster: remove my songs
Boo goes belly up, and quickly
Study: Think web, think sales
Brit sound-off site crashes from overload

People
Lee Rosenbaum named publisher of Talk
NY Daily News reporter Joe McNamara dies
Bernard Gershon to Senior VP and GM of abcnews.com.
Lee Michael Katz quits UPI

Friday, May 19, 2000

• Univision slicks up roster with original programming
  New for fall: 'Millionaire' knockoff and U.S.-based sitcom

• Telemundo, climbing, touts revamped primetime
  Up 67% in ratings since return to all-Spanish format

• Ample magazine for the amply proportioned
  Mode's target: 62% of U.S. women who wear a size 12  or larger

• Still the kids leader, Nickelodeon adds Latin airs
  Cable: Multiculty shows for an evolving viewership

• 'Web sites are the most powerful persuasion tool'
  Bernadette: More and more the internet drives retail sales

• Send mom an e-card? Uh, maybe next time. 
  New media: Card site traffic up but still down from Easter blitz

• Scotsman gets pretty for an ugly newspaper war
  London Letter: Paper cuts price as it strives for national status

Time Warner and Disney cut a cable deal
Levin: No super editor for AOL-TW
'90210' finale dukes 'Millionaire' and 'Jesus'
AGs smokin' over kid-targeted tobacco ads
LA Times: Could buy News but won't

Web Shorts
New bug, wilier and worse, on the loose
Montreal: Capital of kid hackers
Free-spending dot.coms snubbed at Cannes
And now, funerals on the web

People
Cathy Madison quits as editor of Utne Reader
Tim Castelli to publisher of PC Magazine
Kit Rachlis edits Los Angeles Magazine

Monday, May 22, 2000

• Not so funny numbers: A crisis of accountability
  In new media there are lots of figures on ad impressions. Perhaps too many. More often than not, they are in conflict. We explain why.

• Two tired magazines get back their mojo
  Wallace on the rebirthing of National Geo and Sports Illustrated

• Puzzling why Fox chose such radical surgery
  Wallenstein on TV: And hats off to UPN for best new schedule

• Quiz show craze is over, so whither 'Millionaire?'
  Its slide has started. The question: Will it be slow or abrupt?

• 'Mirabella is dead but women's magazines aren't'
  Elle's Myers: As readers change, titles do too to remain vital

• Psst! Before you flush have you considered....?
  Yes, it's now okay to put your client in restrooms. It's quite cool.

• Meta-search portal gohip zooms up charts
  New media: Sees traffic spike by 143 percent in one week

G+J steals away Amex's Brewster
CBS fall lineup irks Hispanic groups
Rush on the 50-yard line?
Court upholds cap in AT&T-MediaOne deal
NBC trounces with killer Thursday night

Web Shorts
Latest Victoria's Secret web show a smash
No rest for the weary Napster
British cybersquatters take infant’s name

People
Jason E. Klein to CEO for Times Mirror Magazines
Thomson hands reins of family conglomerate to son

Tuesday, May 23, 2000

• Serious upfront dealing starts this morning
  Furious four days going into the holidays; new records expected

• Yet another major player on the online buying field
  AdExchange.com claims a unique model, plus some big names

• Oops. No truth to story that GQ edit job was shopped
  UK's Guardian blew it on story that SI sought to replace Cooper

• Fox Family pegs hopes on films for mom and pop
  Struggles against an 11% slide in ratings as elders leave

• Giving readers what they want can be risky
  Why? They'll want even more. Just ask the Inky.

• EUniverse joins ranks of most visited web sites
  New media: Loose network of games rises to 17th place

Tears in toyland: Disney shuts Toysmart
Fox to Cramer: We'll see youze in court
FTC: Time to get tough on web privacy
Two Salon bigs turn in their I-quits
High Court rules cable sex law is too broad

Web Shorts
Washington throws big bucks at cybercrime
Chrysler's PT Cruiser a hit on Lycos searches
Protests over site selling killers' signatures
Net a boon to makers of bogus IDs

People
Working Mother names four new editors
Brenden Delaney and Sheri Grossman to national advertising sales managers at NFL Insider.

Wednesday, May 24, 2000

• Q: When is a web ad served? A: Who the hell knows?
  Coming to understand the tangle of numbers

• ABC jumps the gun to claim season victories
  (You'd be itchy too after such a losing streak)

• Arguably the very first, surely the last, dirty old man
  Goldstein did not invent sex. But smut, well...

• MRI's latest skinny on magazine readership
  GQ is most-thumbed; BW readers get richer

• For Bill Kurtis, a life of crime is the berries
  From CBS News to 'Investigative Reports'

• National Geo Channel ramping up for a fall launch
  But someone may already be sitting in its seat

• Shorts
  Dr. Laura protesters turn up the heat
  NOW raps Fox for anti-feminist shows
  NY Post launches sports weekly
  Fox rejiggers its new fall schedule
  WB: Have a beer on us. We're sold out.

• Web Shorts
  Desert phone booth killed by the web
  Online gender-switching just good clean fun
  New TW imprint for e-books only
  Spielberg lectures British film class, virtually

Thursday, May 25, 2000

• Upfront report: Fast but orderly and oddly flat
  Prices are up but not as much as expected

• Fox tags Berman to fill Herzog's seat as TV boss
  Creative whiz behind 'Malcolm and 'Roswell'

• Once laughable notion gets serious about growth
  The Daily Deal is in a major building boom

• Time Warner cable in dirty tricks against rival
  More bad press as AOL merger looms

• Getting out of the kitchen to heat up one's standing
  Food Network moves beyond simple how-to

• 'Coming online banking revolution is already here'
  Passwords are quickly replacing passbooks

• Shorts
  ABC and NBC nose to nose in 18-49s
  Gannett okays ads on the front page
  Solomon resigns as SFM's top broadcast man
  Cronin out at a troubled Fox Family
  Uncle Mel consolidates CBS/UPN stations

• Web Shorts
  Microsoft judge: I've heard quite enough
  NHL site is down on the ice
  Salon editors now mean business
  Net music-swapping denting CD sales
  Swallow the camera and say cheese
  

Tuesday, May 30, 2000

• Upfront hits $8 billion, with ABC leading the pack
  Edges out NBC with a 35 percent increase; racks up $2.3B

• Alas, Fox finds a roost for its trash TV shows
  Coming this fall: TooHotForFox.com. Man bites dog, etc.

• Yo, XXL, putting hip hop on a higher level
  'Neath the hard words a GQ in the making? Wallace considers.

• Bases loaded, Jones on first, Nissan on second...
  Out of home: The art of buying space at America's ballparks

• ABC takes May sweeps, tying with NBC in 18-49s
  Closes gap with finale of 'Spin City', drawing 33 million viewers

• BBC chief in row for snubbing Queen's mum
  Claiming cash crunch, cancels parade coverage

• Want to attract men online? Throw a fashion show.
  Try lingerie, too. It works again for Victoria's Secret webcast

Ted: I’m in the dumps over AOL-TW merger
Peres works overtime on Details makeover
Prince Charming: Fox to air JFK Jr. bio-pic
Fox’s farewell from ‘Spin City’ lures 33 million

Web Shorts
Baseball seeks less voting fraud for All Stars
AmEx: Just say no to porn sites
Salon redesign prompts much disgruntlement
Hearst-funded shopping site dead and gone
Japanese prefer I-mail to email

People
Kathleen M. Waltz to president, publisher and CEO of Orlando Sentinel
Boardroom Communications names Fran Schwartz to VP of client relations

Wednesday, May 31, 2000

• FFC easing TV rules on who can own what
  Good news for Viacom and Tribune; Fox irked that 35 cap stays

• Study: Recall of cable ads matches broadcast 
  CAB: Ergo, we deserve equal dollars from advertisers

• Oh, rat meat again? CBS premieres 'Survivor'
  Tonight 'Real World' meets 'Lord of the Flies' 

• The special power of original movies on cable
  Katz of Esparza/Katz: Magnet for talent that shuns broadcast

• Final arguments in nasty S.F. Examiner suit
  Will judge allow Hearst to buy much larger Chronicle?

• Better Homes emerging as a hot web site
  New media: bhg.com jumps to No. 4 on gainers list

Ma Bell gets down and dirty
Emap: We're going to get big and strong
Gear goes reality: Road trip across the U.S.
Elle raises rate base, climbing on Vogue
Luxe: New B2B title from WWD

Web Shorts
Next web shakeout: Hispanic portals
Tax-free web phone fans to rally in DC
Ticketmaster gobbles rival online service
Web parody tweaks musical opposites
Deep throats say AOL looking at Linux

People
Rupert's son James to CEO of Star TV
Olivia Cohen-Cutler to VP of broadcast standards and practices at ABC

Thursday, June 1, 2000

• Not so funny numbers: A crisis of accountability Part III 
  Think the web is all about targeting? Think again.
  To do so you need good numbers, and that's the rub. They are hard to come by. Relying on bad numbers leads to skewed results and worse.

• Readers: 'Millionaire' has another six months
  Poll results: Don't see untimely death for ABC game show

• Modern Maturity puts some git in its git-along
  Magazines: Title primps for aging boomers, but so do others

• 'Clerks': Even summer debut won't save this dud
  Wallenstein: Smith is grousing but ABC was right to postpone

• Ah, summertime. ABC smokes 'em in the first week
  Wins in total viewers, households, 18-49s; 'Millionaire' kicks butt

• For now, digital explosion is a distant whimper
  Cable: But rumble nears as more channels roll out

News Shorts

Emerge submerged: black title folded
Warring Camelots: CBS and NBC in Jackie duel
Regis book: 'Who Wants to Be Me?'
Examiner judge leaning toward Hearst
'Survivor' site swamped with premiere

  Web Shorts
Ask Jeeves losing its prez
Kmart: Attention web shoppers...
Russell-mania consumes web searchers
Net pioneer Davies dead at 75
New web filter scans for curvy flesh

People

Joanne Halev to corporate beauty director of Conde Nast
Steve Pearlman promoted to EVP of development at the WB

Friday, June 2, 2000

• Kunes abruptly quits as editor of O magazine
  Capable indian among too many chiefs; rising presence of Oprah

• 'Survivor' hits homer its first time out
  Greater puller of viewers for CBS, especially among the young

• For this editor food is for savoring, not decorating
  Saveur's Dorothy Kalins on the soul of the old cuisines

• Country channel with a hankering for women
  Cable review: CMT sees its real competition as HGTV

• 'We must understand the privacy paradox'
  Bernadette: Fears of strangers knowing one's business

• Move over, Al, for a real internet visionary
  PA's Gov is a web nut. That's the problem for many in high-tech

News Shorts
Steve to Ted: You're still the man
Salon scraps redesign after complaints
CNN: 20 years old and feeling aged

Web Shorts
A government list of security no-nos
CBS axes two dozen internet workers
Mouse ears: Go-eBay site launches
Meanwhile, in the House of Lords . . .

People

Maureen McAllister and Matthew Turck named associate publishers at Time
Boston magazine executive editor John Strahinich resigns

Monday, June 5, 2000

• Ed Kelly picked to run Amex publishing
  Top Travel  & Leisure salesman replaces Brewster

• Web ad to sales ratios can get downright wacky
  Worst example: MSN spent $77M to get $48M in ad revenue

• A magazine that sweats the good sweat
  Wallace on the good sense of Women's Sports & Fitness

• Uncle Mel, it's time you ditch grumpy Gumbel
  Wallenstein on TV: Start from scratch with unique morning show

• Nielsen & Arbitron pal up on pocket people meter
  Research: Walk-around device to measure all media in test

• Airships, for when the medium is the missile
  Out of home: An effective way to stand above the crowd

• Network Solutions floods web with banners
  Weather Channel traffic up as vacations near

News Shorts
Ta-ta time for Individual Investor?
Eat or be eaten: Dawin debuts from IDG
More protests over Dr. Laura show

Web Shorts
Dot.com town sours on name change
Deja not ready for IPO
Non-humans will take over net, says MIT guru
Russian news site not a government favorite

People
Jeffrey Foley named publisher of Travel Holiday
David Kirkpatrick to publishing reporter at the NY Times
Liz Fischer to PR director at  Hearst Magazines
Susan Landau to advertising director at Redbook
Francesca Castagnoli named senior online editor  at Harper's Bazaar
David Bowen hired as director of events marketing at Hearst
Alexandra Parnass becomes beauty, health and style director at Marie Claire

Tuesday, June 6, 2000

• FCC OKs AT&T-MediaOne---with some ifs
  Given three options to trim market presence

• Spot TV ad spending sees a brisk first quarter
  Up 16%, with full year headed for 8% rise or more

• Individual Investor in search of an angel's kiss
  CFO: We're talking right now for big bucks. Otherwise, it's . . .

• Study: PC penetration nears cable in some markets
  New media: Half of all households in the top 58 DMAs

• As we suspected, even hit reruns can be snoozers
  Research: Study finds highest audience falloff among young

• UPC and Telewest link hands across the water
  London letter: Further consolidation of UK and European cable

News Shorts
Philip Morris pulls teen smoke ads
Fox in deal for 'Master Game' reality show
Nasty words over '60 Minutes' movie
Hearst judge wants more info

Web Shorts
APBNews in sudden scramble for cash
Napster, its ox gored, sues over infringement
Prison blues: Cons scheme from behind bars
Site for Santas: Learning to ho ho ho
Web to the rescue: Lost bird returned

People
Kevin M. Belden named director of business development at InStyle
Steven Aster hired as EVP of consumer marketing of Primedia's Consumer and Enthusiast Magazines
Charles H. Morin promoted to president and CEO of PR Newswire
Jason Roth to director of communications at Inside.com

Wednesday, June 7, 2000

• On the web, health is suffering growing pains
  New media: Credibility is key--and not easy for sites to come by

• So we asked Peres, what of the new Details?
  He answers: Like nothing you've seen. Then he clams up.

• Smoking Gun: Trusty keeper of dirty big secrets
  Things we like: Trove of documents some wish were private

• NBC's b-ball playoffs break ABC's winning streak
  Newsmagazines climb against summer primetime repeats

• Hoping to lift ratings, Pax tries spiritual uplift
  Family matters: Getting notice without getting down and dirty

• For this buyer, cable's got it all over broadcast
  SFM's Solomon: Emphasis on quality shows offers big edge 

News Shorts
Tony Awards a dud, viewer-wise
Oops, WashPost in photo op disaster
Kathie Lee dry-eyed over show's demise?
TheStreet's Cramer: Rupert's a hypocrite
Report: Warner wants to settle with MP3
Disney ex starts his own Revolution

Web Shorts
Chatting for dollars, with O.J.
Business.com opens for biz, sort of
'Survivor' no 'Millionaire' to web searchers
N.Z. OKs naughty URLs after all

People
Jeff Maiers to senior account manager for Phase2Media Prodigy
Bette Ann Yarus named national director of sales development for USA Weekend’s N.Y. offices
Primedia announces newly elected corporate officers
James R. Yeakel to West Coast VP of advertising at Access Media

Thursday, June 8, 2000

• Belch! $8.2B in 3 days! Buyers bemoan bloat
  In the frenzy to do upfront deals, who has time to think? No one.

• Fox seeking the fix of reality programs--again
  Junk time: Two spicy spectacles slated for November

• Nope, people don't want to pay for online news
  And here's a study that gives us the goods. Also, top $ sites.

• Rising flap over just what did in Emerge
  Was newsweekly for blacks too controversial? Will it come back?

• Salon slashes budget as it struggles for ad dollars
  Layoffs follow collapse of crime news site APBnews.com

• Icebox: Lush web canvas for Hollywood's animators 
  New media: Capitalist cooperative of the creative sort

News Shorts
Oxygen gives two shows a summer breather
AT&T testing open access for the internet
Sony: Bugs delay rollout of HDTV sets
NBC's 'M.Y.O.B.' in respectable premiere

Web Shorts
Newly crowned Sexiest Geek Alive. Honest.
Love Bug suspect freed for lack of evidence
Internet workers now number 2.5 million

People
Julian Scott to group VP of creative development at Children’s Television Workshop

Friday, June 9, 2000

• Magazines pitch claim for more drug ad $s
  Research: Study finds print offers better return on investment

• Ironies abound in the success of 'Survivor'
  Wallenstein: Show featuring aged on aged CBS draws the kids

• An icon of the 80s, Inc.'s now one hot property
  Magazines: Title's pending sale should snag $200M

• AMC: Pass the popcorn, now a sponsor's message
  Cable review: Book-ending the classics with some soft sell

• 'Five key issues face marketers on the internet'
  Bernadette: Broadband is unknown to over half of web users

• As school lets out, kids' game sites heat up
  New media: Snowball vies with eUniverse Network

• Buyers fear rate hikes as German TV consolidates
  London letter: Deregulation is failing to bring hoped-for price cuts

News Shorts
ABC cashiers animated 'Clerks'
'Grosse Pointe' Tori spoof irks powerful pop
May was a down month for syndication
Industry Standard clones Grok as a monthly
Gannett picks up 21 Thomson newspapers
Mandi in talent raid of Marie Claire

Web Shorts
New movie virus is a killer
Web kid panel is homeless and penniless
EBay peddlers annoyed by rise in ads
So who prosecutes in web sex-kill cases?

People
Judy McGrath from president of MTV Network to chairman of the MTVi Group
Mike Bosman to president and COO of FCB North America
Jeff MacNelly, prize-winning cartoonist, dies
Chris Mitchell named publisher of new design magazine, One

Monday, June 12, 2000

• Hot rumor: Bertelsmann buying Reader's Digest
  Sleeping giant: $6B deal would vastly boost U.S. presence

• Kate Betts gets Bazaar in a family way
  Wallace: But is it Unzipped, or just Ordinary People?

• Mort: Executive made off with more than $400K
  Former COO Jensen committed suicide after confrontation

• So what's the fairest launch? O, as in Oprah.
  But, surprise, our readers think US Weekly is pretty hot, too

• MTV's battle for coolness has little to do with music
  Wallenstein: Movie awards sing, but 'Real World' is gasping

• Fore! Oh, and while we have your attention . . .
  Out of home: Reaching golfers where they like to play

• Napster is in a pickle but traffic sure is booming
  New media: Notoriety's reward is a jump to 422K daily visitors

News Shorts
One in three goes online for news
Brits buy Competitive Media Reporting
Goodman's 'Don't Ask' gets rejiggered
It's official: MP3 settles with Warner, BMG

Web Shorts
Lonely Tripp finds fans on the internet
GOP senators seek rural net access
Number of kids online has tripled
Malaysian hackers slime foes' sites

People

John O'Sullivan named new editor in chief of United Press International
Thomas Gaskin to account manager for Time magazine
Women's Sports & Fitness names Agnes B. Lancaster associate publisher

Tuesday, June 13, 2000

• Sumner, Barry & Vince shuffle off to Delaware
  Court drama: Trial begins on WWF deal to bolt USA for Viacom
• Talk in second redesign aims to be ad-pleasing
  More mainstream American look and feel
• Ads on software: Reaching users where they stare
  New media: Messages are cycled like banners on a web site
• Maxim edges out GQ in ad page revenues
  PIB: $35.5M to $34.1M in first five months of the year
• A primer on programming from a master
  Now at Fox, Preston Beckman opines on how to woo viewers
• Michael who? NBA finals pull solid audiences
  First three games on NBC go against tough competition
• Old media powers pair up on a teen venture
  London letter: EMAP and Channel 4 exploring broadband

News Shorts
Denials abound on Reader's Digest rumor
NHL playoffs pull best #s since 1980
P&G to Dr. Laura: Don't get your hopes up
NBCi in relaunch after grim numbers
Stockholders approve Tribune-TM merger

Web Shorts
Reel gone, another e-casualty
We all live in a wired submarine
Virtual jury duty site a hit with surfers
Saturn partners with eBay for inspections

Wednesday, June 14, 2000

• Dramatic rise in shows owned by networks
  But does in make for bad TV? Opinions vary widely

• Lucky, a hit, will launch as a monthly magazine
  Conde Nast OKs shopping guide for young misses

• GQ's Florio: Maxim lies. Maxim: So do you, Tom.
  Haggling over whose ad revenue numbers are more real

• CBS takes the lead on the power of 'Survivor'
  Ratings race: ABC and 'Millionaire' take a big tumble

• Handy ad scanner is a step into the future. Kinda.
  From page to web site in one fell swipe. But do I want to go there?

• Music Box: Music video where viewers pick songs
  Cable review: MTV's little sister pins hopes on interactivity

News Shorts
Money tags Fries as its new publisher
Ruskies arrest noisome media big
NBC and WWF sign off on XFL deal
US Weekly, weak at the stands, tests prices
Bochco's ' Blue' gets picked up through 2002

Web Shorts
Cisco launching net magazine for executives
Hillary cyberjacked by prankster doctor
J.P. Morgan site closed: Lack of payment
EBay to acquire used book seller Half.com

People
The Industry Standard names Richard Turner New York bureau chief
Shelley McCrory to SVP of development for NBC
Gene Falk named SVP of the Showtime Digital Media Group
Gabriela Mondragon to VP of development and production for Latin America for Columbia TriStar 
Tim Carry to VP of affiliate relations at Univision

Thursday, June 15, 2000

• Huge falloff in viewers of nightly news shows
  Study: Down 21%, and internet's to blame; education also down
• Cable upfront hits $5.1B, topping rosiest estimates
  Is it a matter of superior quality or excess $s? Opinions differ.
• For these photogs, danger comes with the territory
  Feature: So do wild animals, bugs and extended hospital stays
• In late night, Dave is finally creeping up on Jay
  Credit surgery, 'Survivor' and the right celebs for viewer rise
• MTV's chill VJ talks the right talk for teens
  Feature: Carson Daly as the voice of a generation
• WB's new studio boss looks for a few laughs
  Interview: Steve Pearlman: 'This is a down-cycle for comedy'

News Shorts
'Real World' contestant booted from college
More 'Survivor' copycats in the works
Napster: We're legit, honest
At last, WashPost mag tags food critic
NY Times reports big boost in ad bucks

Web Shorts
Broke crime site nabs prestigious prize
Bill legalizes electronic signatures
King to test honor of readers with $1 book
Spam bill makes progress in House

People
ABC News' Ann Compton adds title of national correspondent for ABC News Radio


Friday, June 16, 2000

• 'Survivor' kicks some very serious butt
  Reversal of fortunes for CBS; 'we'll do it again mid-season'

• Hotted up networks arise from summer naps
  Creativity is new buzzword as viewership halts its decline

• Comedy Central's struggles for another 'South Park'
  Wallenstein: Risk-taking network reaches too far for laughs

• Vivendi closing in on bid to buy Seagrams
  London letter: $30B deal melding two global media giants

• 'Be prepared for broadband, but don't be obsessed'
  Bernadette: A revolution but in substance, not whiz bang-ery

• Net awash with Visa ads in a variety of disguises
  New Media: Troubled NBCi in further audience decline

News Shorts
Ex Self editor Udell heads Fairchild's web ops
PM pulls smoke ads from more titles
Say so long to 'Donny & Marie'
Study: Magazine med warnings less scary
WWF's Vince missed that loving feeling

Web Shorts
New Excite search is about to launch
Swede spell sticklers ban goofy net names
New web suffixes on the way at last
AOL, Sprint team for wireless 

People
Karen Magee, VP of consumer marketing for Time, co-chairs GLAAD board 
Paul Somerson to VP and editorial director of Ziff Davis Development Group
Ex Canadian PM Brian Mulroney tagged interim chief executive of Sun Media

Monday, June 19, 2000

• On a roll, CBS may lengthen 'Survivor' finale
  Spots could go for $600,000 on last airing in August

• If you're thinking Super Bowl, think big $s
  Spots are off to hefty price increases, even if dot.coms stay out

• Fitness sweats up a storm. Anyone watching?
  Wallace on magazines: Butt-lunges for the seriously physical

• What's the hubbub? Dr. Laura's gonna tank
  Wallenstein: Radio big mouth faces a struggle on TV

• The trash can as an ideal site for throw-away lines
  Out of home: Reaching consumers where they discard

• Granada bows to United in TV consolidation waltz
  London letter: Three-way fight with Carlton to control ITV

• Discover, aping Visa, makes a big web splash
  New media: Traffic up 200% in response to rebate offer

News Shorts
PETA: 'Survivor' guilty of rat-cruelty
AOL to sell TV set-top boxes for messaging
Gibbons slides into 'Extra' anchor spot
P&G to Dr. Laura: No means no means no

Web Shorts
New bug that's disguised as a text message
AOL: Hackers got credit card info
Jupiter predicts web ads at $28B by '05
Esquire prank site finds a serious buyer

People
Antonia van der Meer named editor-in-chief of Modern Bride
Stacy Morrison leaves Modern Bride to edit One, the new design magazine

Tuesday, June 20, 2000

• Publicis plunks down $1.9B for Saatchi
  French-British merger forming world's fifth-largest ad agency

• Not so funny numbers: A crisis of accountability
  Why buying the web is such a headache
  Readers count the reasons, which are many, many and many

• Telemundo has a suitor, and media folks worry
  Fear sale to Spain's Telefonica would derail network's rebound

• Axe falls on BET Weekend, Sunday insert for blacks
  Vanguarde: 'Business formula didn't work' in overheated market

• Odyssey's long  and faithful journey
  Cable review: Family values with a spiritual edge

• The media rich, alas, appear to be getting richer
  Tycoon alert: Nine familiar biggies on Forbes' wealthiest list

News Shorts
Vivendi-Seagram is now a done deal
'Soprano's' Marchand dies of cancer
Radio bad boy Imus tossed by a horse
Walters mulls leap to CBS from ABC

Web Shorts
Surfers eager for Euro soccer info
Love-like Stages bug spreads
APBNews.com re-hires a few
ABC starts online kids’ news service

People
Greg Schaefer to president of CBS spot sales
David Chance and Nigel Rich named non-executive directors at Granada 
Rick Sirvaitis to COO at Phase2Media
ESPN editor John Papanek to SVP
Marguerite Kramer named editorial director at One

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

• Bertelsmann's G+J snaps up Inc. magazine
  Other acquisitions expected under new CEO Brewster

• Chicago Defender survives a tough winter
  News update: Death appears to have taken a holiday

• Real Simple's a bomb, right? Well, not exactly. 
  Publisher: Readers are signing up, even with its edit woes

• TV in summer snooze, with only ABC up in viewers
  Ratings race: NBC top scorer last week, followed closely by CBS

• 'Web's real value is in helping people in their lives'
  Interview: Pew's Lee Rainie on internet's social impact

• Microsoft edges out Yahoo as No.2 behind AOL
  New media: Sees 5 percent traffic increase since March

News Shorts
Judge gives Bill Gates a year's reprieve
NBA finals up slightly from last year
Jennings on Jesus: We'll sort out the facts
Do ABC candidate profiles violate FCC rules?

Web Shorts
They invented the internet, too
China battles opium of web addiction
High-class brands at long last online
And now, finally, awards for web 'toons 
Kozmo pink-slips two dozen in 'fine-tuning'

People
Amy DuBois Barnett named editor-in-chief of Honey
Asondra R. Hunter to editor-at-large at Vanguarde
Jerry DeMink and Doug Jones named VPs at CNN Newsource Sales
Scott C. McCarthy to SVP at ABC Broadcast Group

Thursday, June 22, 2000

• Ailing Individual Investor on the block
  Big question: Will anyone cough up the $22 million? 

• Real or fake? Brouhaha over Maxim ad deal. 
  Men2boyz: Mysterious insertion order with deep discounts. 

• Growth in online traders in screeching halt
  New media: If they're going to do it, they already are

• G'night, 'Sports Night' and good riddance
  Wallenstein on TV: Weep not for this over-rated sap-sucker

• Simmons: Methodology of Hispanic study holds up
  Research: Disputed '99 report sees huge audience rise

• Broadband content in a narrow-band universe
  Technology: Poor connection? Load up your hard drive.

News Shorts
USA's Baker quits after year as COO
Motley Fool closes its monthly magazine
Andy Rooney quacks over 'Survivor' ethics
NBC's Wright: Gimme reality or else!

Web Shorts
Nike hacked in sneak attack by activists
Utah teen faces libel for web slurs
Founder bolts losing Rivals.com jock site
Tradeoff: Brokerage offers free web access
Unknown band seeks to undermine Napster

People
Ellen Asmodeo-Giglio promoted to publisher at Travel + Leisure
The Daily News losses five staffers in one week
Shelley McCrory to senior vice president at NBC
Janet Vissering to SVP of programming and operations and Mark Green to VP of programming at National Geographic Channel International
Real Media names Robert B. Kuller SVP for the Americas
Tina Brown signs on a slew of new contributors at Talk magazine
Zvia Herrmann to VP of Hachette Filipacchi New Media's Automotive Network
Sid Evans and Jon Gluck resign senior editor posts at Men's Journal


Friday, June 23, 2000

• Appeals court backs AT&T on open access
  Panel: Portland city council invaded FCC's turf

• Linking magazines to retail sales inches closer
  Research: Arming print buyers with Mastercard data

• At Revolver, rock 'n' roll should never forget
  Magazine review: A music title for all times and tastes

• Germany's Bertelsmann in e-commerce push
  London letter: Ironically, raising the cash is the big obstacle

• 'Future of wireless advertising is a thorny one'
  Bernadette: Issue of privacy will be far more critical

• 'Survivor' mania spikes traffic at CBS site
  New media: But ad-stricken NBC's web woes worsen

News Shorts
Comic Miller joins 'Monday Night Football'
Mechanic quits CEO post at Fox studio
Fox sues the FCC over station cap
Not a pretty picture of TV journalism

Web Shorts
Women.com launching a UK version
Wells Fargo site accused of racial labeling
Furniture.com slashes its workforce
Napster in peace talks with record labels
Federal court nixes kids' web law

People
Daniel Fuchs to Self advertising manager --Lorri D’Amico to director of finance and business services 
Redbook editor Debra Birnbaum moves to George
Angela Tribelli named editorial producer of American Express Publishing New Media Division
Carolyn Bivens scoots as  associate publisher of USA Today
Kevin Brockman named ABC's SVP of entertainment communications
Mary Connelly to executive producer of 'The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn'

Monday, June 26, 2000

• Not so funny numbers: A crisis of accountability, Part V
  The largely futile search for web ad standards 
  Why no one can agree--and isn't likely to any time soon

• Marie Claire: The 'I want' magazine w/o foreplay
  Wallace review: Reading MC is like being spritzed at Saks

• Defiant Dr. Laura: Oh, why am I so misunderstood?
  Soon-to-be TV talk show host hurt by rising gay protests

• Showtime dares to play the race card. And not well.
  Wallenstein on TV: HBO-wannabe serves up whitebread as rye

• As sites get the shakes, more turn to print
  Magazines: Detour to custom-publish offline web titles

• Sailing your message out upon the waters
  Out of home: Huge billboard-like  ads on the masts of boats

• BSkyB keeps its grip on Euro football rights
  London letter: Prices double as more bidders come forward

News Shorts
Gasping Oxygen shutters two web sites
Shareholders vote to green-light AOL-TW
Jennings: Jesus' is not a personal message
'Survivor' ups ratings for CBS's 'Early Show'
Viewers: Kathie Lee, you're not wanted here

Web Shorts
USA reorgs web sites, with spinoff possible
Times: We'll hold off on that web IPO
Judge says hacker can't write for Brill
Oops, Times outs moles in '53 Iran coup
Brits love their porn and gambling sites

People
John McCarus to associate publisher at Rolling Stone
Ken Bode, dean of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, resigns
Jake Tauber promoted to executive VP at the Game Show Network 

Tuesday, June 27, 2000

• Sport throws in the towel, finally
  Long-ailing title, forced to give up smokes, ceases publication

• Jupiter and Media Metrix announce merger
  Combined enterprise will offer analysis and web measurement

• In this corner, Alex Wallau, ABC TV's new president
  Boxing commentator replaces Fili-Krushel in top network slot

• Survivormania: Networks race for a piece of reality
  Lace up for summer of derring-do for dollars; next big TV craze?

• This ad's on the house (and so are a lot more)
  New media: One in five banner ads touts the sponsor's web site

• An idled Motor Trend revs up for a fall redesign
  Prettier package: Response to ad shift to other media

• Access pretties up for the Sunday papers
  Bidding for notice in a sea of clutter; no more a time for snoozing

News Shorts
GM looking for one planner for $2.6B in biz
Garry Shandling to host Emmys
Fox's 'Time of Your Life' in untimely death
Secret revealed of surviving 'Survivor?'

Web Shorts
Yahoo dumps Inktomi for Google
Lawsuit: AOL pop-ups are time-stealers
Europe worries over rise of hate sites
White House: No more cookie antics

People
Norman Mailer drawing cartoons for The New York Observer
'Friends' creators/executive producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane sign new two-year contracts

Wednesday, June 28, 2000

•  Judge: I thee wed, Vince and Sumner
  Ruling frees McMahon to move WWF to Viacom from USA 

• Si puts down Women's Sports & Fitness
  Cause of death: Failure to pull in enough readers

• 'Salon is in this thing for the very long haul'
  Interview: A founder on its troubles and promise

• Study: Consumers more believing of TV drug ads
  Research: But flaw in questioning mars conclusions

• CBS leads on buzz of  top-drawing 'Survivor'
  Ratings wrapup: Climbing on ABC and NBC among young

• Another cable study, another debate on meaning
  Research: Sure, it's gaining on broadcast but what's it really say?

News Shorts
Coen: Ad year's better than I expected
Jenning's 'Jesus' a big hit with viewers
Kathie Lee will go out with a bang
Naked Darva 'I want to be alone' Conger

Web Shorts
GOP senators attack school porn
Hail Kournikova, queen of sports searches
Excite@Home expands video offerings
Star search, New Economy style

People
Lee Garfinkel to CEO of Lowe Lintas & Partners 
Real Media names Robert B. Kuller to SVP and GM
Wendi Goldstein to SVP of comedy development for CBS

Thursday, June 29, 2000

•  Brewing deal: Time is of the Essence
  Media giant joint-ventures to gain better access to blacks

• George: What fire sale? We're doing just fine.
  Publisher says ad page rates are really up, never mind the buzz

• Study finds ad recall higher for some shows
  Research: Zenith also finds amount of viewing is important

• Baseball: We want big $s. NBC + Fox: No way, Jose
  Talks stall over threefold increase, and MLB goes a-shopping

• Emerging doubts over Jupiter-Media Metrix merger
  New media: Critics says synergies are largely carved in vapor

• TNT's struggle to define its new identity
  Cable review: Original series for time-challenged couples

• The WB pumps up for some summer laughs
  Schedule fixes weighted toward comedy, with fall in mind

News Shorts
Tanzer out, Loughlin up, in Primedia sweep
Gannett gobbles up major dailies
FCC: We'll hear AOL-TW in July
Open the flood gates for more reality
'Survivor II' to follow Super Bowl?

Web Shorts
P&G auctions off moth-balled domain names
You might have mail--though a bit late
FortuneCity chops fifth of its workforce
Yahoo buys eGroups email service

People
Art Buchwald hospitalized after major stroke
Alexandra Golinkin to publisher of Lucky
Lynn Heiler, Lisa Hughes and Gina Sanders named VP/publisher at Conde Nast
Julie Schoenberg to business development director, Pete Riherd to LA sales representative and Liz Ronan to executive director of promotions at Entertainment Weekly
Holly Craig named group advertising director for the Hearst Group

Wednesday, July 5, 2000

• CBS rolls big dice on the fate of 'Big Brother'
  Tonight's premiere of second reality show after 'Survivor'

• Buyers: 'Big Bro' is gonna mean big bucks
  Ad inventory, though huge, should fly; starting at 100Gs a :30

• Surprise, magazines outreach TV in many demos
  FCB study finds that television is tops only among 55-plus

• O, as in Oprah, ups rate base and ad prices
  But the big question still lingers: Who will edit? Search continues.

• Ever-ambitious Gannett in major UK newspaper bid 
  London letter: Makes $1B offer for owner of The Yorkshire Post

• AOL's web site remains tops in ad revenue 
  New media: But Yahoo properties, taken together, still lead