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America is on the cusp of a technological retailing revolution. By the end of this decade, most of us will be able to shop 24 hours a day from our [...]

This month, the picks include the MEDLINEplus service, which offers excellent information sources (with the exception of one component) through an unusually pure and pleasant interface, and the free online [...]

Overall, the impact of cable in the broadcasting arena remains undeniable. Season-to-date (Sept. 23, 2002, to May 18, 2003) and based on cable networks measured by Nielsen Media Research, ad-supported [...]

A WHILE BACK, I flipped on the TV and came across a hilarious Saturday Night Live takeoff of C-SPAN, the public affairs network that broadcasts congressional hearings and panel discussions. [...]

Company: 1&1 Internet, Berwyn, Pa. Agency: In-house Market: Small-business executives and Web masters Quick chase: The Chasers usually tell advertisers with overly busy ads to think about a spread. The [...]

There are myriad ways to poorly design an ad. Some are obvious: clutter, unfortunate collisions of text and visuals, ill-chosen typefaces, lack of white space. But a more subtle problem [...]

Byline: M. S. Reuters plc, which dates back to 1851, has always had a leg up on advertising-centric publishing companies by providing information from dozens of financial markets around the [...]

Arbitron's test of portable people meters measuring TV and radio audiences in Wilmington, Del., reported more than double the number of cable TV viewers (with an aggregate 4.6 rating) compared [...]

Is it worth being wired? Lucy Morris toils 40 hours a week as a coach at the Service Zone, a customer service call center in Norman, Oklahoma. After work, she [...]

New research shows that media spending cannot predict consumer perceptions of quality. So which are the 'best' brands? It doesn't matter how much you spend on media. You can't buy [...]

THE PHILADELPHIA AREA IS GEARING UP TO HOST THE X GAMES, THE ANNUAL WORLDwide extreme sports competition produced by ESPN that is expected to attract more than 200,000 people from [...]

ARE YOU GUILTY OF SLOPPY THINKING? BE CAREFUL, OR THE SPINmeisters in the broadcast television industry might succeed in misleading you with the following arguments: 1. ADS (alternative delivery systems, [...]

NEW YORK July was a terrific month for the Cartoon Network, Lifetime and A&E in primetime. Three other top 10 channels -- TNT, ESPN and MTV -- are happy only [...]

Angling to wear the crown of cable business news, CNBC has opened a ratings lead over rival CNN. In the second quarter, Fort Lee, N.J.-based CNBC even beat CNN for [...]

Hampered by lackluster second-quarter ratings, networks are having to scramble a bit to move third-quarter scatter [...]

1100 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10036 Reviewed with a 56K modem and at broadband speed on June 6, 2000. Web sites for television series have to walk [...]

Why would someone as shrewd as Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone be willing to pay some $37 billion of his company's stock to purchase CBS? The explanation for what I feel [...]

CNN and CNBC hit ratings skids while Fox and MSNBC rise Little in the way of big news and an absence of Monica proved to be bad news for many [...]

ABC and the WBfared better than CBS or cable with originals Sure, next to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ratings for all other summer series pale in comparison. But [...]

Great Aviators: Wilbur & Orville Wright. www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aviators/wright. cfm. Flight Deck. (Accessed 04/10/03). Gr 4-8--Seen from a Canadian point of view, Flight Deck offers a look at the lives and contributions [...]

Starting a new network. The mind reels at the thought of the planning that must go into an effort like this. Yet it seems like new networks pop up every [...]

Who would have thought that this summer's biggest media darlings would be Alexi Lalas--the carrot-maned, goateed, guitar-playing Generation Xer of the U.S. national soccer team--and Andres Cantor, the Univision announcer [...]

Two years ago, the spot cable industry was pegged as the fastest-growing segment not only in the world of cable advertising, but in all media as well. It was last [...]

A new survey from Total Research Corp. of Princeton, N.J., reports that consumers selected National Geographic as the highest-quality media product in the country for the second straight year. Rounding [...]

ESPN's Monday Night Football game on Oct. 23, in which the New York Giants defeated the Dallas Cowboys, was seen by the largest audience in cable television history--15 million viewers [...]

www.dosomething.org. Anthony Welsh (Accessed 5/30/03). Gr 6 Up--Co-founded in 1993 by actor Andrew Shue and friend Michael Sanchez, the Web site was created to help show young people how they [...]

www.teen-matters.com/home. htm. South Carolina Department of Mental Health (Accessed 7/3/03). Gr 9-12--This site offers reassurance for teens who are struggling with stress, suicidal thoughts, relationship violence, rape, bullying, body image, [...]

www.fcs.wa.gov. au/_content/youth_lifeskills_development/ lwp/opening.htm. Department for Community Development, State of Western Australia. (Accessed 7/3/03). Gr 7-12--This site from Down Under clearly shows that teen issues are universal. With headings that include [...]

www.youthacti vista.com. Wendy Schaetzel Lesko (Accessed 5/30/03). Gr 6 Up--Wendy Lesko founded this group in 1992 to help the youth of America find its voice and find solutions to problems [...]

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet. shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm. Terry A. Gray, Palomar College, CA. (Accessed 4/23/03). Gr 9-12--This comprehensive site incorporates much material from the other sites included here, but adds [...]

[http:// www.travelcanada.ca/travelcanada/app/index.jsp] This site deserves a visit before attending the 2003 ALA/CLA meeting in Toronto. It is a rich site with specialized home pages for travelers from 13 countries besides [...]

When it comes to their loyalty to online brokerages, consumers say, 'You the man, Charles Schwab.' The Web makes more information available more quickly to more people. To investors it [...]

REVIEWS ON THE WEB For reviews of the following films, go to: Variety.com/filmreviews BERLIN FILM FEST Bare Ground Ljubisa Samardzic Yugoslavia- Croatia-Bulgaria Blue Lee Jeong-guk South Korea If It Don't [...]

www.nationalgeographic.com/fea tures/97/west. National Geographic.com. (Accessed 1/31/03). Gr 4-6--As privates amid the journey, students join Lewis & Clark's expedition, and make important decisions that will affect both their survival and their [...]

Geography in the News is the Society's exciting new online resource, which aims to increase the understanding of contemporary issues with a geographical perspective relevant to the GCSE and A-level [...]

Whether he's trashing TiVo, pushing the virtues of repurposing or refusing to pay big bucks to renew 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' Jamie Kellner relishes a good fight. 'I have a [...]

Our failure to teach history to the next generation is almost too obvious to mention again. Walter Cronkite, in a recent interview on National Public Radio, said he is devoting [...]

Our review of Sitcom Factfinder, 1948-1984 (p.946) made me curious about how much information on TV shows is available on the Web. The answer might be an equation expressed as [...]

It's that time of year again for snowmen, elves, reindeers, and (of course) Santa Claus. The holidays are so much fun no matter where you live, especially when you have [...]

[http://www.state.gov/]. While this government resource deals primarily with unrest caused by political matters, the site does treat 'Crisis Awareness and Preparedness' with a vast array of links, many to FEMA, [...]

[http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf]. A project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, this site (like FEMA) focuses on human response to catastrophe. Headlines link to articles and press [...]

[http://www.fema.gov/]. As you might expect from a federal agency, this is a massive site. A convenient, omnipresent tool bar along the top allows users to easily find a wealth of [...]

TOP 5 CABLE TV SHOWS Rank Title Network No. of viewers * 1. Video Music Awards MTV 11.95 2. Sex and the City HBO 5.95 3. WWE Wrestling TNN 5.14 [...]