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	Log in to Inside.com:   Username Password   LOG OUT |  REGISTER |  CART |  MY ACCOUNT |  HELP Inside.com • BIG NEWS • INSIDE DOPE • THE OMBUDSMAN • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR • DAILY DIGEST • NEWS ALERTS • THE GLOSSIES		THE BIG NEWS 9/16/2001 6:18:26 PM VIEW ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS VIEW RECENT NEWS IN: BOOKS | DIGITAL | FILM | MEDIA | TELEVISION From Film| 9/15/2001 7:32:03 PM BOX-OFFICE REPORT: With Moviegoing an Afterthought, Weekend Ticket Sales Slump Badly Gitesh Pandya  Hardball leads the pack with $2.5 million, based on Friday receipts. It likely will generate the smallest gross for a No. 1 film this year. From Media| 9/14/2001 3:49:08 PM In Light of Attacks, Many General-Interest Magazines Have Only One Interest This Week Seth Mnookin  New Yorker will appear nearly cartoon-less, as entire staff is dispatched to report on the destruction of the Twin Towers. Atlantic scraps cover package to push up an article on an earlier suspected plane crash/suicide. From Television| 9/14/2001 9:06:40 PM NBC's Jay and Conan Will Try to Yuck It Up Again on Tuesday Stephen Battaglio  The late night shows hope to figure out how to do comedy after the tragedy of the terrorist attacks. From Media| 9/14/2001 4:09:46 PM Investors Expected to Abandon Media Stocks Monday Kenneth Li  Analysts and foreign markets show little confidence in advertising-dependent companies. What will happen with New York exchanges open after four-day closure? From Television| 9/14/2001 9:09:47 AM Television Industry Braces For Economic Impact of Terrorist Attacks Larry Gerbrandt, Kagan World Media  Covering the destruction of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is necessary but costly for the media business.     INSIDE DOPE Screen Actors Guild Foundation Donates $50,000 to New York's Relief Fund Tom Clancy: Semper Ubiquitous Amazon Users Buy Titles -- Any Titles -- Linked to the Terrorist Attacks Federal Appeals Court Backs 7 Legendry Surfers Suing Abercrombie & Fitch Get daily Inside Dope e-mails Features Upsetting the Hollywood Pyramid, Glass House Writer to Get ?Gross Points? David Robb  Columbia film opening this week is the first to give the writer a chance at big profits, normally an arrangement offered only to actors or the director. ?This deal changes the whole landscape for writers,? says one screenwriter working for the studio. • WANT TO SELL A BOOK TO BLACK READERS? Book Publishing Report Report reveals a market hungry for books by and about African-Americans. And it's indifferent to influences considered so powerful in reaching other readers. • VOD/HDTV ON YOUR PCs VOD Investor VOD functionality is now available on many PCs, thanks to the accessDTV Digital Media Receiver, a new hardware/software combo. • LATIN CABLE DEAL VOLUME STEADY AND SOLID Latin American Broadband Markets Deal volume in Latin cable has dropped but continues to flow, despite the economic storms sweeping the region, and values have followed U.S. numbers higher. • HOTEL VOD HURT BY WEAK ECONOMY VOD Investor Despite some high points in On Command's Q2 earnings, according to an August 2 conference call, the weak economy has unquestionably hit hotel occupancy and, in turn, the hotel segment of VOD. • A TALE OF TWO E-TAILERS Internet Media Investors It is the best of times at eBay; it is the worst of times at Amazon. Both e-tailers reported increased earnings compared to Q2 2000 but balance sheets and year-on-year revenues tell a different story--and trading prices reflect these discrepancies. • DIGITAL PRODUCTS COMING TO A MALL NEAR YOU Digital Television Although the digital transition continues at a snail's pace, several new high-definition products hit the market this past August. • CASH FLOW SOARS AT MOVIE GALLERY Video Investor Newsletter Movie Gallery (MOVI) is now one of the "in crowd"--a top three retailer, riding the recent wave of positive investor sentiment. • DVD GOING BEYOND MOVIES Video Investor Versatile DVD becoming much more than just a format for movies. • TV and Radio Deals, Financings, 08/2000-08/2001 B-Stats Three graphs of deal dollar volumes, August 2000-August 20, 2001. • DIRECTORY DEAL KICK-STARTS PUBLISHING M&A Euromedia Acquisition & Finance SEAT Pagine Gialle's $2.7 bil. offer for Eniro pushes 2001 European publishing-sector M&A to $3.5 bil. • PBS PROPOSES A TWIST TO DIGITAL CARRIAGE RIGHTS Digital Television Public broadcasters have revived the call for digital-carriage rights during the DTV transition, but with a few new wrinkles. For one thing, PBS proposes that some dual-carriage requirements disappear once a sufficient number of consumers in a market have access to digital programming. • CBS, SAMSUNG AND SEARS TEAM FOR HD PROMO Digital Television Continuing its pioneering pathway for HDTV, CBS, Samsung Electronics Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. to offer college football in high definition.	PICK A SUBJECT - like "Pay-Per-View" or a name - like "AOL". Enter it in the search box and the Cross-Content Search will provide a listing of current and past articles from Inside.com and all Media Central publications. SEARCH  Kagan World Media Kagan Media Money -- 3 Month Trial Subscription Want the big picture viewpoint? Need macro data on dozens of key media, entertainment and communications sectors? A new weekly newsletter designed to focus on the essential trends and hottest topics. Cableworld Cable Losing Its Captive Audience Satellite services pose a growing threat to cable operators, who for years have enjoyed a profitable hold on the ultimate niche market, the nation's 1.5 million-strong inmate population. American Demographics Black Boom in the 'Burbs As African Americans move into the suburbs, they?re also moving on up?to a more affluent lifestyle. Folio H&S FIRE SALE UNDERWAY In a last-ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy, H&S Media Inc. signed an assignment last week handing over management responsibilities to American National Bank. Kagan World Media Digital Video, Set-Top Growth Slow Digital subscriber growth, the fundamental metric upon which interactive TV potential is based, slipped in the June quarter as both U.S. cable and satellite operators posted slower gains. Circulation Management MPA TO RELEASE CONTINUOUS SERVICE GUIDELINES Seeking to head off possible intervention by the Federal Trade Commission in the continuous service arena, the MPA has developed voluntary, recommended guidelines for publishers. Kagan World Media Pirated CD Numbers Jump The number of pirated CD sales jumped 25% from 510 mil. units in 1999 to 640 mil. in 2000.
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