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	Log in to Inside.com:   Username Password   LOG OUT |  REGISTER |  CART |  MY ACCOUNT |  HELP Inside • BIG NEWS • INSIDE DOPE • THE OMBUDSMAN • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR • DAILY DIGEST • NEWS ALERTS		FEATURES 7/22/2001 10:55:14 AM From Television| 7/19/2001 6:17:14 PM AT&T; Rejects Comcast's Offer to Buy Cable Operations MAVIS SCANLON:  By refusing the surprise bid, the board opens up the bidding for the nation’s largest cable operator. From Television| 7/19/2001 6:11:33 PM Comedy Central Tries To Keep That Youthful Glow WILL LEE:  Late-night block targets Sundays, while Bush and Glick may be on the bubble. From Television| 7/15/2001 At Adelphia, Family Ties Rule Board MAVIS SCANLON:  Among family-run cable companies, Adelphia Communications' board of directors is more close-knit than most. From Television| 7/15/2001 Can Comcast Really Boost AT&T;’s Profits? K.C. NEEL:  Comcast wants to improve Ma Bell's cable cash flow margins -- and win over her shareholders. From Television| 7/15/2001 Rivals Circle AT&T; MAVIS SCANLON:  Comcast bid puts entire company in play while Malone chats up Roberts.     ON INSIDE.COM BOX-OFFICE REPORT: Jurassic Park III Keeps Up the Pace; Julia Doesn't Disappoint Gitesh Pandya:  Three-quel opened strong and keeps on going -- Wednesday-Friday total is $46.8 million. Roberts's America's Sweethearts is slated for a superb second-place opening weekend. Jurassic Park III Catches Industry By Surprise With $19 Million First Day PRESS TOUR NOTEBOOK: Now That Sassa Feels the Love at NBC, Should He Stay Or Should He Go? Stephen Battaglio:  The network is still waiting for its West Coast president to sign a new contract. PLUS: No time slot justice for Dick Wolf's Law & Order. RETAIL ROUNDUP: John Adams Is No Match for Prayer of Jabez Jeca Taudte:  Order is restored to the list, as longtime top seller returns to top spot. Beach reading makes a strong showing. RATINGS REPORT: Big Brother Edges Spy TV Again Tom Bierbaum:  Numbers are nothing to get excited about, but CBS's reality series keeps plugging away with satisfactory results. Meanwhile, Fox's Thursday continues to drag despite the arrival of Guinness and Night Visions. • Two Bestsellers That Weren't Supposed to Be PJ Mark It has been a good year for Janklow & Nesbit's Tina Bennett. She's one of only a handful of agents with two books sitting comfortably on the New York Times bestsellers list • CAN COMCAST REALLY BOOST AT&T;'s PROFITS? K.C. Neel Comcast wants to improve AT&T;'s cable cash flow margins -- and win over her shareholders. • HIGH-END SET-TOPS TAKE ANOTHER HIT Broadband Technology AT&T; Broadband decides to step back from high-end set-tops. • LOOKING FORWARD AT HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS Motion Picture Investor Encryption isn't the only challenge to digital cinema, rolling out high-speed access is promising, but too slow for some. Kagan looks at projections out to 2010 for high speed access penetration. • INTERNET ADS SURVIVE THROUGH CROSS-PLATFORM SALES Internet Advertising Digital doom and gloom at this past NCTA was offset by Viacom's example of enterprise selling. • MIXED SIGNALS American Demographics When it comes to issues of privacy, consumers are fraught with contradictions. • AMC: A SUCCESS AMONG EXHIBITORS Motion Picture Investor In today's unforgiving climate for exhibitors, AMC Entertainment has managed to avoid bankruptcy and keep its stock trading. Go behind-the-scenes with analysis of this exhibitor's screen breakdown and income statement since 1996. • IN A TOUGH MARKET, RADIO BROKERS WORKING HARD Broadcast Banker/Broker With the Radio deal market drying up,one might expect traditional radio brokers to be a dying breed. In fact, brokers are still successfully uncovering potential deals. • CONSOLIDATORS ANTICIPATE CROSS-OWNERSHIP B-Stats The future of deregulation of newspaper/TV cross-ownership. A Profile of the top 50 domestic markets. • REAPING THE REWARDS OF REPLENISHMENT Circulation Management At Barnes & Noble, cutting-edge POS and replenishment systems are yielding significant sales increases that benefit all players in the distribution chain. • 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. • 2000 REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORK CENSUS Media Sports Business The annual census of regional sports networks (RSNs) shows more than 98mil. combined cable and satellite households. • TV WASTELAND: WHERE PILOTS GO TO DIE Warren Cohen What happens to the 70-odd shows that fail to make a prime-time schedule? Despite a $40 million investment per network, not much. • SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE AD UPFRONT TUNNEL Joe Mandese This upfront may signal one of the worst advertising slumps in recent history, but the picture may not be as gloomy as media buyers might like the networks to think.	Kagan.com Kagan's Online Music - A Strategic Analysis The music business is at the dawn of a new era. Understand the dynamics of this industry and the trends for the future that are predicting major changes. Inside.com Magazines Learn to Live with Ad Famine Now that the advertising years of plenty have given way to famine, magazine publishers are finding themselves in a situation they haven't faced in nearly a decade -- one of decline Folio FUTURE NETWORK'S LAST BIG BET After a rise and fall that refelcts the Internet bubble, publisher Future Network takes a big bet on the future. Kagan.com STARZ TOPS Q1 PAY TV PERCENT REVENUE GROWTH Analysis of pay nets Q1 2001 VS. Q1 2000 revenue, cash flow, subscribers, and more. Cableworld RIVALS CIRCLE AT&T; Now that the media business has digested news of Comcast's bid to buy AT&T; Broadband, the real questions begin: Will Comcast sweeten its offer? By how much? What does it mean to programmers? And what will John Malone do? Kagan.com A ROSY MODEL FOR POTENTIAL WEB RADIO REVENUE Streaming radio is here to stay. Now broadcasters are faced with trying to make money from the popular medium. This report looks at how Web radio may play out. Kagan.com STARK CONTRAST IN DBS OPERATING PERFORMANCE Overall DBS sub growth tapering off, but data shows the detail as DIRECTV revises its guidance and DISH blows through the six million sub mark. Circulation Management DIGITAL MAGAZINES BECOME A REALITY As momentum grows behind digital magazines, questions and opportunities loom larger than ever. Kagan.com CROSS-PLATFORM SALES TO DRIVE INTERACTIVE ADS In a weak ad market the struggle to survive is prompting a look at new forms of interactive advertising.
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