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Salon.com July 17, 2002 Kathleen Sharp	Death of the last tycoon At a star-studded memorial, Hollywood bids farewell to legendary Universal head Lew Wasserman, a Mob-reared patriarch who makes today's show-biz honchos look like midgets.
Knowledge@Wharton	Is Internet Radio Dying? The days of independent radio on the Net could be numbered, say some experts. A recently established royalty fee payable to record companies may price many small content providers out of the market, leaving some with no choice but to shut down.
Fast Company August 2002 Scott Kirsner	Can TiVo Go Prime Time? TiVo Inc. has what every young company dreams of: smart executives, a killer product, famous customers, a huge potential market. But is it a business? Will it ever be? And if a company as savvy as TiVo can't break through, who can? A case study in the promise and perils of innovation.
PC World July 8, 2002 Stacy Cowley	Will Web Music Ever Play? Jupiter's Plug In conference ponders cures for the digital music slump.
ONLINE Jul/Aug 2002 Donald T. Hawkins	Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated It is now apparent that the e-book shot missed its mark, and the e-book revolution has fizzled. Indeed, it never really got off the ground. But despite all the gloom and doom surrounding them, e-books are not dead. Indeed, some e-book market segments appear to be stirring to life.
Information Today June 3, 2002 Richard Poynder	Blackwell Publishing in Dynasty-style Dispute Blackwell Publishing is engulfed in a family feud fit for a Dynasty plot.
Home Toys June 2002 Kurt Scherf	The Emergence and Growth of Entertainment-centric Home Networks Caveats and concerns aside, the next two years promise to bring significant development in the field of connected entertainment.
Salon.com June 28, 2002 Sean Elder	The death of Rolling Stone The magazine that invented rock journalism lost its reason to exist years ago. Now, with a British lad-mag editor taking the helm, it's time to pull the plug.
Salon.com June 25, 2002 Eric Boehlert	Will Congress tackle pay-for-play? Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked! -- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you).
Salon.com June 25, 2002 Eric Boehlert	Is Clear Channel selling hit singles? Insiders suggest that the broadcasting giant gave an obscure singer major airplay to promote its pricey new market-research program.
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