Broadcasting & Cable - March 11, 2002

About 10 months ago, Andrew Lack started his new job as president and chief operating officer at NBC. He has had a few challenges since then, not the least of which has been dealing with the worst television ad-sales environment in a decade. Persuading Katie Couric to stay was a major item Lack was able to check off the to-do list (and would have been "my biggest disappointment" if she ha...

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• Buying in a down market
• Perfecting centralcasting
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• Top of the Week
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• And the winner is ... ABC
• It's only a patent, XM insists
• Can The Shield fix FX?
• Platforming without a net
• Media layoff pace slows
• The week that was
• Chairman Powell on hot seat
• Publicis gobbles up Bcom3
• B and C Eye
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• Open Mike
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• Washington
• March DTV madness
• Senators balk at big bird
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