Broadcasting & Cable - May 11, 2003

Economic uncertainty, corporate scandals, and the large issues of war and peace may have wreaked havoc on Wall Street, but it did little to alter the Bmp;C 25 (formerly the Top 25 Media Groups). Still firmly at the top is AOL Time Warner, despite its on-going financial struggles. Its $41 million in Revenue dwarfs even that of notable media players Disney ($25.

• Business
• Changing Hands
• Changing Hands

• Editorials
• Who's Afraid of News Corp.?
• Airtime
• Go to School at PROMAX&BDA
• Jessell's Column
• The Book of Ironies
• Open Mike
• Better Than Nothing
• Two Cents
• Two Cents

• People
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• Wright Spreads the Word in Washington

• Programming
• HBO Pushes Group Sex
• Attack of Net Reality Shows This Summer
• War Is Hell—and a Theme Night on History
• Syndie Insider
• Market Focus
• News-Hungry Viewers
• Syndication Watch
• Ol' Maury and Jerry Still Kick

• TV Buyer
• That 800-Pound Gorilla Is Named Magna
• MTVN Is a Little of a Lot of Things
• Ebb and Flow
• For Cable Buys, Size Matters
• Hot Spots
• Hot Spots

• Technology
• Bit of This, Byte of That
• Profiles

• Top of the Week
• K.C.'s Latest Twist
• News Corp. Takes Political Heat
• Cable MSOs Dismiss Cheap DSL Deals
• NBC Hopes Sexy New Coupling Will Be TV's Next Break-Out Hit
• Sweeps Still Too Close to Call
• Style Channel Has New Designs on Reality
• More Oprah Crowds Out Successors
• That Pink Slip Is Showing—Again
• Bide Time, Then Buy
• Comcast: Integrating AT&T Is Going Well
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop
• Station Break
• Station Break

• Washington
• Who's To Blame for High Cable Rates?
• Capital Watch