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A Late Development Season Could Mean NATPE Is Again About Sales; Execs Expect Hotel Conveniences to Foster Deal-Making
In Depth
Scripps Turns Up Heat on Broadband
Short-Term Plans Put VOD on Back Burner; Web Sites in the Works
The View From the Aisle Seat
Roger Ebert Talks About Siskel, Roeper and Life as a Film Critic
VIRTUES FOUND ON FLOOR, IN SUITES
virtues found on floor, in suites Though the debate that raged in recent years over doing convention business in a hotel suite as opposed to on the convention floor has been dramatic, it’s nothing new to the National Association of…
THE SECRET LIFE
of Virginia Mayo “Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world;…
NATPE Turnaround
Became a Reality A year ago TelevisionWeek noted that the National Association of Television Program Executives and its annual conference appeared to be at a turning point, poised for a return to vitality after a couple of years on life…
Roeper Knows the Real Ebert
Anecdotes Reveal the Man Only He Sees
ROGER EBERT
Title: Co-host of “Ebert & Roeper”; film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times How long in current position: Film critic since 1966; on TV since 1975 Date of birth: June 18, 1942 Place of birth: Urbana, Ill. Additional current projects: Launched…
SAG, AFTRA Agree to Contract With Producers
The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists have come to an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new three-year television and theatrical contract, the guilds announced last Thursday….
Siskel: The Yang to Ebert’s Yin
Rivalry and Mutual Respect Were Genuine