Sunday, September 15, 2002

Satellite TV gaining ground on Canadian cable. ISPWorld.com Sep 14 2002 11:00AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Like the Song, Love the Car. Using music to sell cars is nothing new, but now car ads are selling the music as much as the reverse. By Phil Patton. [New York Times: Business] Jaguar saved that Sting album, which wasn't selling well until the commercial came out.

Anybody Listening? A Hapless History at the New York Philharmonic. Why should symphonic subscribers in Chicago or Cleveland be more loyal and proud than in New York? Is it because of New York itself its seen-it-all, heard-it-all "sophistication"? By Joseph Horowitz. [New York Times: Arts]

Around The World in 92 Discs. Nonesuch plans to reissue its Explorer series on CD which aimed to share the delights of world music by mingling the scholarly and the sensuous. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: Arts]

Religious and Public Stations Battle for Share of Radio Dial. Christian stations all over the country are routing NPR under a law that allows noncommercial broadcasters with licenses for full-power stations to push out those with weaker signals. By Blaine Harden. [New York Times: Business]