This Web site company bills itself as a search engine for shoppers looking for discounts. Already wireless phone companies are starting to stake their claim for Internet business. While the wireless Web might be the most exciting frontier for Internet industries, the biggest issue for the communications and media industries is who will control the wire that comes into your home. Disney is warning that the pending merger of Time Warner and AOL will mean an even tougher gatekeeper that threatens to put a lock on program content and consumer choice. Indeed, the Internet's growth as a full motion medium will change everything.
Television is a dinosaur.
The Internet asteroid has struck the planet, and the dust cloud is snuffing out the viability of broadcast television. Search our online archive, or browse past editions. All rights reserved. Direct questions and problems to the webmaster . Don't miss a thing.