Really, the only way this all becomes important is if there is growth and how the pie gets distributed there.

Low single-digit growth in the overall advertising market will be the bar for all media companies to try and get over.

We're certainly delighted to be able to add this important series to our research collection ...

There are just things that are going to happen that are driven by regional, national and global events, market forces, economic trends that none of us can know today precisely what is going to happen even 10 years from now. Never mind 30 years from now.

While there is evidence that GDP growth has touched bottom, the recent tax increases on certain consumer goods, electricity and metro price hikes, more moderate real wage rises, and rising unemployment are probably going to impact consumption in 2002.

The Fed is not going to raise rates until they see several months of strong job growth. And even if they do raise rates slightly, the rates will still be right near these historic lows. GDP this morning was not as strong as expected, but you had the other two economic reports that were good.