The fact of the matter is that the true hits of AOL have always been its easy-to-use services, such as AIM, email, and Buddy Lists.

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

'On demand' is more than just a series of clicks on your still-too-complicated remote control. In fact, it is now the best way to describe what the cable industry - from programmers to content makers to distributors - imagine their world is. Services and content available to very demanding consumers, wherever, whenever, however.

My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.

BoomTown has long been a big fan of Martha Stewart.

As I have seen with a lot of companies I have covered, acquisition interest can be a heady experience, and not always in a good way.