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Life beyond print: Newspaper journalists' digital appetite
America's newspaper journalists are eager to compete in the digital world and want their newsrooms to speed up the transition from print to digital, according to this study of almost 3,800 journalists at 79 newspapers.

Teens Know What They Want from Online News: Do You?
Learn what kind of news Web site would attract and interest teenagers - and many other people, too - in this joint study by the Media Management Center and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation.

Online Ad Networks: Disruption - and Opportunity - for Media Businesses
This report explains the impact of online ad networks and offers practical advice for how publishers can and should more actively manage network relationships.

How To Become 'Easy to Use' Online
Easy to use Web sites distinguish themselves by delivering the amount and complexity of information their users want without overloading them. The key to offering the right amount of information is understanding the target audience.

Top 25 MSOs

As of March 2008

Rank	MSO	Subscribers
1	Comcast Cable Communications	24,691,000
2	Time Warner Cable	13,306,000
3	Cox Communications	5,420,000
4	Charter Communications	5,208,000
5	Cablevision Systems	3,125,000
6	Bright House Networks^(e)	2,339,741
7	Suddenlink Communications^(e)	1,406,445
8	Mediacom LLC	1,326,000
9	CableOne	711,049
10	Insight Communications	689,000
11	WideOpenWest ^(e)	362,949
12	RCN Corp.	362,000
13	Bresnan Communications^(e)	301,220
14	Service Electric ^(e)	289,989
15	Atlantic Broadband	288,068
16	Armstrong Group of Cos.	234,800
17	Knology Holdings	234,066
18	Midcontinent Communications	204,082
19	Pencor Services ^(e)	179,772
20	Broadstripe ^(e)	157,988
21	Buckeye CableSystem ^(e)	147,420
22	General Communication	145,863
23	MetroCast Cablevision ^(e)	144,288
24	WaveDivision Holdings	142,134
25	MidOcean Partners ^(e)	139,467

Source: SNL Kagan. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. (data released September 2006)
Notes: Unless otherwise noted, counts include owned and managed subscribers. Counts include recent sale or acquisition.
(e) = Estimate