Cover boys all over the newsstands. Brian Roberts is on the cover of BusinessWeek (02/23) under the word "MEGAMEDIA," but the story and an editorial take the populist worry about media consolidation in classic knee-jerk manner. — Fortune (02/23) writes approvingly that many value managers are betting "Rupert Murdoch will make a bundle with DirecTV." — Mark Cuban almost smiles on the cover of Forbes (03/01) as the magazine looks at his big bet and makes Consumer Reports-like recommendations for us consumers, including a semi- unfavorable review of Charles W. Ergen’s DishPVR 921 with HD (" … it effortlessly recorded Janet Jackson’s gleaming breastwork in HD glory…but with 9 minutes of the game to go, the damned thing crashed … "). — PSM

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Football Forecast: NFL-YouTube Experiment a Sign of the Future

Tonight’s the first time an NFL game will exclusively stream live and without a paywall on YouTube, and while it’s expected to attain a hefty number of viewers, the question then becomes whether YouTube—and the networks of internet providers enabling access—can handle the blitz.

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