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  • > What Do Networks Want From Us ?? (angel mention)

    15 April 2004 20:59, by Scott Nance
    >It’s simple. The Men In Suits want to >sell our eyeballs and eardrums to >advertisers. Content is what draws a >person to the business end of the >tube. The lower the production costs, >the better the return on that content. >There is an ever increasing pressure >in our “market economy” to maximize >returns on capital at any cost.
    Yeah, no doubt, I get that, and I got that when I wrote my piece. My friends and I frequently quote the old saying, "That’s why they call it show *business*."
    The point of my piece, though, is that, for example, ratings for "Angel" are up, which translate into (...)

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