• Simon Cowell becomes highestpaid British TV star of all time…
  Simon signed a $20 million-a-year “golden handcuffs” deal with ITV to make him the highestpaid British TV star of all time.
• Radio’s finally roaring onto the Internet.
  It was a slow start – but now the internet streaming push of Clear Channel, CBS and others pays off. They now account for a full one-third of all unique visitors who listen to radio over the Internet. And the total unique visitors to the sites of CC and CBS stations alone now make up more than 20% of the Internet radio audience. J.P. Morgan report analyst John Blackledge says “close to 45% of all unique visitors to the terrestrial operators sites” are going to Clear Channel websites.

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