To paraphrase Ernest Hemingway, magazine circulation got into its current mess two ways: gradually, and then very suddenly.

Five-time world boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard is stepping back into the ring, this time with "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone, for an upcoming NBC reality show called "The Contender."

Havas said yesterday that MPG, its worldwide media services agency, was not for sale. Simon Gillham, a spokesman for Havas, responded to an article in The Wall Street Journal that said Havas had received at least one proposal from an unidentified competitor to buy as much as 49 percent of MPG. "We've had no offer" for MPG, Mr. Gillham said, adding that even if such an offer is made, "absolutely none of MPG in any form, whole or tiny parts, is for sale" because "it's part of our core business."

Time Warner warned on Monday that continued weakness in America Online's subscriber base and tough competition from other internet service providers could hurt the media group's financial condition.

There are rumors about "shock jocks" fleeing to Sirius or XM. What does that mean for investors?

Tired from a long, hard winter? Looking for a sunny getaway that won't break the family budget? Camp X-ray at Guantánamo Bay in tropical Cuba has fun for everyone. Or at least, that was the word from Fox News last week.

Tribune Publishing President Jack Fuller says that the Baltimore Sun will have to change with the times, which are not financially as good as they used to be. Fuller says the Sun was an underperformer in the Times Mirror Group: "It has to have better financial performance than it has had in the past seven or eight years. It needs more oomph."

Experts say President Bush isn't following the "Rose Garden" strategy that has helped incumbents beat their rivals, instead engaging in an ad war against challenger John F. Kerry.

The former head of research at ABC filed suit against the television network on Friday, alleging he had been fired in retaliation for not dismissing a black employee and a female.

The beautiful people really aren't that way if you're looking on a high-definition television set. Television has been hailing HDTV for its ability to bring a clearer picture of sporting events but a view of the recent Oscars ceremony seems to say that such clarity may not be the best thing for other aspects of TV programming.