'A Beautiful Mind,' a movie about a genius mathematician starring Russell Crowe, passed the first major test of Hollywood's awards season Sunday at the 2002 Golden Globe awards, taking four honors including best dramatic film.

The truth may be out there but "The X-Files" won't be. The television series about FBI agents tracking aliens and other unusual suspects will end its nine-year run on Fox in May with its 201st episode, the network said.

Rates for consumer broadband Internet service rose steadily throughout 2001, climbing to their highest levels on record by the end of the year, according to ARS, Inc. And it may not be a coincidence that the number of broadband subscribers isn't growing as fast as it once was.

Part magazine, part newspaper, national Sunday newspaper supplements have always been the odd duck of the media industry. But after more than 60 years, the industry is taking steps to define itself once and for all.

It's hard to find a website today that doesn't shove huge, noisy, intrusive ads down your throat. There are a number of ways you can avoid seeing these pop-up ads, though.

While personal computers have become multimedia network-connected devices offering an endless bounty of services, most A.T.M.'s still just give out cash. That is about to change, and fast.

United States regulators have told AstraZeneca (AZN) that the Anglo-Swedish drug maker has to stop running what it called "misleading" ads for breast-cancer drug Nolvadex.

Some of the nation's largest corporate advertisers, seeking greater control over television, are proposing to create their own shows to air on the major broadcast networks.

The few online publishing ventures that have survived deep cost cuts and the prolonged ad slump so far will look to more paid services, mergers in the industry and deep-pocketed parent companies to weather the dismal outlook projected for this year.

Advertising is a popular spectator sport on the Internet. And at least some of the fascination these days comes from watching how the original banner ads have fractured into a variety of different strategies and formats.