As you know, the focus of this publication is online media. Increasingly, however, we are faced with the fact that all media is cosmically connected, so I thought you might appreciate a sneak peak at a new medium poised to shake up our landscape - subscription satellite radio. Two companies -- Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio -- are launching pay satellite radio in the new year, aiming to give listeners hundreds of customized radio channels to choose from, better sound quality and, predictably, fewer commercials. All in return for a $9.95/month subscription fee. Of course, traditional …

As we slowly get back into the swing of things now that the holiday season is officially over, here's one last prediction -- Just wait. This year will be better. For the online ad industry, few would argue that 2001 is starting off on a sour note, but as Chris Hansen, an ad industry analyst with Banc of America Securities in San Francisco said, "Things should pick back up in the second and third quarter." That's largely because online ad budgets do continue to grow year after year even in the face of total advertising and marketing budget …