Things That Won't Shake The Media World in 2008

BusinessWeek columnist takes a stab at '08 predictions
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 28, 2007 7:36 PM CST
Things That Won't Shake The Media World in 2008
The Google logo is seen on a podium and projected on a screen at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. U.S. antitrust regulators approved Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, removing a key obstacle to a formidable combination...   (Associated Press)

Overloaded with prediction lists, Business Week polishes the crystal ball and looks ahead to see what won't happen in the media world  in 2008.

  1. The writers won't win the current strike
  2. DreamWorks isn't going to leave Paramount after all
  3. Apple won't reinvent TV viewing
  4. "Juno" won't win an Oscar
  5. Google won't buy a major media company

  1. Indiana Jones won't be the biggest film of 2008
  2. Katie Couric won't quit
  3. The Disney-Pixar deal won't implode
  4. Fox Business News won't close shop
  5. MGM won't be the first Hollywood studio to be sold
(More media stories.)

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