In a new study funded by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (which frequently locks horns with content companies over copyright issues), Mike nicely illustrates that if you look beyond the largest firms, the entertainment industry is in great shape by almost any measure.

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Is there anything that this administration is doing to consider, calculate, pose in any way, shape or form, weigh or measure potential deficit implications or economic implications of a value-added tax?

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But in publishing, reader satisfaction has largely been gauged by sales data and reviews metrics that offer a postmortem measure of success but can't shape or predict a hit.

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The key was to allow Dirksen to shape the bill, within certain parameters, so that he could leave his imprint on the measure.

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