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NICKNAMED RUBBER CITY, CLEVELAND AND ITS LOCAL ECONOMY HAVE LONG been centered on manufacturing and sports. The city, home to the National Football League's Browns, Major League Baseball's Indians and [...]

THE LARGEST CITY IN NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, HAS SUCCESSFULLY transformed a once-sleepy downtown into a vibrant destination lined with loft apartments, restaurants, night clubs and offices. The former Albuquerque Hilton's [...]

A 975-FOOT SKYSCRAPER UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN PHILADELPHIA'S Center City will become the tallest building in the state of Pennsylvania when completed in late 2007. Comcast, one of many Fortune 500 [...]

STRADDLING THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, THE ROANOKE-LYNCHBURG, VA., market covers a vast area over 26 counties in Southwestern Virginia. Divided not by just the physical barrier of the mountains, the [...]

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Hispanics account for 57.3 percent of Miami-Dade County's population and 58 percent of Broward County's population. Blacks make up another 20.3 percent in Miami-Dade [...]

CONSISTENTLY CITED AS ONE OF THE NATION'S PREEMINENT TECHNOLOGY hubs, San Diego, Calif., has morphed from relying mainly on tourism and national defense for its economic strength to a vibrant, [...]

THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT THE CORNER OF BROAD AND HIGH STREETS, THE busiest intersection in Columbus, Ohio, are being rehabilitated as part of an ambitious mixed-use development designed to help [...]

IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL, EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL, INCLUDING AMERICA'S national pastime. Congressional hearings on Capitol Hill kicked off April 7 to try to resolve an ongoing feud between Comcast and [...]

ALTHOUGH IT IS THE STATE CAPITAL, LITTLE ROCK, IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS, IS sometimes overshadowed by the explosive growth and development to the northwest, where two Fortune 500 companies, Wal-Mart (in [...]

MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF NIELSEN MEDIA Research's local people meters, the Bay Area television market seems to have finally regained its footing. The LPM$ created a [...]

KNOWN AS CHARM CITY, BALTIMORE EXPECTS THE REVITALIZATION OF SOME city neighborhoods will spur continued economic growth in the region in the coming years, with residential, commercial and biotech development [...]

PROUDLY EMBRACING ITS NICKNAME AS 'THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE World,' Texas state capital Austin has carved out its own unique footprint, despite the fact that its larger and [...]

THE VEGAS STRIP--LONG THE MECCA OF HIGH ROLLERS, CONVENTION GOERS, QUICKIE-marriage seekers, glitz gawkers and Elvis impersonators--has just become even more dazzling. On Dec. 22, Boyd Gaming Corp. opened the [...]

WITH ALL OF CHARLOTTE'S ATTRACTIONS, NO WONDER IT'S ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S fastest-growing cities. It's a vibrant college town, home to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a [...]

SITUATED ALONG THE BANKS OF THE MiSSiSSiPPi RIVER, ST. LOUIS IS KNOWN AS THE 'Gateway to the West,' symbolized by its famous Gateway Arch. Like other major U.S. cities, the [...]

CONSTRUCTION ABOUNDS IN THE ARIZONA STATE CAPITAL, WITH SEVERAL NEW PROjects under way and more on the drawing board. Next March, Phoenix residents will vote on an $850 million downtown [...]

IN 'THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS,' THE NEW YORK MEDIA GENERALLY HAVE NO SHORTage of stories, but recently there's no shortage of stories involving the New York media themselves. Perhaps [...]

THE MOOD IN CHICAGO THIS WEEK IS EITHER JUBILANT OR DESPONDENT, DEPENDING on how the American League Championship Series between the city's beloved White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels [...]

WITH ITS SCENIC BACKDROP OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND ITS SUNNY DISPOSITION (averaging 300 days of sun per year), Denver does a brisk business in tourism, attracting skiers, shoppers and [...]

IN A CITY WHERE HISPANICS COMPRISE ABOUT 45 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION, THE election in May of Antonio Villaraigosa as the first Hispanic mayor in over 100 years became both [...]

SITUATED ON LAKE MICHIGAN'S WESTERN SHORE, ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH OF CHICAGO, Milwaukee might still conjure images from the old Laverne & Shirley sitcom. However, a steady influx of transplants [...]

HOUSTON'S METAMORPHOSIS FROM COW TOWN TO INTERNATIONAL CITY HAS TURNED the sprawling South Texas market into a global player, and while the local economy has diversified, energy remains a key [...]

KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH, ATLANTA IS A BUSTLING, MODERN METROpolitan mecca set in the heart of Georgia that attracts new residents from all over the country. Several [...]

BOSTON'S RENOWNED FANATICAL SPORTS FANS HAVE HAD LOTS OF GOOD REASONS TO tune in to local media in the past several months, as their beloved Red Sox Major League Baseball [...]

WHILE LAST YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE, IT PALED IN COMparison to the drama that unfolded after the gubernatorial race in Washington state. That roller-coaster ride saw [...]

AS THE POLITICAL SEAT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO HAS BENEFITED from a fairly strong local economy that has largely shielded it from the economic downturns faced by other [...]

SITUATED IN EAST TENNESSEE WITH THE PICTURESQUE BACKDROP OF THE SMOKY Mountains, Knoxville is a rapidly growing market that still embraces its down-home culture. "Knoxville is kind of a large [...]

SUNFEST, FLORIDA'S LARGEST MUSIC, ART AND WATERFRONT FESTIVAL, JUST WRAPPED up in West Palm Beach. The annual event, which ran from April 28 to May 1, attracts more than 300,000 [...]

WITH ITS PROXIMITY TO MEXICO, SAN ANTONIO EMBRACES A DEEP-SEATED HISPANIC heritage, and its ever-expanding Hispanic population has made it the nation's second-fastest-growing city. 'Alamo City' last month completed its [...]

NESTLED IN THE MIAMI RIVER VALLEY, NORTH OF CINCINNATI, DAYTON, OHIO, IS A hotbed of innovation, with more patents per capita than any other city in America. Among the modern-day [...]

BASEBALL IS BACK IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL IN A BIG WAY. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEball's Washington Nationals, formerly the Montreal Expos, relocated to D.C. this year, enticed by the city's proposal [...]

HOME OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, NASHville is steeped in rich music heritage. Music City USA, as it's called, brims with reminders of [...]

A SMALL DEVICE IS THE BIG NEWS IN SAN FRANCISCO MEDIA. THE LOCAL PEOPLE Meter hit town in October, and it has been either a blessing or a curse, depending [...]

Its economic base includes companies across a broad spectrum of fields, including telecommunications, manufacturing, financial services and transportation. Among the major corporations based here are ConAgra Foods, Omaha Steaks, Mutual [...]

A NEW CHAPTER IN THE EVER-CHANGING AND HYPERCOMPETITIVE CHICAGO MEDIA market unfolded during the past year and involved everything from newspaper fraud to a new TV ratings system. This past [...]

YANKEES FANS WATCHED THEIR ARCHRIVAL BOSTON RED SOX WIN THEIR FIRST WORLD Series since 1918 last week after the Bronx Bombers historically blew a 3-0 lead in the American League [...]

LOS ANGELES MAY BE THE SECOND-RANKED TELEVISION MARKET IN THE COUNTRY IN terms of population (with 5.4 million TV homes), but it's the nation's top Hispanic market, with a community [...]

ONE OF THE OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS IN TEXAS, BELO CORP., AND ITS FLAGSHIP daily newspaper, the Dallas Morning Herald, continue to weather a trying period in which the paper's circulation [...]

WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL MEDIA IN ATLANTA, HOMETOWN MULTIMEDIA CORPORATION Cox Enterprises rules the roost, with holdings in television, print, radio and online. Cox Broadcasting owns ABC affiliate WSB-TV, [...]

HOUSTON IS A VERITABLE AEROSPACE AND PETROLEUM HUB, HOME TO THE HEADQUARTERS of NASA, as well as Continental Airlines, ConocoPhillips and Halliburton. Houston is also where the defunct energy company [...]

THE MARCH 21 IMPLOSION OF VETERANS STADIUM TOUCHED OFF MIXED EMOTIONS for longtime Philadelphia residents. Though attached to the storied home of Major League Baseball's Phillies and the National Football [...]

MEDIA EXECUTIVES IN THE NO. 17 MEDIA MARKET AND HOTLY CONTESTED SWING STATE in this year's race for the presidency say advertising revenue has been robust so far this year, [...]

THE HYPHENATED SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE TELEVISION MARKET, WHICH underwent a major shift after Young Broadcasting's KRON-TV lost its NBC affiliation and became a full-fledged Independent station on Jan. 1, 2002, [...]

SITUATED IN CENTRAL INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS IS A MIDWESTERN SPORTS MECCA, HOME to the National Basketball Association's Pacers and National Football League's Colts. 'Indy' is also known the world over as [...]

WITH MISSOURI TAGGED AS ONE OF THE PIVOTAL SWING STATES BY THE PRESIDENTIAL candidates in this year's race, St. Louis media outlets, particularly broadcast TV stations, enjoyed a fairly strong [...]

SPANNING 37 COUNTIES IN A VAST AND MOUNTAINOUS AREA COVERING THE ENTIRE state of Utah and parts of four neighboring states, the Salt Lake City market is the largest geographic [...]

AS THE DEBATE RAGES IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO OVER NIELSEN MEDIA Research's local people meter service, Boston, which became the first market in the country with the [...]

ONCE A HIGH-FLYING BASTION OF HIGH-TECH AND DOT-COM ENTERPRISE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, has struggled to recover from the tech wreck that flattened many markets across the country. 'Austin was the last [...]

LIKE ROCHESTER AND SYRACUSE, ITS BRETHREN GREAT LAKES CITIES IN WESTERN New York, Buffalo has been slow to recover from a protracted economic recession. Understandably, the former steel town more [...]

A TWO-YEAR DECLINE IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY FOLLOWING THE SEPT. 11, 2001, TERRORIST attacks has hurt Wichita, Kan., but not crushed its spirit. Wichita's local economic base is heavily dependent [...]