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"The people who report on media like to think it's really significant. I don't. It just says there are more opportunities to reach consumers and make powerful partnerships. The powerful brands and media are going to thrive."

-- Nina Link, president-CEO, Magazine Publishers of America, commenting in a story in Advertising Age on the Merrill Lynch prediction that internet ad spending will surpass magazine ad spending this year.

"The tectonic plates are moving beneath us."

-- Rob Gregory, group publisher at Dennis Publishing's Maxim, commenting on the same thing.