11.   But to understand how Lycos even came to own Suck and Pop, and where those media properties are headed, a little history is in order.

12.   By acquiring BET Holdings, Viacom will add the top US cable channel aimed at African Americans to its stable of media properties.

13.   Disney, which has consumer entertainment and media properties, is particularly vulnerable if consumers cut back on discretionary purchases like travel and movies.

14.   Edgar Bronfman Jr. was chairman of Seagram and its Universal media properties before they were sold to Vivendi.

15.   Graham points out that even as fewer companies own more media properties, people feel bombarded with fragmenting media options.

16.   He earned derision by acquiring Sea World marine parks as well as traditional media properties.

17.   He too said he expected more mergers that would bring under one roof disparate media properties.

18.   He said the classics had been around forever, but the products did not move off the shelves until they were made into a media property.

19.   Hicks, Muse owns the United Artists movie theater chain and has been an aggressive investor in media properties lately.

20.   Hit media properties, especially in entertainment, are the result of a winnowing of thousands of creative visions made manifest in the market.