1.   Although the Clinton story shows few signs of receding, cable news executives acknowledge that there will come a time when Ms. Lewinsky will be old news.

2.   Although most news executives refuse to name names of possible candidates, they readily tick off qualities they will look for in the next anchors.

3.   Although the verdicts did not come in during the speech, TV news executives understood they had a duty to present the president.

4.   And Eason Jordan, the top news executive at CNN, flew to Israel on Thursday night for consultations with Israeli officials about covering the conflict.

5.   And it also served to remind us how many news executives happen to be middle-aged males.

6.   And news executives said they planned to scale back their coverage in the coming days.

7.   Are news executives going overboard?

8.   As editor, Wallace will be the top news executive, responsible for both news and opinion pages.

9.   As the top news executive, Witt can overrule decisions made by other editors.

10.   At least one former network news executive said Wednesday that the embarrassing mistakes made this year on calling Florida were the result of that cost cutting.