21.   Media executives say that press coverage gives magazines the imprimatur of legitimate news, which impresses potential readers.

22.   No longer doing constant battle for subsistence-level funding, library executives say they now count on steady support from elected officials.

23.   NFL team executives say Jacobs seems to be willing to spend what it takes to get the Browns.

24.   Perhaps more significant, executives say they do not even know what products they will be selling in a few years.

25.   Publishing executives say Cuomo is asking for a seven-figure advance.

26.   That was shrewd but unethical, Dong Hwa executives say.

27.   The transition to Forstmann Little, Wall Street executives say, should be easy.

28.   Tribune executives say the idea is to get the story out in every medium and reach as many people as possible, strengthening the Tribune franchise.

29.   Exchange executives say Barings was again told seven months ago that Leeson wielded too much power and was inadequately supervised.