And the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules prevented the networks from syndicating their programs to independent stations and from acquiring a financial interest in programs that they did not produce themselves.
The closure of the debt markets barred Citigroup from pursuing the securitisation or from syndicating its loan with other investors.
Mr. Fiore, also based in San Francisco, said he was able to earn a living from syndicating his weekly cartoons, so he stopped producing printed pieces last June.
But that figure is dwarfed by the amount the show's main creators will realize from syndicating the near-perpetual reruns of the series.
If accepted they could transform America's financial landscape.Though America is still the world's biggest market for capital, its lead is narrowing in almost every area, from syndicated loans to securitisation.
In today's caffeine-fuelled dealing rooms, a barely regulated private-equity group could very well borrow money from syndicates of private lenders, including hedge funds, to spend on taking public companies private.
The cartoonist Barbara Brandon, whose comic strip, "Where I'm Coming From," syndicated by Universal Press, is to be the guest this month at the Brooklyn Children's Museum's series "Growing Up: Career Choices for the 90's," which began in January.
Last quarter, half of Ask Jeeves' revenue of $25.6 million came from syndicating Google 's paid advertisements a program that Ask Jeeves has been participating in for about a year.
