Why has the network stuck by a figure at the center of so many accusations of impropriety?
The new paradigm is suitable for scenarios such as eBay purchases where trust that a network sticks to a privacy policy is problematic, while anonymity is either forbidden or impossible.
Mr. Silverman ran Reveille, an independent production company behind hits like "The Office," "The Biggest Loser" and "Ugly Betty" when he was hired by NBC two years ago, but with the network stuck in fourth place, his departure was not a surprise.
While Mr. Dimon and Mr. Harrison have taken pains to say that the priority will be to ensure that the Bank One-J.P. merger merger is successful, analysts have noted that the lack of a brokerage network sticks out at J.P. Morgan, especially in light of the 12,200 Smith Barney brokers at Citigroup.
Convergence to equilibrium slows down if the network sticks to some transmission patterns during the convergence process.
And while MSNBC provided some updates in the early evening, the network stuck with regular weekend programming -- "Body Snatchers of New York" and "Caught on Camera" -- until 8 p.m., prompting ample mockery on Twitter.
The result came too late for most newspapers' deadlines, and TV networks stuck to their normal schedules.
Several networks stuck to their plans, previously announced, to cut back on the hoopla and hyperbole for the 2008-09 upfront week.
All three networks stuck to their scheduled shows, even though none of them had anything remarkable to offer: NBC showed obese people climbing ropes on "The Biggest Loser" then a rerun of "Law & Order: SVU".
Given the group's modus operandi – boasting on social networks, sticking it to the man – it was entirely unshocking when, on Tuesday morning, the police arrested their first suspect: a teenager who, according to his mum, suffers from agoraphobia and "lives his life online".
