At the same time, the shift from a print-based, scheduled world of media to a digital, on-demand world of options is changing how journalists do their jobs.
Morricone had to cancel his scheduled world tour last year owing to a back injury, and there were many who feared that, at the age of 86, he might have finally hung up his baton for good.
In a statement the band said they had decided as a group not to carry on with a scheduled world tour that was to support their upcoming third album Synthia.
A chilling letter received by the England and Wales Cricket Board from a group called "The Sons and Daughters of Zimbabwe" threatened the lives of England players unless the team withdrew from its scheduled World Cup match in Harare.
Part of the reason the Royal Princess was being moved to Fort Lauderdale in February, to replace its previously scheduled world cruise and eastern Mediterranean cruises, was "to accommodate the anticipated reduction in demand from North American passengers for cruises in the Indian Ocean, Middle East and Africa region," said officials of P & O Princess Cruises, the parent company.
But it is yet to confirm any other track meetings before the next Paralympics in Rio, including the dates of next year's scheduled World Championships.
Brazil will spend $234 million to put on each of the 64 scheduled World Cup games.
To emphasize that point, Meyer scheduled World Sword Swallowers Day in February, which is also National Swallowing Disorders Month.
In a news conference aboard the papal plane as he was returning to Rome following a visit to South Korea, Francis said he "would like" to attend the scheduled World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next September, and could add Washington, New York and Mexico City to the itinerary, the Associated Press reported.
Although the N.F.L. played a full schedule throughout World War II, Mara spent the next three seasons on Navy duty.
