<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dean:<BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Concerning the one question of yours that I have some capacity to answer:</DIV><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Two, are we going to continue for a long time to see 3 rows for page stories that I assume were planned for DDA and MMA before they were cancelled?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>A fair stockpile of 3-tier stories were acquired for DDA and MMA before the two titles were cancelled. These stories represent a sizable investment (and are not "returnable"). While we don't see using them in WDC and US as an optimum solution, we also don't see any sense in just leaving them sitting on the shelf.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I agree that not all of these stories are gems, but I do think they get short-shrift in general from some readers simply because they don't conform to the more familiar 4-tier format, which does have a definite effect on the look, pacing and narrative construction of a tale.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Gary</DIV></BODY></HTML>