That's Not Entertainment takes

Here’s bad news for people who hope the Internet will soon become our primary entertainment medium and good news for those who fear that prospect. Based on polling of consumers in five countries, a PricewaterhouseCoopers report says “home Internet users overall are researching information or sending or receiving e-mail.” When respondents were asked to give a list of reasons why they access the Internet from home, 51 percent in the U.S. included entertainment (such as playing games or streaming music)—as did 46 percent in France, 45 percent in the U.K.,