Reeling like a bad movie

摘要

Girder by girder, stone by stone, the 55-storey granite and plate-glass building that will be the new headquarters for AOL Time Warner is rising on New York's Columbus Circle. Yet the erection of this massive complex, which will also house a hotel, penthouses, a shopping mall and a studio for CNN, the group's news network, carries a dreadful symbolism. Just as the new building for the media conglomerate is coming together, there is a sense that the company itself may be falling apart.