The Meridian Archive
MER
November 2000
After the Open Bar

After the Open Bar

Closed mid-October 2000 · On stands late October 2000

The Front

Index of the Turning Market

IPO withdrawals, sublet listings across the country's tech corridors, the going rate for a launch-party open bar

The Auction in Every Living Room

Ordinary sellers turning attics and closets into small businesses ahead of the holiday season, an online marketplace covered straight as the new mail order rather than a novelty

The Foreign File

The Bulldozer

Slobodan Milošević falls as demonstrators storm the federal parliament

The Feature Well

The Last Open Bar

Dot-com party funding dries up; trade-show mixers replace standalone launches

The Back

Books: A preview of the season's celebrity cookbooks and diet memoirs, publishers betting appetite outlasts any market · Art: A record-breaking pop-tour gross reported without comment on how many tickets a single fan-club membership bought · Film: A quiet fall for the art-house circuit, reviewed together