Calling all psychics: It's contest time again

ByABC News
December 19, 2007, 7:04 PM

— -- Consider how strange this year will be in media.

Homer Simpson will go belly-to-belly with Shrek. YouTube's audience will continue to soar higher than a Diet Coke and Mentos fountain. AT&T will launch into the satellite business. And DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen will run the presses at the Los Angeles Times.

At least that's what some of Wall Street's most astute media analysts say.

Submit your predictions:Enter our Media Prognostication Contest now

But don't depend on them to guide you for the 11th Annual USA TODAY Media Prognostication Contest. Readers have beaten them for the last six years.

This time it could be you.

The contest is open to all in three categories: readers, industry players (such as executives, consultants, journalists and stars) and other Wall Streeters.

All you have to do is enter online or by mail by the Jan. 31 deadline (address below).

The questions

1. Which of these megasequels will generate the most box office dollars in its three-day opening weekend?

a) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox); b) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner); c) Live Free or Die Hard (Fox); d) Ocean's 13 (Warner); e) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney); f) Spider-Man 3 (Sony).

2) Digital albums or their equivalent (10 tracks = 1 album) accounted for 5.3% of all album sales as of late 2006 up from 2.5% in 2005. What share of the album market will digital downloads have by late 2007?

a) 5.3% or less; b) 5.4% to 7.0%; c) 7.1% to 9.0%; d) 9.1% to 11.0%; e) 11.1% to 13.0%; f) More than 13.0%.

3) Nearly 35.9 million different people visited YouTube.com in November 2006, up from 1.1 million in November 2005, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. In November 2007 it will be:

a) Down 50% or more; b) Down less than 50%; c) Flat or up 50% or less; d) Up more than 50%, but less than 100%; e) Up 100% or more.

4) Weekday newspaper circulation fell 2.8% in the six-month period ended Sept. 30, 2006. In the same period in 2007, weekday newspaper circulation will: