MEDIA: Gazing Into 2003: The Balance of Media Power Is Poised to Change -- Cable News; At CNN, Hoping For Restored Glory
Date: 30 December 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN, trailing Fox News in domestic ratings, can reclaim former glory if war in Iraq allows it to overtake Fox in a big way; to lose in ratings to Fox during war could be real blow; photo (M)
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Joint Service For Exit Polls Is in Danger Of Dissolution
Date: 30 December 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Most major television news networks and Associated Press weigh dissolving their decadelong partnership in Voter News Service, Election Day polling organization that was at heart of problems they had in reporting results of last two national elections; partnership will at very least scrap multimillion-dollar upgrade of service's computer system, which has been fraught with technical problems; AP and networks--CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News and CNN--weigh various replacements for system; photo (M)
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The Emperor of the Air
Date: 29 December 2002
By Julian Rubinstein
Julian Rubinstein
Julian Rubinstein interviews several ABC television executives and news broadcasters about Roone Arledge, who died in 2002; Arledge changed how sports were televised during his tenure at ABC Sports, but shift to news division was not smooth; photo (M)
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MEDIA: Gazing Into 2003: The Balance of Media Power Is Poised to Change -- Satellite Television; DirecTV Is at Center Of a Power Shift
Date: 30 December 2002
By David D. Kirkpatrick
David
Outlook for media in 2003 notes that media moguls Rupert Murdoch of News Corp and John C Malone of Liberty Media are within striking distance of acquiring control of satellite television service DirecTV, strategic beachhead that could alter balance of power in industry; Murdoch photo (S)
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The Target
Date: 29 December 2002
By Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson pays tribute to Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed in 2002 by terrorists in Pakistan who kidnapped him; drawing (M)
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THE YEAR IN PICTURES: JANUARY/FEBRUARY
Date: 30 December 2002
Special section The Year in Pictures
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The Crimes That Haunt Us
Date: 29 December 2002
Jeffrey Scher letter on Anemona Hartocollis's December 15 Coping column blames news media for playing up certain crimes and events and ignoring others
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Why Not Deterrence?
Date: 30 December 2002
Amiya Sen letter deplores absence of healthy debate in media about imminent war with Iraq
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 30 December 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-7 White House Backs Away From North Korea Policy The Bush administration has backed away from a longstanding declaration by the United States that it would not tolerate a North Korean nuclear arsenal, as Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and other officials insisted that making demands of the government or threatening military action against its nuclear facilities would be counterproductive. A1 Kenyan Challenger Wins The opposition candidate Mwai Kibaki, 71, was elected president of Kenya in a sweeping victory over the faction that has ruled Kenya since the country's independence from Britain in 1963. Observers hailed the result as a significant victory for democracy in Africa. A1
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Date: 29 December 2002
Desmond Hoyte, former president of Guyana, dies at age 73; photo (M)
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