MediaTalk; Modest Gain for CNN in Chung's First Week
Date: 01 July 2002
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
CNN is encouraged by modest ratings gain in time slot for Connie Chung's new program; show seems to be having little impact on Bill O'Reilly's competing Fox News Channel program (M)
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The Mayor Sees the Enemy, and It Takes Notes
Date: 02 July 2002
By Jennifer Steinhauer
Jennifer Steinhauer
Comment on Mayor Bloomberg's testy relations with news media (S)
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CNN Navigates Raw Emotions In Its Coverage From Israel
Date: 01 July 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN, with its huge global reach, is focal point for both Israelis and Palestinians pressuring Western media to portray conflict from their point of view; Israelis charge CNN is biased against Israel, while Palestinians demand network pay more attention to civilians killed in Israeli military campaigns; their passions are heightened by belief conflict may be decided by world opinion, which can be effectively swayed by television; Israelis, while angrier about BBC coverage, have focused more on CNN; CNN apparently seeks to appease critics in Israel and United States in wake of uproar stirred by founder Ted Turner's remark that both sides are involved in terrorism; efforts upset some inside CNN; CNN executives deny appeasement effort (M)
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White House Letter; Live, From Washington, It's the Daily Press Briefing
Date: 01 July 2002
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller's White House Letter column on White House press secretary Ari Fleischer's daily press briefing, which is watched not only by political junkies, and retirees, but also by Pres Bush over lunch in Oval Office; photo (M)
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They're Young. They're Sexy. They're Targets.
Date: 01 July 2002
By Selena Roberts
Selena Roberts
Female tennis players have evolved from athletes into sex objects as young women like Anna Kournikova and sisters Venus and Serena Williams increasingly are represented in magazines and media as desirable, leading many in tennis community to fear rise in stalking and obsession cases; photos (M)
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Prosecutors Deny Lindh Was in Poor State When He Spoke
Date: 02 July 2002
By Neil A. Lewis
Neil Lewis
Federal prosecutors denounce claims by John Walker Lindh that he was kept in 'torturous conditions' by United States special forces when he made incriminating statements about his activities as Taliban soldier; say he was well treated and 'ultimately returned unharmed, healthy and strong to the country he had forsaken'; jousting over how coherent Lindh was and whether he was given all rights to which he was entitled is part of legal battle over whether his statements to authorities and in interview televised on CNN may be used agaisnt him (M)
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TYCO RAISES $4.6 BILLION WITH CIT GROUP OFFERING
Date: 02 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tyco International Ltd raises $4.6 billion on sale of CIT Group, about half amount conglomerate paid for finance company a year ago; sells 200 million CIT shares at $23 each, below $25 to $29 range Tyco set two weeks ago and below $25 investors expected as recently as July 1 (S)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Exports Rise
Date: 02 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Malaysia's exports rose 3.7 percent in May, to 29.1 billion ringgit ($7.7 billion) from year earlier; exports rose revised 5.9 percent in April (S)
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Technology Briefing | Software: Network Associates To Buy Out McAfee.com
Date: 02 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Network Associates, maker of antivirus software that owns about 75 percent of McAfee.com, will buy remaining McAfee Class A common shares (S)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Sony Now Expects A Profit
Date: 02 July 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sony Corp, in reversal, says it has probably earned profit in business year's first quarter, bolstered by its record-setting Spider-Man movie; graph (S)
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