10 april 2000 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♈. Het was de 100e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 10 April 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Moves by ABC News president David Westin stir controversy as he faces increasing pressure to make ABC news coverage distinctive; he says he spurs producers to try new techniques to hold and expand audience, and make it younger; holds standard journalistic lines should not be crossed; photos (M)
Date: 10 April 2000
By Randal C. Archibold
Randal Archibold
News media, including 20 television trucks, invade suburban neighborhood in Bethesda, Md, where Cuba's chief diplomat in United States lives; Juan Miguel Gonzalez has been staying there since arriving to claim his son, Elian (S)
Date: 10 April 2000
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
Mobile Internet access, still limited in Europe, is expected to be particularly popular there because of unified standards and large number of cellular phone users; newspapers and other data providers are rushing to format their content for mobile phones and to negotiate deals for placement on phones; Vodafone AirTouch PLC has long waiting list for new phones, having returned early model to Nokia because of glitch (M)
Date: 10 April 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Wide range of news and information organizations are distributing wares on portable electronic devices; media groups involved, still trying to make Internet ventures profitable, are hesitant to predict how these services will pay for themselves; popularity of cellular phones and personal organizers is soaring just as new technologies arrive to transform them into mini-printing presses; table of companies in field; drawings; photos (M)
Date: 11 April 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
2000 Pulitzer Prizes are announced; Jhumpa Lahiri wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction for Interpreter of Maladies; John W Dower wins general nonfiction for Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II; David M Kennedy wins award for history with Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-45; C K Williams wins Poetry award for Repair; Stacy Schiff wins Biography award for Vera; Donald Margulies wins Drama award for Dinner With Friends; Lewis Spratlan wins Music Award for opera Life Is a Dream; Washington Post wins Public Service Award; Joel Pett of Lexington Herald-Leader wins Editorial Cartooning Award; staff of Rocky Mountain News wins Breaking News Photography Award; Associated Press wins for Investigative Reporting; Washington Post staff members Carol Guzy, Michael S Williamson and Lucian Perkins win for Feature Photography; Mark Schoofs of Village Voice wins for International Reporting; Wall Street Journal wins for National Reporting; George Dohrmann of St Paul Pioneer Press wins for Beat Reporting; Denver Post wins for Breaking News Reporting; Eric Newhouse of The Great Falls Tribune wins for Explanatory Reporting; Henry Allen of Washington Post for Criticism; J R Moehringer of Los Angeles Times for Feature Writing; Paul A Gigot of Wall Street Journal for Commentary and John C Bersia of The Orlando Sentinel for Editorial Writing; photo (L)
Date: 10 April 2000
By James Brooke
James Brooke
Canadian press freedom advocates hope case of Stephen Williams, author of crime book Invisible Darkness, will set precedent for kind of reporter's shield legislation adopted by many states in US; Williams expects to be jailed for refusing to reveal source of details of gory sex murder scene in book; faces charges of disobeying judge's order; photo (M)
Date: 11 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fairchild Semiconductor International Corp acquires QT Optoelectronics for about $100 million, mostly in stock (S)
Date: 11 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Crown Central Petroleum Corp says its shareholder Rosemore Inc has agreed to buy rest of company for about $67 million, ending month-long bidding war with Apex Oil Co (S)
Date: 11 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Safeguard Scientifics plans to shift its investments to Internet development companies from business-to-business ventures (S)
Date: 11 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carl C Icahn reaches agreement with Nabisco Group Holdings Corp that will allow him to see company's books and solicit partners for his $4.7 billion takeover offer; in return, Icahn agrees to drop his proxy fight for control of Nabisco Group's board (S)