A Station Pursues Both the News and the Audience
Date: 09 October 2001
By Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon reviews Local News, five-part PBS documentary (M)
Replay maandag 8 oktober 2001
8 oktober 2001 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♎. Het was de 280e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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8th of October 2001 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 8 oktober 2001
Afghanistan Is Pushing TV To the Sounds Radio Used
Date: 09 October 2001
By Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter
Jim Rutenberg
Television has dearth of images to show along with reports of attacks on Afghanistan (M)
Governors' Limits on Press Raise Concerns
Date: 08 October 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Minnesota Gov Jesse Ventura and Alabama Gov Donald Siegelman have raised concerns by going to unusual lengths to keep information from reporters or news organizations that have fallen from favor; Siegelman has ordered all state agencies not to respond to inquiries from Eddie Curran, investigative reporter for Mobile Register, and has ruled that all news media requests for state records be channeled through governor's top legal aide; accuses Curran of being biased and unprofessional; Ventura says he will no longer speak with home-state reporters after several asked him about his acceptance of travel and lodging expenses from ABC television program Good Morning America; photos (M)
An Arab Station Offers Ground-Breaking Coverage
Date: 09 October 2001
By Elaine Sciolino
Elaine Sciolino
Article discusses Al Jazeera, Arab-language satellite television network, which broadcast tape of Osama bin Laden praising Sept 11 terrorist attacks hours after US-led airstrikes against Afghanistan began; described as Arab world's CNN, broadcasting 24 hours of all-news and public-affairs programming from base in Qatar (M)
Sunday of Muted Cheers and Renewed Fears
Date: 08 October 2001
By David Firestone
David Firestone
Plans for leisurely Sunday activities are interrupted as air strikes against Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan begin; many television networks adopt all-news format, lighting up screens with fuzzy shadows and ghostly tracer missiles; Americans express fear and support, as they attend sports events, shop and try to maintain familiar routines; photo (M)
Herblock, Cartoonist Who Humbled Mighty, Is Dead at 91
Date: 08 October 2001
By Marilyn Berger
Marilyn Berger
Herblock, The Washington Post editorial cartoonist, whose critical eye and rapier pen made him one of the leading journalists of his time, died Sunday in Washington.
Herblock, Washington Post Cartoonist With Wit and Bite, Is Dead at 91
Date: 09 October 2001
By Marilyn Berger
Marilyn Berger
Herblock, Washington Post editorial cartoonist whose critical eye and rapier pen made him one of leading journalists of his time, dies at age 91; photo (M)
CENDANT COMPLETES TENDER OFFER FOR CHEAP TICKETS
Date: 09 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cendant Corp completes its $280 million tender offer for shares of Cheap Tickets and obtains $1.15 billion line of credit from group of banks led by J P Morgan Chase (S)
AMERICAN SOYBEAN EXPORTER BUYS UNIT IN ARGENTINA
Date: 09 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bunge, exporter of soybeans, acquires La Plata Cereal unit of Andre & Cie for about $70 million in cash and debt; acquisition will make Bunge largest soybean crusher and second-largest exporter in Argentina (S)
Technology Briefing | Internet: Travelocity Lays Off Workers
Date: 09 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Travelocity.com Inc, largest Internet travel seller, plans to eliminate 19 percent of its work force, or about 320 jobs, and close its call center in Sacramento, Calif, to reduce costs (S)