19 september 2003 was een vrijdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♍. Het was de 261e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 22 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op vrijdag 19 september 2025, 261 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zaterdag 19 september 2026, in 103 dagen. Je hebt 8.297 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 199.141 uur, of ongeveer 11.948.512 minuten, of ongeveer 716.910.720 seconden.
Date: 19 September 2003
By Michael Wines (NYT)
Michael NYT
Daily News, Zimbabwe independent newspaper, is allowed by court order to reopen after being closed by police for six days for registration violations; Sam Sipepa Nkomo, publisher's chief executive, acknowledges paper's ability to publish is tenuous as Zimbabwe, currently led by President Robert Mugabe, is undergoing constant change (S)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Sharon Lafraniere (NYT)
Sharon NYT
Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, Daily News chief executive, announces Zimbabwe police have ignored court ruling to allow newspaper to reopen; staff of newspaper, known to oppose President Robert Mugabe, is sent home by police (S)
Date: 19 September 2003
By Amy Harmon With John Schwartz
Amy With
Millions of people continue to copy and share songs over Internet without paying for them, undeterred by lawsuits filed last week against 261 people; KaZaA, most popular file-sharing software, was used by only 5 percent fewer Americans after suits were filed than in week before, although number of Americans using KaZaA from home has dropped total of 15 percent since last June, when record industry announced its plans to sue; barrage of lawsuits has highlighted stark break between legal status of file sharing in United States and apparent cultural consensus on its morality; New York Times/CBS News poll conducted this week finds only 36 percent of those responding say file swapping is never acceptable; persistent lack of guilt over online copying suggests that record industry's antipiracy campaign is only beginning of difficult process of persuading large numbers of people to buy music again; Mitch Bainwol, chairman of Recording Industry Assn of America, which brought suits, acknowledges that shifting attitudes will be next battle; concedes focus is more on containing file swapping than wiping it out; photo; charts (L)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Alexander Stille
Alexander Stille
Article on ways in which marginalized rebels and religious groups have successfully used modern media, including print, television, radio, Internet and audio and video recordings, to get their messages to wider audiences; notes that inexpensive modern media, like audio- or videotape, have helped level playing field; photos (L)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Riverstone Networks Inc says trustee for its convertible notes demands $133.3 million because company has not filed annual financial report; Riverstone is being investigated over its accounting by Securities and Exchange Commission and by its own board (S)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Justice Department lawyer charged with overseeing Mirant Corp's bankruptcy proceedings names committee to represent shareholders in company's reorganization (S)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Moody's Investors Service cuts rating on $3 billion of debt of Eastman Kodak Co to lowest investment grade (S)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British health regulators warn against use of Wyeth's Efexor antidepressant by adolescents because of risk of hostility and suicidal thoughts (S)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drug manufacturer Cima Labs Inc, which agreed to be bought by aaiPharma Inc in August, says it is willing to negotiate sale to Cephalon Inc (S)
Date: 20 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Charter Communications Inc will buy back $609 million of its convertible notes in privately negotiated transactions (S)