Cable TV Serves Business News With Opinions
Date: 03 April 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Lou Dobbs, anchor of CNN's Moneyline program, has used show to voice strong criticism of Justice Department's indictment of Arthur Andersen in Enron case, and this willingness to air an opinion while reporting news is becoming more common on cable television business programs; Dobbs is unapologetic, but Alex S Jones, director of Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard, says Moneyline viewers might well feel that they are not getting information that might undercut Dobb's editorial persepctive; Andersen once sponsored another cable program Dobbs anchored, and Dobbs acknowledges making paid appearance at Andersen-sponsored business forum in January 2000, when he was not working at CNN; photo (M)
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Ed Turner, 66; Helped Build 24-Hour News
Date: 02 April 2002
By Wolfgang Saxon
Wolfgang Saxon
Ed Turner, who played key role in creating round-the-clock television news at CNN, dies at age 66; photo (S)
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The ratings gap may widen, but CNN is still the ad revenue leader.
Date: 03 April 2002
By Lorne Manly
Lorne Manly
Fox News Channel widens its ratings lead over CNN in first three months of 2002 despite being available in eight million fewer homes; leads among viewers between ages 25 to 54, and O'Reilly Factor on Fox has largest audience of all cable news shows, beating CNN's top-rated Larry King Live; CNN viewership is up 55 percent from first quarter of 2001, and CNN still leads Fox in advertising revenues; MSNBC lags far behind in ratings, followed by CNBC; photo (M)
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MSNBC Plans To Bring Back Phil Donahue
Date: 03 April 2002
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
MSNBC is expected to sign Phil Donahue to be host of prime-time discussion program, going head-to-head with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News and Connie Chung on CNN; Donohue, 66, has been out of television since retiring from his syndicated talk show in 1996 (S)
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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Court Frees Journalist
Date: 02 April 2002
By Henri E. Cauvin (NYT)
Henri Cauvin
Peta Thornycroft, correspondent for Daily Telegraph of London, is freed in Zimbabwe after being detained on charges of working in country illegally (S)
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GLOBAL CROSSING AND AFFILIATE DELAY S.E.C. FILING
Date: 03 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Global Crossing Ltd and an affiliate, Asia Global Crossing Ltd, delay filing financial reports with regulators, citing investigations of accounting at parent company (S)
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NRG CANCELS PURCHASE OF CONECTIV POWER PLANTS
Date: 03 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
NRG Energy Inc cancels its purchase of Conectiv power plants in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, citing increased operating expenses (S)
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FORD TO END PRODUCTION OF LINCOLN PICKUP TRUCK
Date: 02 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co will end production of Lincoln Blackwood pickup truck this year after lower-than-expected demand and engineering delays; Lincoln luxury division sold 379 of 2002 model from November through February; analysts predicted sales of Blackwood would reach as many as 8,500 for 2003 model year beginning in July (S)
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KINDRED BUYING SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE FOR $45 MILLION
Date: 03 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kindred Healthcare buys Specialty Healthcare Services for $45 million to expand capacity by 8 percent (S)
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TWO ELECTRONICS RETAILERS REPORT STRONG PROFITS
Date: 03 April 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Best Buy reports net income for fiscal fourth quarter of $350 million, up 84 percent from a year earlier; Circuit City Group reports net income of $152.7 million for quarter, up 51 percent (S)
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