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Date: 30 December 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN, trailing Fox News in domestic ratings, can reclaim former glory if war in Iraq allows it to overtake Fox in a big way; to lose in ratings to Fox during war could be real blow; photo (M)
Date: 30 December 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Most major television news networks and Associated Press weigh dissolving their decadelong partnership in Voter News Service, Election Day polling organization that was at heart of problems they had in reporting results of last two national elections; partnership will at very least scrap multimillion-dollar upgrade of service's computer system, which has been fraught with technical problems; AP and networks--CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News and CNN--weigh various replacements for system; photo (M)
Date: 29 December 2002
By Julian Rubinstein
Julian Rubinstein
Julian Rubinstein interviews several ABC television executives and news broadcasters about Roone Arledge, who died in 2002; Arledge changed how sports were televised during his tenure at ABC Sports, but shift to news division was not smooth; photo (M)
Date: 30 December 2002
By David D. Kirkpatrick
David
Outlook for media in 2003 notes that media moguls Rupert Murdoch of News Corp and John C Malone of Liberty Media are within striking distance of acquiring control of satellite television service DirecTV, strategic beachhead that could alter balance of power in industry; Murdoch photo (S)
Date: 29 December 2002
By Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson pays tribute to Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed in 2002 by terrorists in Pakistan who kidnapped him; drawing (M)
Date: 30 December 2002
Special section The Year in Pictures
Date: 29 December 2002
Jeffrey Scher letter on Anemona Hartocollis's December 15 Coping column blames news media for playing up certain crimes and events and ignoring others
Date: 30 December 2002
Amiya Sen letter deplores absence of healthy debate in media about imminent war with Iraq
Date: 30 December 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-7 White House Backs Away From North Korea Policy The Bush administration has backed away from a longstanding declaration by the United States that it would not tolerate a North Korean nuclear arsenal, as Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and other officials insisted that making demands of the government or threatening military action against its nuclear facilities would be counterproductive. A1 Kenyan Challenger Wins The opposition candidate Mwai Kibaki, 71, was elected president of Kenya in a sweeping victory over the faction that has ruled Kenya since the country's independence from Britain in 1963. Observers hailed the result as a significant victory for democracy in Africa. A1
Date: 29 December 2002
Desmond Hoyte, former president of Guyana, dies at age 73; photo (M)