Cablespeak: I Seeing the News Today, Oh Boy!
Date: 08 December 2002
By Geoffrey Nunberg
Geoffrey Nunberg
Geoffrey Nunberg article on new 'ing-lish' syntax of all-news cable television networks; notes Fox News Channel and CNN have begun to recite their leads to new participial rhythm, style increasingly audible on network news programs as well; sees bizarre abbreviated syntax, which leaves out all tenses and any helping verbs, reflecting fact that 'news of the day' is concept ill-suited to around-the-clock broadcasts; drawing (M)
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Wanted: A New Personality for MSNBC; Troubled Cable News Network Seeks Ways to Match Its Rivals
Date: 09 December 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Phil Donahue's talk show on MSNBC badly trails Fox and CNN in ratings, and Neal Shapiro, president of NBC News, is under pressure from General Electric, NBC parent, to find new personality for cable network; NBC's standing as top-rated broadcast news outlet is found to put it at disadvantage in cable, where viewers want attitude, strong point of view and good dose of showmanship, qualities that are anathema to old-line news organizations; Shapiro and Erik Sorensen, MSNBC's president, are working to find right kind of program for Jesse Ventura, governor of Minnesota and former wrestler; photos (M)
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FOLLOWING UP
Date: 08 December 2002
By Joseph P. Fried
Joseph Fried
Following Up column; Croatian supporters of Zvonko Busic, sentenced to life in prison after hijacking US airliner in Sept 1976, call for his release, or at least transfer to Croatian prison; Street News, newspaper sold by homeless people in New York as alternative to panhandling, is publishing six issues per year (M)
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Fay Gillis Wells, 94, Aviator and Journalist
Date: 09 December 2002
By Douglas Martin
Douglas Martin
Fay Gillis Welles, pioneer aviator and journalist, dies at age 94; photo (M)
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Defense Dept. Renews a Dental Contract
Date: 09 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Delta Dental Plan wins five-year renewal of contract, valued around $1 billion, to provide dental benefits to US military retirees and their families (S)
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German Sets Record In 100 Backstroke
Date: 09 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Thomas Rupprath (Germany) breaks 100-meter backstroke course record to win World Cup swimming heat (S)
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Qwest Director Sells Most of His Stake
Date: 09 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Jordan Haines, member of board of Qwest Communications International, sells most of his stake in company after shares rebound, first sale by director in more than year (S)
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Machine-Tool Orders Are Little Changed
Date: 09 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Orders for domestic and foreign-made machine tools total $186.93 million in October, little changed from previous month (S)
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Vivendi and a Partner in Tax Dispute
Date: 09 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vivendi Universal is working to resolve dispute with USA Interactive over taxes owed by their partnership, Vivendi Universal Entertainment (S)
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Court Sets Review of Mexican Truck Traffic
Date: 08 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Teamsters union and consumer groups will have at least 30 days to try to stop Mexican trucks from driving anywhere in the United States under rules authorized last month.
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