All the News Google Algorithms Say Is Fit to Print
Date: 24 September 2002
By Saul Hansell
Saul Hansell
Google, rapidly growing online search engine, introduces service that uses its search algorithsm, but no human editors, to create news page that looks not much different from those of many news Web sites; site brings together headlines, and makes its automated news judgments, from information appearing on 4,000 sites; Google's news service is bound to become another issue in its stormy relationship with portals, especially Yahoo, that uses its search service; Google's co-founder-president Larry Page comments (M)
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Arab TV Channel Prepares For a War in Its Backyard
Date: 24 September 2002
By Jane Perlez
Jane Perlez
Al Jazeera, Arab satellite television channel that has run taped interviews with Osama bin Laden and given sympathetic coverage to Palestinians, is well placed geographically to outpace Western networks on regional coverage of possible US military action against Iraq; has had permanent office in Baghdad since 1998, and was lone foreign broadcaster until Iraq recently readmitted Western television networks; chief editor Ibrahim Helal comments; photo (M)
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Reporters Find New Outlet, And Concerns, in Web Logs
Date: 23 September 2002
By David F. Gallagher
David Gallagher
Print and television reporters are discovering freedom of Web logs, or 'blogs,' which typically consist of frequent entries with pithy commentary and links to other Web sites; some have already run into trouble with their employers over contents of their personal sites, with Houston Chronicle reporter Steve Olafson having been fired; news media companies may be opening themselves to possible liability when they set up Web logs on their sites; many reporters publish Web logs as creative outlet, way to raise their visibility or as part of their jobs; reporters who keep logs on news sites say their blog writing tends to be looser, but is usually edited to some extent; photo (M)
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Panel to Evaluate Columbia U. School of Journalism
Date: 24 September 2002
By Karen W. Arenson
Karen Arenson
Columbia University's president Lee C Bollinger names nearly three dozen people to task force that will explore future of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and way future journalists should be taught (M)
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Justice Dept. Staff Said to Be Opposing Satellite TV Merger
Date: 24 September 2002
By Stephen Labaton
Stephen Labaton
Justice Dept staff urges federal government to reject as anticompetitive proposed $11.2 billion merger of largest satellite television broadcasters, DirecTV and EchoStar; say merger would reduce competition from three companies--two satellite providers and cable television company--to just two, while eliminating competition in rural areas not served by cable; satellite companies say deal should be approved since it is only way to compete effectively against increasingly large cable television companies, which control about 80 percent of subscription-TV market; argue that merger would enable combined company to be better at broadcasting local programming; rejection would be major victory for Rupert Murdoch, News Corp chairman who has sought unsuccessfully to buy DirecTV to fill important piece in media empire; would also reflect rare instance of opposition to corporate merger by Bush administration (M)
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Mets' Image as Bad As Their Record Is
Date: 23 September 2002
By Murray Chass
Murray Chass
Murray Chass On Baseball column contends that string of controversies plaguing New York Mets this season, including alleged drug use by players and speculation on sexuality of unnamed players by media, only make team's equally as disturbing record harder to swallow (M)
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HONEYWELL SAYS IT SETTLED ASBESTOS CLAIMS
Date: 24 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Honeywell International settles asbestos claims brought against it in West Virginia, as trial begins in state court; terms of settlement and number of claims affected undisclosed; ExxonMobil, Owens-Illinois and Union Carbide unit of Dow Chemical are among other defendants in trial (S)
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WAL-MART REPORTS SLUGGISH SEPTEMBER SALES
Date: 24 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wal-Mart Stores Inc says sales in September will rise near lower end of its forecast; expects sales at stores open at least year to increase 4 percent to 6 percent in five weeks ended Oct 4 (S)
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BOEING TO BUY ALL OF PILOT TRAINING VENTURE
Date: 24 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co agrees to buy stake held by partner FlightSafety International in their joint venture to train pilots; financial terms undisclosed (S)
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BLACK & DECKER REDUCES ANNUAL SALES ESTIMATES
Date: 24 September 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Black & Decker Corp says Home Depot Inc will stop carrying some of company's Price Pfister plumbing products, reducing sales by about $15 million this year and $50 million annually; products will not be sold at Home Depot's stores in East and Midwest, but will be sold in Home Depot outlets in West (S)
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