A Look Back at Cable News
Date: 08 January 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Ratings of three major cable news networks in 2000 and events that caused ratings to spike noted; graph; photos (S)
Reluare luni, 8 ianuarie 2001
8 ianuarie 2001 era un luni sub semnul stelut al lui ♑. Era ziua 7 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Dacă te-ai născut în această zi, ai 25 ani. Ultima ta zi de naștere a avut loc acum joi, 8 ianuarie 2026, 154 zile. Următoarea ta zi de naștere este pe vineri, 8 ianuarie 2027, peste 210 zile. Ați trăit 9.285 zile sau aproximativ 222.855 ore sau aproximativ 13.371.313 minute sau aproximativ 802.278.780 secunde.
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8th of January 2001 News
Știri așa cum au apărut pe prima pagină a New York Times la 8 ianuarie 2001
Entrepreneur Walking Fine Line at a News Channel for China
Date: 08 January 2001
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Interview with Liu Chang Le, whose Phoenix Satellite Television has begun first 24-hour Chinese-language news channel, beamed from Hong Kong into mainland China by satellite; he must balance market's hunger for information with government's view that certain kinds of information threaten national security; cultivates close ties to Chinese leaders; Rupert Murdoch is his partner through News Corp's Star unit; photo (M)
Murdoch Deal On TV Stations May Help UPN
Date: 08 January 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Eight television stations Rupert Murdoch's News Corp plans to buy from Chris-Craft Industries are set to extend their accord to be affiliates of Viacom's UPN network through next television season; purchase will thus make Murdoch UPN's most important station owner; UPN competes with News Corp's Fox network for young male audience; News Corp president Peter Chernin says company might eventually seek UPN stake (M)
Young British Ex-Convicts To Be Sheltered From Media
Date: 09 January 2001
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who murdered two-year-old James Bulger when they were 10 years old after luring him from shopping mall in Liverpool, England, in 1993 complete sentences in government detention facility; High Court judge issue ruling prohibiting news media from revealing any details about them after release, citing concern for their future safety; photos (M)
Foreign Affairs; My Favorite Teacher
Date: 09 January 2001
By Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column on his late journalism teacher Hattie M Steinberg, who taught him fundamentals that seem so relevant in current information age (M)
EASTMAN KODAK WILL REORGANIZE CUSTOMER SERVICE
Date: 09 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastman Kodak Co will reassign most if its 3,500 customer-service employees to various business units to make service more effective; workers not reassigned will be part of central customer-service unit (S)
CIPHERGEN SAYS QUARTERLY REVENUE WILL DISAPPOINT
Date: 09 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Ciphergen Biosystems fall 30 percent after company says fourth-quarter revenue will be as much as 15 percent below its expectations (S)
GLIATECH HALTS DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL PRODUCT
Date: 09 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gliatech shares fall 38 percent after company voluntarily halts distribution of its anti-scarring gel because supplier recalled raw material used to make product; Gliatech says supplier recalled material because it might contain particles from aluminized-paper lid liner (S)
MOTOROLA LIKELY TO REPORT LOWER EARNINGS IN QUARTER
Date: 09 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Motorola Inc is expected to report lower fourth-quarter earnings on Jan 10 (S)
GENERAL MOTORS AGAIN CUTS PRODUCTION PLANS
Date: 09 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp will build 100,000 fewer cars and trucks in first quarter North American than it had planned last month, to try to reduce dealer inventories as sales slow; will produce 1.2 million vehicles, down 21 percent from last year's first-quarter output of 1.521 million; plans to produce 562,000 cars and 638,000 trucks (S)