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Date: 18 August 2004
By Robin Finn
Robin Finn
Interview with Pat Kiernan, morning anchor of NY1 news broadcast, who has branched out to evening reality game show, WB's Studio 7, a move that has cost him his job as host of CNN's The Money Gang; photo (M)
Date: 18 August 2004
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and his wife have adopted 3-year-old Russian girl named Viktoria from orphanage in St Petersburg; Shroder has worked to heal wartime wounds in Europe and Doris Schroder-Kopf is former journalist active in charities for children in St Petersburg; photo; separately, Defense Sec Peter Struck reveals that he suffered mild stroke in June; line drawn by German public and media on personal stories noted (M)
Date: 17 August 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Belo Corp sets aside $23 million to compensate advertisers for exaggerated circulation figures at Dallas Morning News, as it seeks to limit fallout from scandal of type that has enveloped number of media companies; Tribune Co, which inflated circulation figures at Newsday and Hoy, and Hollinger International, which has admitted inflating circulation figures at Chicago Sun-Times, are making moves to reassure advertisers; graph; photo (M)
Date: 18 August 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Legal experts say fundamental protections for gathering and publishing of news are being weakened; cite contempt citation and subpoenas issued as part of federal investigation of whether Bush administration illegally disclosed identity of covert CIA officer, other rulings that have chipped away at principle that has enabled journalists to publish virtually everything they know without being subject to prior restraint and federal agencies' tightening of rules governing what journalists and general public can access under Freedom of Information Act (M)
Date: 18 August 2004
By William C. Rhoden
William Rhoden
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column contends that media expectations were unfairly high for US women's gymnastics team, resulting in undeserved disappointment in team for securing only silver medal at 2004 Olympics in women's team final (M)
Date: 17 August 2004
By Andy Grundberg
Andy Grundberg
Carl Mydans was a photographer for Life whose most memorable pictures were taken under combat conditions during World War II.
Date: 18 August 2004
By Andy Grundberg
Andy Grundberg
Carl Mydans, photographer for Life whose career spanned all 36 years of weekly magazine and who took memorable combat pictures during World War II, dies at age 97; photos; Mydans was father of New York Times correspondent Seth Mydans (M)
Date: 17 August 2004
By Mark Glassman (NYT)
Mark NYT
Family of Daniel Pearl, Wall Street Journal reporter beheaded in Pakistan two years ago, requests that his name not be used in political context after Vice Pres Cheney invokes it in response to Sen John Kerry's pledge to fight 'more sensitive war on terror' (S)
Date: 17 August 2004
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says there is substantial chance that result of 2004 presidential election will be suspect; says if Florida's paperless voting machines give Pres Bush upset, uncheckable victory, there will be skepticism; says there is still time for officials to provide enhanced security, assuring public that nobody can tamper with voting machines by hiring independent security consultants to perform random tests; says voters should use paper ballots where they are available, even if this means voting absentee; supports voting activists who are pushing for independent exit polling, parallel to but independent of polling by media groups; says it is horrifying to think that credibility of our democracy is now in danger (M)
Date: 18 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Richard Frost will become chief executive of Louisiana-Pacific after retirement of chairman-chief executive Mark Suwyn on Oct 31 (S)
Date: 18 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
LoJack Corp, which makes devices for recovering stolen cars, acquires Boomerang Tracking Inc for about 64 million Canadian dollars ($49 million) to expand into Canada (S)