The January 24, 2000 was a Monday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 23 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 26 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, January 24, 2026, 151 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, January 24, 2027, in 213 days. You have lived for 9,648 days, or about 231,566 hours, or about 13,893,966 minutes, or about 833,637,960 seconds.
Date: 24 January 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Presidential primaries and caucuses, normally events of immense interest for media, are being given more scrutiny in 2000 presidential race than ever before, especially in electronic media; coverage of Iowa caucuses discussed; photo (M)
Date: 24 January 2000
By Laurie J. Flynn
Laurie Flynn
News Digital Media, online publishing arm of News Corp's Fox Network, will provide free Internet access through Bart Simpson fan club; www.simpsons.com, new World Wide Web site, makes its debut on 10th anniversary of animated sitcom; photo (M)
Date: 24 January 2000
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Radio Free Europe and Voice of America curtail Serbian-language transmissions, even as Clinton Administration intensifies efforts to oust Pres Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia through increased support for Serbian opposition and independent media (M)
Date: 24 January 2000
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Media column describes coverage of America Online-Time Warner merger by newsweekly magazines; notes they mostly hewed to AOL-as-winner line, and emphasized AOL's chairman, Stephen M Case, over Time Warner's chairman, Gerald M Levin; photos (M)
Date: 24 January 2000
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Ms magazine hires Patricia Smith as columnist; she was columnist for Boston Globe until she admitted that she fabricated characters and quotes; photo (M)
Date: 25 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citadel Communications agrees to buy Bloomington Broadcasting for about $176 million in cash to gain 20 radio stations in the Southeast and Midwest (S)
Date: 25 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Southwest Gas Corp fall after Oneok Inc cancels its $1.8 billion purchase of the company and the Southern Union Company says it will not resume its effort to buy it (S)
Date: 25 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Evans Systems agrees to buy I-Net Holdings for $142.5 million in stock as part of its plan to become a provider of Internet marketing services to the convenience-store industry (S)
Date: 25 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Interfoods of America buys 37 Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits restaurants in Mississippi and Louisiana for $34 million from Ellis Enterprises (S)
Date: 25 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
HSBC Holdings and Cheung Kong (Holdings) form venture valued at 3 billion Hong Kong dollars ($385 million) to help companies trade goods and services over the Internet; venture will be called iBusinessCorporation.com; photo (S)