Replaying Sunday, February 9, 2003

News Industry Plans for War And Worries About Lost Ads

Date: 10 February 2003

By David D. Kirkpatrick

David

Impact of new war against Iraq on advertising and media that depend on it is both more open-ended than it was during Persian Gulf War, which made CNN but strained resources of television and print news organizations, and more difficult to predict; prospect of uneasy occupation in Iraq and possibiity of terrorist attacks elsewhere could put off advertisers for longer time than before, as could closer media access to carnage of battle, which Pentagon has indicated it might allow; several major media companies, including Vivendi, AOL Time Warner and Walt Disney Co, parent of ABC, are also in more precarius financial condition than they were decade ago; photo (M)

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 10 February 2003

INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Powell Gives Iraq A One-Week Warning Secretary of State Colin L. Powell warned that if Saddam Hussein was still not cooperating with United Nations inspectors at the end of this week, President Bush would press ''immediately'' for consideration of a Security Council resolution authorizing possible use of force against Iraq. A1

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 09 February 2003

INTERNATIONAL 3-13 Rumsfeld Challenges U.N. And NATO Over Iraq Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued uncompromising challenges to both the United Nations and NATO over Iraq, warning that the United Nations risked ridicule and discredit, and cautioned three of America's European partners that delaying plans to defend Turkey weakened the Atlantic alliance. 1 Saudis Rethink U.S. Presence Saudi Arabia's leaders have made far-reaching decisions to prepare for an era of military disengagement from the United States, to enact what Saudi officials call the first significant democratic reforms and to rein in the conservative clergy. 1

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Magazine Editor's Bête Noire: News Trumps Story in the Works

Date: 09 February 2003

Compiled by Mark A. Stein

Mark Stein

Magazine Editor's Bête Noire: News Trumps Story in the Works.

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Private Sector; Magazine Editor's Bête Noire: News Trumps Story in the Works

Date: 09 February 2003

By David Carr (COMPILED BY MARK A. STEIN)

David COMPILED

Architectural Digest editor in chief Paige Rense comments on having issue with article about Gerald M Levin's retirement cottage at printers when she learned he and wife, Barbara Riley Levin, were divorcing; photo (S)

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The World: Juggler in Chief; Crises, Crises Everywhere. What Is A President To Do?

Date: 09 February 2003

By Todd S. Purdum

Todd Purdum

Current confluence of challenging events that Pres Bush is confronting is hardly new; past presidents faced almost nonstop crises from moment they took office; although Bush is not first president to govern in 24-hour news cycle, endless drumbeat no doubt worsens sense of perpetual crisis; media, and sometimes politicians themselves, have tendency to inflate every event into round-the-clock happening; diagram (M)

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At NASA, a Retreat From Initial Openness

Date: 10 February 2003

By John M. Broder

John

NASA's relationship with news media has changed greatly over the years; space agency was known for its skill at self-promotion in early days of space flight, and had symbiotic relationship with reporters; experts say that over time NASA suffered setbacks and shrinking vision that took luster off space agency; say when Challenger blew up, and NASA refused to answer most basic questions, its relationship with news media and public reached low point; immediately after Columbia disaster, NASA officials resolved to be as open as possible to try to win confidence of public and news media; news media's probing at NASA briefings became more pointed and questions began to be raised about credibility and independence of investigation; responsibility for investigation has now been turend over to board led by retired Adm Harold W Gehman Jr, and NASA employees have been orderd to report all contacts with news media to public affairs officers and have been urged not to speculate about Columbia accident; photo (M)

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Islamists in Iraq Offer a Tour of 'Poison Factory' Cited by Powell

Date: 09 February 2003

By C. J. Chivers

C. Chivers

Militant Islamic group Ansar al Islam allows 20 journalists access to military compound in northern Iraq that United States has described as poison and explosives factory; reporters find small and largely undeveloped cluster of crude buildings, some of which appear to have recently been civilian homes; existence of camp was disclosed by Sec of State Colin Powell in his presentation to UN Security Council; said camp linked group to Al Qaeda and offered it as reason for war; senior Kurdish officials say camp was used to experiment with toxins; photos (M)

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A Bid by SBC For DirecTV Would Confirm Cable's Reach

Date: 10 February 2003

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

Andrew Sorkin

Andrew Ross Sorkin analysis of possible bid for DirecTV, satellite television operation of General Motors, by SBC Communications, whose core local phone business is in decline; notes likelihood of competing bid from News Corp and Liberty Media as well as doubts about whether SBC would be able to integrate DirecTV fully into its operations in way that would allow it to compete with cable companies (M)

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Private Sector; Meeting the Fiancé's Old Friends

Date: 09 February 2003

By Judith H. Dobrzynski (COMPILED BY MARK A. STEIN)

Judith Dobrzynski

Gerald M Levin makes very public debut in New York with fiance, Dr Laurie Perlman, at book party; photo (S)

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