Jan 12 U.S. Firm Awarded Contract to Run Iraqi Media Network The Pentagon has awarded a $96 million contract to a U.S. communications equipment company to develop Iraq's existing but antiquated media network for the next 12 months. Continue reading
Jan 12 More Americans Log On For Campaign News, Study Finds More people are looking to nontraditional media sources, such as the Internet and late-night talk shows, for information about the 2004 presidential campaign, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Continue reading
Jan 08 Reporters Defy Judge's Order in Lee Case By Admin Reporters have defied a federal judge's order to reveal their confidential sources for articles that portrayed Dr. Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist, as a chief suspect in a Chinese espionage investigation. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch Tom Friedman's Journal, Turkey and Poland Recently returned from a trip to two American allies, Turkey and Poland, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman discusses different views of President Bush, the United States and the military action in Iraq. Continue watching
Dec 22 Regulators Approve News Corp.'s Takeover of DirecTV The Federal Communications Commission late Friday approved News Corp.'s $6.6 billion purchase of DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite television provider, a move critics say will lead to higher prices and less choices for consumers. Continue reading
Dec 19 Appeals Court Rejects Industry Attempts to Identify Music Downloaders A federal appeals court ruled against the recording industry's attempts to force the nation's Internet providers to identify subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online, marking a major setback to the industry's anti-piracy efforts. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch Stopping E-mail Spam President Bush signed a bill Tuesday that seeks to stop spam from jamming people's e-mail accounts. Margaret Warner asks AOL Vice President Randall Boe and anti-spam activist John Mozena about the effectiveness of this new law. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch On the Street: Iraqis' Reaction to the Capture of Saddam Hussein Terence Smith speaks with Time magazine correspondent Brian Bennett in Baghdad about Iraqis' reaction to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Continue watching
Dec 11 Attacks in Iraq Kill One U.S. Soldier, Injure Two Journalists Iraqi suicide bombers in a truck blew themselves up at the gates of a U.S. Army base in Ramadi on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 14 others. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Central Casting in Local News Broadcasts More local newscasts are increasingly broadcast from the same location in Hunt Valley, Md. Terence Smith goes inside the studios of Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has been criticized for its consolidation that has taken the local out of local news. Continue watching