AOL Time Warner officials surprised shareholders by announcing a larger-than-expected fourth quarter loss of $45.5 billion, primarily due to a $35 billion write-down of its AOL division and another $10 billion charge for its cable division.

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The world's largest media company posts an annual loss of $99 billion -- the largest corporate drop in U.S. history. Paul Solman of WGBH Boston looks at how the Internet and media giant has incurred the largest loss of any…

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Don Hewitt, the 80-year-old creator of CBS' 60 Minutes who has run the program for 35 years, announced Monday he will step down as executive producer in June 2004.

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Terence Smith remembers the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who died Jan. 22 at the age of 81.

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Norman Pattiz, chairman and founder of radio giant Westwood One, talks about the success of Radio Sawa, the broadcast he helped create, and his future goal to reach Arab audiences through a U.S.-funded television network.

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Bert Kleinman, the senior managing consultant for Radio Sawa, discusses the broadcast's outreach strategy in the Middle East and the Gulf region.

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Mouafac Harb, news director for Radio Sawa, discusses the challenges of providing objective news coverage of the Middle East and building trust with Arab audiences.

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Mamoun Fandy, a media analyst and syndicated columnist, expresses his skepticism about the effectiveness of the U.S. government's outreach campaign.

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President Bush signs an executive order creating a White House office to improve America's image abroad.

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An award-winning freelance journalist from Bangladesh, Tipu Sultan has survived near-fatal assaults in apparent retaliation for his reporting of government corruption.

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