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Date: 29 September 2004
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
NBC is setting up unusually long five-year transition period for Conan O'Brien to take over as Tonight Show host from Jay Leno because of increasing importance of its late-night franchise; late-night programs are capable of growth at time when network television audience continues to erode; photo (M)
Date: 30 September 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Belo Corp says it will pare its work force by 3 percent before year's end, eliminating 250 jobs, mostly at Dallas Morning News; weighs canceling up to $2.1 million in future bonuses for senior executives, including those ultimately responsible for circulation; releases results of its probe of practices that resulted in previously disclosed circulation overstatements at paper; chairman Robert W Decherd says problem probably began as result of 1999 policy change that effectively discouraged reporting unsold papers; Belo reports reimbursing overcharged advertisers (M)
Date: 30 September 2004
By Randy Kennedy
Randy Kennedy
Article on movie reviews now appearing on Chemical and Engineering News' Web site, which emphsize the accuracy of the science; Bette Hileman, senior editor, comments on her review of movie The Day After Tomorrow; weekly's assistant editor Victoria Gilman says goal is to closely examine a movie's science without shirking duty of traditional movie review; photos (M)
Date: 29 September 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Pollsters, under fire from all sides in this intense election year, protest that they are above-the-fray numbers crunchers, and insist critics are often trying to shout down messengers delivering unwelcome news; latest attack is MoveOn.org ad charging Gallup Poll, which has shown Pres Bush leading Sen John Kerry, favors Republicans because George Gallup Jr is evangelical Christian; Andrew Kohut of Pew Research Center deplores 'shoot the messenger' approach (M)
Date: 29 September 2004
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
DC Sports and Entertainment Commission calls press conference and is expected to announce move of Montreal Expos to Washington (DC) (S)
Date: 29 September 2004
By Steven Lee Myers
Steven Myers
Russian police announce arrest of two men in murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov, who was shot outside Forbes magazine office in Moscow in July; contract killing suspected; suspects identified as Chechens (S)
Date: 29 September 2004
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column scores Patrick Fitzgerald, federal prosecutor, for trying to force journalists to reveal confidential sources as part of his probe of who told Robert Novak that Valerie Plame, undercover CIA agent, recommended that her husband be assigned to check out reports of Saddam Hussein's attempts to buy uranium ore from Niger (M)
Date: 29 September 2004
By Todd S. Purdum
Todd Purdum
Fourth article in series John Kerry's Journey discusses his reputation for strong campaign finishes, as when he overcame stiff challenge from William Weld to win re-election to Senate in 1996; photos; Kerry is now in fight of his political life as he prepares for first debate with Pres Bush, and supporters are counting on his record as candidate who runs best from behind, who pulls ahead after anxiety-producing slow starts; his record also suggests Kerry believes elections are won in end-game, that he holds back on purpose and begins concentrating intently only when he believes voters are, too; he has in last month retooled campaign staff, sharpened attacks on Bush and set aside planned focus on economy for steady critique of Bush's Iraq war that has garnered more news coverage; old friends reply that focusing best in crunch is habit dating at least back to time as champion debater at Yale (M)
Date: 30 September 2004
By Barry Meier
Barry Meier
Martha Stewart is assigned to minimum-security Alderson Federal Prison in West Virgina to serve five months for conspiracy and other charges related to her sale of Imclone Systems stock; had hoped for facility closer to her family; Bureau of Prisons turned down her first choice of Danbury, Conn, because news media could stake it out too easily; photos (M)
Date: 29 September 2004
By Adam Liptak
Adam Liptak
New York Times files lawsuit to stop federal prosecutor Patrick J Fitzgerald from inspecting telephone records of two New York Times reporters, Judith Miller and Philip Shenon; suit contends records are covered by reporters' privilege, legal doctrine that allows reporters to protect their sources in some circumstances; Fitzgerald contends that one or more government officials alerted Miller and Shenon to imminent search of offices of Islamic charity, Global Relief Foundation; Fitzgerald says that disclosure was probably criminal; charity denies involvement with terrorism (M)