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...terse exchanges with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso last month over a proposed directive to liberalize the European Union's service sector, Barroso was suddenly disinvited from a scheduled April 21 appearance on 100 Minutes for Convincing, a political show on the state-owned France 2 network. Marc Tessier, president of France Télévisions, which runs France 2, denied reports that he'd retracted the invitation at the government's request, saying he merely wanted to "avoid polemics." But Yves Loiseau, a France 2 journalist who represents employees on France Télévisions...
...mergers fail to deliver long-term results. Making Baseball A Hit Baseball may not yet be a favorite in Europe, but at least one firm believes that broadcasting the U.S.'s national pastime can be a viable European business. This week Dublin-based North American Sports Network (NASN) is set to reveal agreements with cable operators in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Iceland to bring the channel's mix of baseball, basketball, ice hockey and American football to viewers. With NASN already available in Britain, Ireland and Germany, the expansion will provide nearly 20 million homes with access to its sports...
Leading the iPod-killer list is Sony's NW-HD3 Network Walkman, a player that attacks Apple at its stylishly minimalist core. Sony engineers understand that consumers want products that look as good as they sound, and the 20-GB NW-HD3 reflects that with its slim, anodized-aluminum casing. The player offers excellent sound and a menu that's easy to navigate using a four-way directional button. The company claims the player can go 30 hours without recharging. But Sony style means Sony price: at $349, the NW-HD3 costs $50 more than Apple's 20-GB iPod...
...KOPPEL, who announced last week he would step down as anchor of ABC's Nightline after 25 years (and 42 with the network), isn't heading off to the links when his contract ends in December. The cerebral newsman says he is weighing offers to do the kind of long-form reporting he did in Iraq in 2003. He won't divulge the gigs, but says, "I'm not going to all of a sudden start doing fashion." Heidi Klum, rest easy...
...livelihoods of thousands and do untold damage to rivers and their fish populations, while offering no guarantee that the revenue will improve people's lives. "Laos has a track record of poorly-managed projects that create more poverty than they solve," says Aviva Imhof, campaign director of International Rivers Network, which is based in Berkeley, California. Imhof has tracked the project for a decade and, together with the Canada-based Probe International, led a global campaign to have it halted. "Laos is repeatedly being rewarded for its failure," says Probe's policy director Grainne Ryder...