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MTV Networks to Launch LOGO, A New Television Network for Gay, Lesbian Viewers; Advertiser-Supported Cable Network with A Mix Of Original, Acquired P Tue May 25, 1:25 PM ET To: National Desk Contact: Carole Robinson, 212-846-8760, or Jeanine Smartt, 212-846-7437, both of MTV Networks NEW YORK, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- LOGO, a new cable television network targeted at lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) viewers will be launched by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIAB) on February 17, 2005. The new channel will be advertiser-supported, targeting primarily gays and lesbians, 25-49, and will provide a...

“Oh my, Caesar, wasn’t that the Rubicon we just crossed?” Call it a paradigm shift, a worldview revolution or a sea change but today’s America is a totally different creature from the America of yesterday. All of the changes – political, social, economic, global -- are interconnected and they are most likely irreversible. These paradigm shifts were 20-50 years in the making, driven largely by elitest academics, and easy for any sober prophet to predict -- but it is breathtaking to see it all finally arrive at last. Indeed the years 2000 to 2003 will most likely be remembered by...

In the space of a month, the CBS News program "60 Minutes" has landed two highly sought-after interviews with authors of books promising news-making revelations about the Bush administration. In both cases the interviews stayed in the corporate family. A week from tonight, "60 Minutes" will have a long interview with Bob Woodward, whose soon-to-be-released book, "Plan of Attack," reportedly will contain important new details about the administration's decision to go to war against Iraq. The Woodward interview, already taped, follows a similar interview with Richard A. Clarke, the former counterterrorism official whose book, "Against All Enemies," described the administration...

<p>California's politicians and pundits are totally consumed by the historic recall election that's looming just five weeks hence -- with good reason. But the Legislature will be in session for nine more days, and it's becoming evident that those final days will be among the most hectic ever recorded.</p>

SAN DIEGO (AP) - More than 20 years after signing off the air for the last time, retired CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite still regrets giving up his career. AP Photo A longing to return to work is with him "always, every day," the 85-year-old Cronkite said. But it hits him especially hard during major news events such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "When the big story is breaking, you want to be there," he said. "I knew that was going to happen, I just didn't know it was going to happen over so many years." Cronkite, who now works...