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ReutersNY Times Ad Sales Weakened by WarFriday March 28, 9:43 am ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co. (NYSE:NYT - News) said on Friday its advertising revenue has started to weaken because of the war in Iraq, although it expects first- quarter earnings to be within the range of Wall Street expectations. "While advertising revenues for the quarter were in line with our expectations through the first two weeks of March, we have recently seen a weakening as a result of the war, particularly in travel-related categories such as airlines and hotels," said Chief Financial Official Leonard...

TV Ratings For Oscars PlungeNEW YORK, March 24, 2003 The wartime Academy Awards telecast on ABC Sunday night was the least-watched Oscar ceremony since Nielsen Media Research began keeping records in 1974. An estimated 33.1 million people watched "Chicago" win best picture, Nielsen said on Monday, down sharply from the 41.8 million who watched the Oscars last year. The Oscars toned down the glitz Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood because of the war with Iraq, and going into the weekend, there had been some question whether the ceremony would be held. That took its toll, said Larry...