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Bernard Lagat, right, to win the men's 1500 meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, July 6, 2008.

NBC to use Olympics to see how people use media

By DAVID BAUDER

AP Television Writer

NBC is using the Olympics as a "billion-dollar research lab" to get a sense of how people are using different media platforms to experience the Beijing Games that begin Aug. 8.

In this image released by the Discovery Channel, Ted Koppel poses with a coal miner in Datong, in the Chongqing province of China, for a four-part series examining contemporary China called, "Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism," premiering Wednesday July 9 at 10 p.m. and continuing through Saturday, July 12, on Discovery Channel.

Koppel series shows changes in China

By DAVID BAUDER

AP Television Writer

The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls are hired to "entertain" male customers.

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NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B

By SETH SUTEL

AP Business Writer

NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies.