When reporters used to send in their stories, they would "wire" them in. Sort of how if you used Western Union you would "wire" someone money. As Shaun said, I believe it was due to telegraph wires.
Does the NYT have a policy on things like this, where the subject asks to be called something that varies from the style book?
I remember reading that they were very late in calling women "Ms.", so their attitude might be that they just don't give a crap what CC wants, they're doing it their way.
1 - I don't know, but a similar shift occurred on nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), which lost the N some time ago. Of course, the funny thing is that it was done largely due to public squeamishness with anything nuclear; in fact, the emphasis should have always been on "magnetic", because the effect is on the atomic electron shells rather than on the subjects' atomic nuclei.
When the A.S.P.C.A. (or ASPCA ?) got involved?
In the NYT, it's the former.
http://tinyurl.com/5so5lf
I remember reading that they were very late in calling women "Ms.", so their attitude might be that they just don't give a crap what CC wants, they're doing it their way.
There is a story in the Times about Olbermann and Patrick which features "N.B.A." and "NBC" and "ESPN" and "N.F.L."
ESPN doesn't get periods because the letters don't stand for anything anymore. I could find out when NBC lost its periods if I were so inclined.
I'm not.
Daily Yomiuri Headline
According to Babelfish:
Kuroda with 1 hit blockades 5 victory eyes
"Pryor Protests N.B.C. Censorship" - September 13, 1977.
http://tinyurl.com/6kopxn
Actually, you appear to be correct. The corporate website just uses NBC or NBC Universal.
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