Paper Details Lewinsky Interview a Day Before Broadcast
Date: 02 March 1999
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Daily News, in move that compromises exclusivity of what is expected to be biggest television interview of year, prints large portions of ABC's highly anticipated interview with Monica S Lewinsky, which is scheduled to be broadcast on March 3; interview, conducted in Feb by Barbara Walters, has been of enormous importance to ABC, which expanded its regular news program 20/20 to two hours from one hour and sold commercials in program for as much as $800,000 (M)
Full Article
A New Offensive in Britain's War of Words
Date: 01 March 1999
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
In Britain, which lacks American-style tradition of freedom of press, Labor Government has had rocky relationship with news media since it came to power on tidal wave of good will nearly two years ago; Labor officials are irked by what they see as rough treatment from BBC interviewers; many journalists say that in absence of strong Conservative Party, it is up to news media to ask tough questions; photo (M)
Full Article
Journalism's Greatest Hits: Two Lists of a Century's Top Stories
Date: 01 March 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Two new lists rank best news stories of century and best works of 20th-century American journalism; Freedom Forum's Newseum is reponsible for first list; New York University's journalism department offered second list; NYU list focuses less on events than craftsmanship, including events that were important mostly because of who was watching; in some ways, two lists converge: No. 1 news event on Newseum's list is dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima; No. 1 work of journalism on NYU list is John Hersey's book Hiroshima; 1940's and 1960's dominate both lists; photos; lists (M)
Full Article
Media Talk; Web Publications Break Away From Print
Date: 01 March 1999
By Matthew J. Rosenberg
Matthew Rosenberg
New study finds growing number of news articles written exclusively for Web sites of newspapers and magazines; study focused on elevation of newspaper and magazine Web sites to status of full partner with their print counterparts, and willingness of journalists to use Internet to find sources and use E-mail to get information from them (S)
Full Article
WHITMAN DISMISSES STATE POLICE CHIEF FOR RACE REMARKS
Date: 01 March 1999
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
New Jersey Gov Christine Todd Whitman dismisses State Police Superintendent Col Carl L Williams after published report in which he stated that race was issue in drug crimes and that cocaine and marijuana traffickers are most likely to be members of minority groups; says Williams's service has been valuable and his career honorable, but that comments are inconsistent with efforts to enhance public confidence in State Police; names Lieut Col Michael Fedorko acting Superintendent; black leaders hail decision, which immediately follows article in Star-Ledger of Newark quoting Williams in wide-ranging interview as linking minority groups with drug trafficking and making other comments that seem to fuel racial controversy involving State Police; photos (M)
Full Article
QUANTUM SHARES SOAR ON NEWS OF TRACKING STOCK PLAN
Date: 02 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Quantum Corp, maker of computer disk drives, rise 19 percent after company announces plan to expand its computer network storage unit and split its shares into separate stocks to ease tracking of its two businesses (S)
Full Article
HARROW INDUSTRIES TO BE ACQUIRED BY INGERSOLL-RAND
Date: 02 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ingersoll-Rand Co to buy Harrow Industries for $160 million in cash and assumed debt (S)
Full Article
UGI STOCK PLUNGES AFTER OFFER FOR UNISOURCE
Date: 02 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of UGI Corp plunge after company announces it will buy Unisource Worldwide Inc; UGI will issue $815 million in stock and assume $710 million in debt to buy Unisource; UGI also says it will sell its UGI Utilities Inc unit, valued at more than $220 million, cut its dividend by 49 percent, and buy back as much as 20 percent of its common stock (S)
Full Article
ADVANCE PARADIGM ACQUIRING ANOTHER BENEFIT MANAGER
Date: 02 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Advance Paradigm Inc to buy pharmaceutical management business of Foundation Health Systems Inc for $70 million in cash (S)
Full Article
DUKE REALTY INVESTMENTS TO BUY WEEKS, A RIVAL REIT
Date: 02 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Duke Realty Investments Inc acquires rival real estate investment trust, the Weeks Corp; Duke says it will swap 1.38 of its shares for each Weeks share, valuing Weeks stock and partnership units at $815 million; Duke will also assume $254 million of preferred stock and $654 milion of debt (S)
Full Article