Liberty Media and News Corp. Said to Be Negotiating a Deal
Date: 25 September 2000
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
John C Malone, who controls Liberty Media, is considering complex deal that would give Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Liberty Media's 20 percent stake in Gemstar-TV Guide International and some cable television holdings in Latin America; Liberty would get News Corp stock, raising its stake to 20 percent from 8 percent, and stock in News Corp's global satellite TV operations, set to go public as Sky Global; News Corp already owns 20 percent of Gemstar-TV Guide; deal could strengthen News Corp in any bid for General Motors' Hughes Electronics division, which owns DirecTV; photos (M)
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Leery of the Web, Olympic Officials Set Limits on News
Date: 25 September 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, becomes benchmark in struggle between those who hold intellectual property rights in sporting events and those seeking to cover sports, especially for ever-expanding universe of news outlets on Internet; Olympic committee is controlling where and how images and accounts of games reach public out of concern that power of Internet could eventually undermine economic foundation of modern Olympic movement; actions echo developments in other areas of sports, as both amateur and professional teams and leagues aggressively invoke property rights to control how and by whom events are covered (M)
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Media Talk; Network Newscasts Court Hispanic Viewers
Date: 25 September 2000
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Television networks weigh steps to court growing audience for 6:30 evening newscasts on Spanish-language networks; ABC will offer Spanish-language audio track for its show; NBC and CBS consider similar services (M)
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Gore Aide Is Placed on Leave
Date: 24 September 2000
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Campaign officials for Vice Pres Al Gore say they temporarily removed junior staff aide because he gave incorrect information to ABC News, but that aide, Michael Doyne, had nothing to do with transmission of confidential information from Bush campaign to Gore associates (S)
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The Case of the Phantom Sales Logged by Mitsubishi Managers
Date: 24 September 2000
By Marcia Ruff
Marcia Ruff
Automotive News article charges that Mitsubishi has falsified sales records and possibly jeopardized customer warranties (S)
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Decatur Journal; City Winces in the Glare of the Spotlight on Tires
Date: 25 September 2000
By David Barboza
David Barboza
People in Decatur, Ill, home of Bridgestone/Firestone plant that produced bulk of tires blamed for more than 100 deaths and 400 injuries, say unflattering coverage of story is a blow to civic pride and could hurt efforts to attract business; local press strikes back at what it sees as a drive-by-shooting by national media; map; photo (M)
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The World: Putin and the Press; An Invitation You Can't Refuse: Be on My Team
Date: 24 September 2000
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Article on Russian Pres Vladimir V Putin's dealings with media notes that controversial TV journalist Sergei Dorenko's regular Saturday night program was recently taken off air, on what he is certain were orders from Kremlin; Dorenko photo (M)
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Red Wings Re-Sign Kozlov to 2-Year Pact
Date: 25 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Detroit Red Wings re-sign left wing Slava Kozlov (S)
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Corrections
Date: 25 September 2000
Correction of Sept 18 article about newspapers' sales of vintage photographic
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 September 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-23 Industrial Powers Push For Cut in Oil Prices Top American financial officials, fresh from parallel plunges into world oil and currency markets, joined Group of 7 allies in promising to fight what they labeled twin threats to the record-breaking American economic expansion. The allies negotiated a joint communique calling on oil-producing nations to cut prices, saying a reduction was ''crucial for the world economy.'' 1
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