The News at The Daily News Is Not Good; Financial Problems Bring Cutbacks and a Growing Sense of Distrust
Date: 11 April 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
New York Daily News is cutting back news coverage, hurt by series of financial reversals; problems include costly repairs of balky pressroom equipment, unexpected rise in labor costs and costs of expanding Sunday edition; pinch makes owners Fred Drasner and Mortimer B Zuckerman testy, journalists angry and union leaders nervous; chronology of events; graph of circulation slide; photos (M)
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Remote Control of Cable Sports; Region by Region, Murdoch's Fox Networks Now Rule
Date: 12 April 1999
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has become dominant force in sports cable television; he has turned his Fox Entertainment unit into partial owner of all but four of nation's 23 regional sports networks, cable networks that arrange with professional teams to carry all games that are not picked up by national networks or local broadcasters; Walt Disney Co's ESPN still dominates cable sports, but now it has viable, voracious competitor; photos; chart (L)
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Gunmen Kill Opposition Publisher in Belgrade
Date: 12 April 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Gunmen in Belgrade assassinate Slavko Curuvija, well-known opposition publisher, in pointed message to few remaining independent news outlets in Yugoslavia; recent efforts by Yugoslav Govt to silence all independent media discussed (M)
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Media Talk; Retooling Columbia Journalism Review
Date: 12 April 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Joan Konner will step down as publisher of Columbia Juornalism Review in July and be replaced by David Laventhol; Tom Goldstein, dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, says appointment of Laventhol is step toward retooling approach of Review, which is published out of journalism school; photo (S)
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The Nation: Word of Honor; For a Reporter and a Source, Echoes of a Broken Promise
Date: 11 April 1999
By Douglas Frantz
Douglas Frantz
Plea accord in which Michael Gallagher, fired as Cincinnati Enquirer investigative reporter, disclosed that former Chiquita Brands International lawyer George F Ventura gave him illegal access to company's voice mail for article challenging company's business practices is echoing through legal and journalistic communities as major assault on principle of protecting sources; case also raises questions about legal rights of sources; Gallagher has agreed to testify against Ventura, who claims protection afforded journalists who refuse to reveal sources should also apply to sources; photos (M)
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Machine Tool Orders Drop
Date: 12 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Domestic orders for machine tools decline in February for fifth straight month; orders fall 2 percent to estimated $341 million (S)
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Control of Gucci Is Still in Dispute
Date: 12 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA says French retailer Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA has obtained effective control of Gucci Group NV and as such is only company that can bid for all of Gucci; LVMH owns 20 percent of Gucci; its sweetened $85-a-share offer for remainder was rejected (S)
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Curative Health Accused of Medicare Fraud
Date: 12 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Curative Health Services Inc, which operates wound-treatment centers in hospitals of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp, is accused by Justice Dept of working with Columbia/HCA to defraud Medicare (S)
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Telecom Italia Fails to Get Quorum to Oppose Olivetti
Date: 12 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Telecom Italia SpA fails to win shareholder support for fending off Olivetti SpA's $65 billion hostile offer; rejection opens way for foreign rivals to join bidding, and it may prompt Telecom Italia to seek foreign partner like Deutsche Telekom AG, SBC Communications Inc or British Telecommunications PLC (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 April 1999
INTERNATIONAL 3-17 NATO Is Prepared For Weeks of Bombing With the NATO bombing of Serbia now in its 17th day, a senior allied diplomat said in Brussels today that the alliance was prepared to continue the campaign ''for many more weeks.'' 1
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