Spiller av mandag 2. mars 1992

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Press Notes; Warner Chief Moves to Lift Time Morale

Date: 02 March 1992

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

GERALD M. LEVIN, who abruptly replaced N. J. Nicolas Jr. as president of Time Warner Inc. 10 days ago, has moved rapidly to shore up the sagging morale at the company's magazines. The gloom has been particularly thick at Time, where layoffs and other cost-cutting measures have created a perception among many insiders that, as a priority, journalism had become a distant second to profit.

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2 Correspondents for Times Among Polk Award Winners

Date: 03 March 1992

By Marvine Howe

Marvine Howe

Two foreign correspondents for The New York Times are among the winners of George Polk Awards for 1991 announced yesterday by Long Island University. Francis X. Clines, The Times's bureau chief in Moscow, was honored for his coverage of the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fall of Communism. Barbara Crossette, who headed the Times bureau in New Delhi, won for her coverage of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.

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Gay, Lesbian Press Is Starting to Emerge Into the Mainstream

Date: 02 March 1992

By Deirdre Carmody

Deirdre Carmody

Led by a new generation of lesbians and gay men who view their homosexuality as a matter of pride rather than privacy, the gay press is emerging from the shadows to claim a place in the mainstream. After years of being distributed without charge in bars and being dependent on sexually oriented advertisements for revenues, gay publications are changing their images and aspirations.

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THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Poll; In Poll, Voters Are Unhappy With All the Choices

Date: 03 March 1992

By Robin Toner

Robin Toner

Americans enter the busiest stretch of the primary season in a frustrated mood, dissatisfied with President Bush but overwhelmingly convinced that none of the candidates for President really understand their lives, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. Mr. Bush's approval rating stands at 40 percent, a new low for him in the Times/CBS News poll, although it was unchanged from his reading last month when the poll's margin of sampling error is taken into account.

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Jay F. Sharbutt A.P. Writer, 51

Date: 03 March 1992

Jay F. Sharbutt, a correspondent, theater critic and most recently senior television writer for The Associated Press, died on Wednesday at his apartment in Brooklyn. He was 51 years old. He died of a heart attack, his former wife, Jeanne Drewsen, said.

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Weighing the Thorny Issue of Anonymous Charges

Date: 03 March 1992

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

Did The Seattle Times act properly on Sunday when it published a report in which eight unidentified women accused Senator Brock Adams of sexual misconduct, in one case, rape? Or was the Senator a victim of the press, as he angrily asserted at a news conference on Sunday when he also announced that he would not seek re-election?

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Public Likes Tax Cut but Not Motive

Date: 03 March 1992

By Adam Clymer

Adam Clymer

The American public overwhelmingly supports the kind of middle- class tax cut Democrats in Congress propose, but does not give the Democrats much credit for the idea, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows. Sixty percent of the public said the Democrats proposed the cut more because they felt it would win them votes than because they thought it would help the economy. That skepticism is all the more striking because 56 percent of the public said they thought the economy would benefit from a cut like the Democrats' $400 credit for working couples passed by the House last week.

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With Varying Degrees of Openness, More Companies Lure Gay Dollars

Date: 02 March 1992

By Georgia Dullea

Georgia Dullea

Christopher Huizenga's recipe for a perfect Bloody Mary calls for Absolut vodka, a brand that is widely advertised in gay newspapers. He buys underwear with the Calvin Klein label because of what he calls the company's "gay sensitive" ads in mainstream magazines. He drives a Jaguar, but after reading about a pioneering ad campaign in Australia, halfway around the world from his New Jersey home, he says his next car may be a top-of-the-line Toyota.

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Judge Extends Ames Deadline

Date: 03 March 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

A Federal bankruptcy judge has extended until April 2 the deadline for Ames Department Stores Inc. to file a revised reorganization plan. During that period no other parties involved in the company's bankruptcy can file a competing plan.

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Scott Paper Sells Food-Box Division

Date: 03 March 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Scott Paper Company said it had sold its food-service container business to a corporation controlled by Trinity Capital Partners. Terms were not disclosed. Trinity Capital Partners, a private company based in Philadelphia, said the Scott business would be combined with Winkler Products, which also manufactures plastic products for the food-service industry.

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