Murdoch Said To Be in Deal With Liberty
Date: 02 April 1999
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Rupert Murdoch is taking strong step toward increasing his hold over sports programming, agreeing to buy out 50 percent stake owned by John C Malone's Liberty Media in venture that controls dozen regional sports networks; Murdoch's News Corp will also double its stake in New York Knicks, Rangers, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall to 40 percent; in exchange, Liberty Media is getting $1.4 billion of News Corp stock, giving it 5 percent of company and making it largest single outside investor; Murdoch family owns roughly 31 percent; deal might pave the way for Liberty Media to acquire up to 10 percent of News Corp; representatives for both companies decline comment (M)
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How Cats (Journalists) Chase Very Elusive Mice (the Details of War)
Date: 03 April 1999
Excerpts from Air Commodore David Wilby's news conference about NATO's air campaign against Yugoslavia (S)
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Facts at Briefings Scarce, But Polemics Are Abundant
Date: 03 April 1999
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
NATO officials at daily press briefings in Brussels say almost nothing about what allied warplanes are doing in Kosovo, but offer reams of reports about what Serbian forces are doing to ethnic Albanian civilians; interviews with some of tens of thousands of refugees streaming out of province largely corroborate NATO claim that they are fleeing Serbian thugs and brutal police and army attacks; photo of British troops carrying tents for refugees (M)
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Courtroom Broadcasts
Date: 02 April 1999
Editorial supports 'sunshine' bill proposed by Sens Charles Schumer and Charles Grassley that would give Federal trial and appellate judges discretion to allow unobtrusive cameras to cover proceedings in their courtrooms; says issue also deserves attention in New York, one of only three states to deny any televised access to its courts (S)
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Algerian Journalists Assert Their Independence Just by Surviving the Purges
Date: 03 April 1999
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Omar Bellouchet, editor of Algerian independent newspaper El Watan and champion of civil libertites, has lived through bitter decade in which more than 70 journalists have been murdered; Bellouchet himself has survived two assassination attempts and lost his 30-year-old wife to heart attack he says was brought about by pressures on family; photo; he and other journalists, who live in heavily guarded compound, continue to raise questions about killings in brutal conflict between Government and Islamic rebels (M)
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Time to Unlock City Files
Date: 03 April 1999
Editorial approves New York State Appeals Court ruling that state Comptroller's office has right to audit New York City's delivery of services; notes that Comptroller Carl McCall is latest in long line of supplicants, including The New York Times and other media organizations, who turn to courts to 'pry open' Giuliani administration's 'filing cabinets'; adds that state court has also ruled that city's Independent Budget Office can get information directly from city agencies, rather than through mayor's office
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BURNHAM PACIFIC PROPERTIES ANNOUNCES CUTBACKS
Date: 03 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Burnham Pacific Properties Inc to cut 25 percent of work force, or about 40 jobs, and take first-quarter charge of about $1.5 million as it closes three offices and hires other companies to manage its properties (S)
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THESTREET.COM PLANS TO SELL 5.5 MILLION SHARES
Date: 03 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TheStreet.com Inc plans to sell 5.5 million common shares for $11 to $13 each in initial public offering (S)
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NISSAN MAY END DAIMLERCHRYSLER TRUCK PACT
Date: 03 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nissan Motor Co says it may end light-truck venture with DaimlerChrysler AG; declines to comment on report that it might also end accord to make minivans with Ford Motor Co in wake of sale of 37 percent of Nissan to Renault SA (S)
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GILLETTE SAYS WHITE RAIN SHAMPOO BUSINESS IS FOR SALE
Date: 02 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gillette Co says it plans to sell its White Rain shampoo business and focus on premium-priced consumer products that are market leaders (S)
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