Independent TV News Films Face Dim Prospects
Date: 11 March 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Rockefeller Foundation holds informal conf, Mar 10, with TV indus reprs to explore broadcast prospects for news documentaries produced by ind videotape groups; networks producers indicate cos will continue policy of not using news produced outside own news divs to ensure ability to vouch for integrity of repts, and because of shortage of time; local station reprs express ltd interest, noting they would not commission ind documentaries; CBS 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt says program frequently buys selected 10-min segments from ind sources, paying $1,000 for every min of film used; adds he was impressed with hr-long documentary Cuba-The People, produced by John Alpert and Downtown TV Community Center; ABC-TV Goodnight America producer Geraldo Rivera voices interest in ind film; NBC producer Alvin Perlmutter observes Fairness Doctrine, within which producers must provide equal time for airing of conflicting views on controversial issues, is another deterrent to use of ind film; Michael Shamberg of TVTV, videotape group that has recd Rockefeller Foundation funding, says ind orgns are mastering tech to extent that they will become 'news service to networks' (M)
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STATE PRESS GROUP ANNOUNCES AWARDS
Date: 11 March 1975
NYS Publishers Assn presents annual awards to Rochester Times-Union, Middletown Times and Newsday for distinguished excellence in reporting, editorial writing and state-govt coverage respectively; cites NY Times for community service for series of articles by Murray Schumach exposing neglect of mental patients in state insts (S)
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The Times Names Jenkins An Assistant News Editor
Date: 11 March 1975
Evan Jenkins, NY Times asst natl editor, is apptd asst news editor; brief biog sketch (S)
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Sports News Briefs; Soviet Duo Wins Ice Dance Title Holmenkollen Won by Austrian Mount St. Michael Gains on Upset
Date: 10 March 1975
comment on Mar 9 events at world figure skating champs, Colo Springs, Colo; Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov (USSR) win dance champ (S)
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Sports News Briefs; I.R.S. to Auction W.F.L. Contracts New Yorker Wins Free-Style Skiing Seton Hall Qualifies 13 for N.C.A.A. Minnesota Opens Hockey Playoff
Date: 11 March 1975
IRS says it will auction off contracts of 59 players of Birmingham Americans (WFL) in effort to recover more than $200,000 in back taxes; Americans head coach and gen mgr Jack Gotta comments; says group of Birmingham investors have formed syndicate to begin new WFL team to be called Birmingham Vulcans (S)
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