Media Talk; A Memo at The Times Turns Into a News Item
Date: 30 August 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Matt Drudge publishes as true story on his Drudge Report Web site an erroneous report, taken from New York Times internal memo, that Ted Turner's face would appear on large sign to be built on new Atlanta stadium; New York Post gossip column later reprints report, without attribution; Drudge defends reporting contents of preliminary internal memos from newspapers; Dean Basquet, Times editor, calls spread of unpublished, unchecked reports difficult problem for news media; photo (M)
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Media Talk; Gwen Ifill Is Signing On With PBS
Date: 30 August 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Gwen Ifill will join PBS as moderator of Washington Week in Review, post she rejected in Feb when producer was ousting Ken Bode from job, and as senior correspondent for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer; says NBC will release her from recently signed contract; she will continue to appear on NBC News occasionally as commentator; photo (M)
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Kosovo's Incipient Media Ministry
Date: 30 August 1999
Editorial says new guidelines for news media in Kosovo, Serbia, being developed by Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, could hurt cause of democracy and free press (M)
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In Reversal, Court Rules Journalists' Notes Can Be Protected
Date: 31 August 1999
By Alan Finder
Alan Finder
US appeals court, reversing itself, rules that journalists' notes and other unpublished or unbroadcast materials are often protected from subpoenas in Federal lawsuits; says someone seeking to subpoena unbroadcast or unpublished materials gathered from nonconfidential sources can do so only if material is likely to be relevant to lawsuit and is obtainable nowhere else; NBC, joined by several other television networks and many major newspapers, asked appeals court last fall to reconsider its decision in civil rights lawsuit in Louisiana (M)
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The Times and Granada in Documentary Deal
Date: 30 August 1999
By Doreen Carvajal
Doreen Carvajal
Granada Media and New York Times agree to create television documentaries exploring topics in science, travel and current affairs; two Granada producers will be posted in newsroom to generate ideas for documentaries that could be expanded into series of programs (M)
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STAFFMARK WEIGHING NEW DIRECTIONS
Date: 31 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Staffmark Inc hires Credit Suisse First Boston to examine strategic alternatives; also says slower growth in its information-technology staffing business will adversely affect earnings for second half of 1999 (S)
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OUTLOOK SPORTS TO BUY MADISON & WALL
Date: 31 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Outlook Sports Technology Inc plans to buy Madison & Wall Financial Services Inc for about $103 million in stock (S)
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AFC CABLE SYSTEMS ACCEPTS ALL-STOCK OFFER
Date: 31 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AFC Cable Systems Inc, which canceled agreement to be bought by Thomas & Betts Corp, says it has accepted $45-a-share all-stock offer from unidentified party; transaction is valued at $576 million (S)
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GEORGIA GULF GETTING U.S. VINYL BUSINESS OF RWE
Date: 31 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Georgia Gulf Corp to acquire US vinyl business of RWE AG of Germany for $270 million (S)
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Paperboard Plant Closing
Date: 31 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shorewood Packaging Corp plans to close North Carolina manufacturing plant to cut $3 million in annual costs and shift production to more convenient sites; about 130 workers will be dismissed (S)
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