Ponovno predvajanje nedelja, 30. april 1995

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Press; Can journalists and media business executives live in peace on the information superhighway?

Date: 01 May 1995

By William Glaberson

William Glaberson

DID anyone hear the sound of a new little war starting in the news business last week? Welcome to cyberspace, Phase 2, for the country's newspapers. Phase 1 could have been called "get your feet wet" in the new electronic medium. Phase 2, it seemed at the annual newspaper publishers' convention here last week, could well be known as "blame the news professionals for being such stick-in-the-muds about the Brave New World."

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Hems and Haws

Date: 30 April 1995

By Max Frankel

Max Frankel

IF YOU'VE EVER THROWN OUT A RACK OF skirts because they suddenly looked too short or a collection of ties because they suddenly seemed too wide, you have been, depending on your attitude about shopping, either a beneficiary or victim of fashion. If you have wondered about the source of those periodic changes of taste, you also qualify as a student of fashion. Responding to these urges, hundreds of journals and newspapers deem it their duty to instruct you in the vagaries of dress and the musings of designers; indeed, some exist mainly to harvest the advertisements that flourish in such manuals. But they rarely teach you what is really going on. The best of the fashion magazines, like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, satisfy a lust for fantasy, the imaginary try-on of clothes you couldn't afford, fit into or dare to wear. The better newspapers report colorfully on the semiannual runway romps in Paris, Milan and New York. That is where the most famous designers advertise themselves by draping unnaturally thin, beautiful women in outrageous or sumptuous ways and exhort the public with novelties of style that might stimulate the sale of mass-produced imitations.

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Murdoch Finances New Forum for Right

Date: 30 April 1995

By Richard L. Berke

Richard Berke

A group of prominent conservative writers and strategists is starting a weekly national magazine on politics and policy that will be financed by Rupert Murdoch, the global media executive. William Kristol, an influential Republican strategist who was chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, will be the editor and publisher of the Washington-based magazine, to be called The Standard.

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Telecommunication Deals

Date: 01 May 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

American Management Systems said today that it had signed contracts valued at more than $125 million with telecommunications companies, including units of the BellSouth Corporation and Pacific Telesis Group. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. A.M.S., which is based here, said it would provide consulting services and develop customer-care, risk-management and billing systems for the companies. A.M.S. provides business and information technology consulting and software. The company said it had $460 million in revenue in 1994.

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Harris President Adds Chief Title

Date: 01 May 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Harris Corporation has promoted Phillip Farmer to the added posts of chairman and chief executive, effective on July 1. Mr. Farmer, 56, currently president and chief operating officer, will succeed John T. Hartley, 65, who is retiring on June 30. Mr. Hartley will continue as chairman of the executive committee.

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Warner Brothers Is Adding a Toy Division

Date: 01 May 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Warner Brothers has created a division to develop toy lines tied to its television, film and theatrical properties. Warner Brothers, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., will continue licensing its properties to companies like Tyco Toys Inc. and the Kenner division of Hasbro Inc., but the new unit will also create and market lines specifically for Warner Brothers.

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Nomura Drops Role in Britain

Date: 01 May 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Nomura International P.L.C. will cease being a primary dealer in British Government bonds to focus on Eurobonds and Japanese equities. The European arm of the Japanese brokerage firm Nomura Securities said on Friday that about 12 employees would be affected.

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Check Those Stats

Date: 30 April 1995

To the Editor: I enjoyed Larry Gelbart's essay "Peering Throught the Tube Darkly . . . " [ April 16 ] . However, of the 1951 miracle at Coogan's Bluff, he writes: "In the bottom of the ninth inning, with two out and two on -- and with a count of three balls and two strikes -- Bobby Thompson clinched the pennant for the Giants by hitting the improbable, miraculous home run."

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 30 April 1995

International 3-17 VIETNAM'S BOOM TOWN Two decades after Saigon came under the control of Vietnam's Communist North, the city has become more prosperous than at any time in its history. 1 FRENCH RIGHT UNITES Jacques Chirac, the conservative candidate for President of France, mended fences with a former rival, Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, at a campaign rally. 3

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 01 May 1995

International A3-11 U.S. TO CUT IRAN TRADE President Clinton said he will cut off all United States trade and investment with Iran in an effort to fight terrorism and the spread of nuclear technology. A1 JAPAN'S OUTBURST OF CALM The March 20 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway shocked Japan, yet what is remarkable by American standards is how restrained Japan has been.A1 Japan's Prime Minister, and his party, could disappear soon. A9 GERMANY COMES TO TERMS In a month of Holocaust observances, Germans have shown themselves more willing to face their country's past than at any time since World War II's end. A1 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN VIETNAM Vietnam celebrated the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War without the spirit of unity the Communist leadership has struggled to project. A3 DEATH IN ISRAELI CUSTODY A Palestinian who died in Israeli custody last week suffered fatal brain injuries when his head was forcefully jerked as he was violently shaken, a pathologist said. A6 BOSNIA CEASE-FIRE TOTTERS A four-month cease-fire in Bosnia that failed to bring lasting peace slipped toward its demise as the Muslim-led Bosnian Government rejected an extension. A10 Rome Journal: Computerizing the Vatican Library. A4 National A12-15, B6-9 GAWKING AT DEATH SCENE Droves of sightseers are traveling to Oklahoma City to visit the wreckage of the bombed building. A1 HOPE FADES IN OKLAHOMA CITY Rescue leaders made a dreaded but inevitable decision: they can no longer risk the lives of the living to free the remains of the dead. A1 SELDOM-USED SURVEILLANCE As Congress prepares to give Federal agents new authority to plant wiretaps, 10 years of Government records show that such surveillance has played a small role in rooting out domestic terrorism. B6 THE REBUILDING OF A DOWNTOWN With more than 300 buildings near the explosion site damaged, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up a relief center to help people begin to rebuild. B7 YOUTHS ALONE BUT HOPEFUL More than 200 Haitian children remain at Guantanamo Bay while refugee organizations search for relatives. But many of them dream of coming to the United States. A1 THE FALL OF SAIGON REMEMBERED More than 1,000 former South Vietnamese soldiers and officials gathered in California for the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. A12 WHISPERS AT A HORSE SHOW Lexington Journal: Indictments of insurance fraud have cast a shadow over Kentucky's annual three-day show-horse event. A12 FISHING FOR RODENTS Baltimore's booming rat population has led to the creation of a new sport: rat fishing. Animal rights advocates are not happy. A12 ADOPTIONS BY GAY PARENTS New York and Virginia courts dealt setbacks to adoptions by gay parents, but Florida's Supreme Court questioned the state's right to ban adoptions by homosexuals. A13 THE MUTATIONS OF VIRUSES Scientists have found evidence that viruses can mutate and become deadly because of nutritional deficiencies in the infected hosts. A14 TALKS ON MEDICARE DELAYED Congressional leaders said that they would defer proposals to restructure Medicare so the matter would not become tangled in efforts to slash the budget deficit. B8 THE SURGEON GENERAL NOMINEE When Dr. Henry Foster goes before the Senate committee to be confirmed as Surgeon General, two main issues will be faced: partisan politics and abortion. B8 Metro Digest B1 EXPERTS DOUBT EXODUS OF POOR Experts say Mayor Giuliani's prediction that many poor people would move out of New York as a consequence of welfare cuts overestimates their importance in people's choices about where to live. A1 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C11-18 The Prado plans to expand. C11 Janet Leigh's "Psycho" obsession. C11 Theater: "The Rose Tattoo." C11 "Amphitryon." C14 Music: Anita Baker. C16 New World Symphony. C18 Dance: "Giselle" by American Dance Theater. C18 Books: "Edmund Wilson." C15 Sports C1-10 Basketball: Hornets even series with Jordan and the Bulls. C1 Hockey: Rangers will get the chance to defend Stanley Cup. C1 Olympics: The race is on for tickets to the Atlanta Games. C1 Obituaries B11 Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials Mr. Dole's assault on regulations. Mafia-fighting in Italy. Faces. Supermarket success. Letters William Safire: My Russian friends. Anthony Lewis: "This is America." David Halberstam: Nashville revisited -- lunch-counter days. Max Baucus: Montana mean time. Bridge C16 Chronicle B9 Crossword C16

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