MediaTalk; Sports as News or Entertainment: A Question of Rights in Oregon
Date: 06 August 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Newspapers in Oregon condemn University of Oregon for making all football game broadcasters' credentials contingent on agreement to limit coverage to 20 seconds of highlights and 20 seconds of interviews for two days after game; Oregon's athletic director, Bill Moos, says school objected to station that was shooting footage for entertainment production and not for news; drawing (S)
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SATELLITE TV RIVAL IN BID FOR HUGHES
Date: 06 August 2001
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
EchoStar, nation's second-largest satellite television company, makes $30.4 billion unsolicited bid for larger rival, Hughes Electronics, owner of DirecTV; bid is effort to pre-empt sale to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which has been negotiating to buy company for months; may face tough scrutiny from Federal regulators since EchoStar would control more than 90 percent of satellite television services for home in US; company says merger would enable it to compete against shrinking number of cable television operators; bid comes two days before Hughes parent, General Motors Corp, meets to review final preparations for sale to News Corp (M)
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Conservative Gay Columnist Is Under Fire
Date: 06 August 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Norah Vincent, columnist for The Village Voice and The Los Angeles Times, is being attacked for her conservative views; among sizable group of gays, Vincent, who is lesbian, is scorned as latest in new breed of gay intellectual opportunists, who are said to pander to latent homophobia in mainstream media, selling out movement that paved way for their success; Richard Goldstein, executive editor of Voice, says liberal press should not consistently promote work of gay writers who attack other gay people, such as Vincent, Andrew Sullivan and social critic Camille Paglia; Don Forst, Voice's editor, says Vincent appeals to young people from 20 to 40; says she gets people to read her, and if she introduces thoughts they have not had, that is good; Vincent says many gay men and lesbians simply dislike anyone who they see as disagreeing with them; photo (M)
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MOTION FILED IN SALE OF RAYTHEON CONSTRUCTION UNIT
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Motion Filed In Sale of Raytheon Constrï
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DUTCH PUBLISHER VNU IS SELLING EDUCATIONAL UNIT
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dutch publisher VNU sells its educational publishing unit to 3i Group of Britain and unit's management for about 195 million euros ($172 million) (S)
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY UNIT IN BRITISH ENERGY DEAL
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MidAmerican Energy Holdings
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DUPONT SETTLES ANTITRUST SUITS ABOUT BLOOD THINNER
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DuPont agrees to pay $44.5 million to settle consumer lawsuits accusing its drug unit of seeking to monopolize market for its blood thinner, Coumadin; federal judge in Delaware gives preliminary approval to settlement of five antitrust lawsuits over DuPont's campaign to block approval of generic version of drug; company does not admit any wrongdoing (S)
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4 FORMER OFFICIALS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT LOSE BENEFITS
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Waste Management Inc will revoke $23.1 million in severance pay and stock options for four former executives to settle shareholder suits contending company was mismanaged; settlement also will resolve claims filed in Federal District Court in Texas (S)
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