In Daily News Case, Glimpse Of Paper's Financial Wounds
Date: 03 December 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Glimpse of financial troubles of Daily News is provided by Judge Thomas P Griesa's decision rejecting a multimillion-dollar award granted to newspaper's drivers in March; it reveals that Mortimer B Zuckerman, chairman and co-publisher, injected $19 million in cash into the newspaper in 1998, although it still lost millions of dollars that year (M)
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Journal; The Strange Legacy of Matt Drudge
Date: 04 December 1999
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Op-Ed column by Frank Rich on meaning of Matt Drudge's departure from Fox News Channel 'by mutual consent'; says what hit Drudge is continued consolidation of news into handful of huge conglomerates; says giant corporations that own most major news operations can leave little room for maverick, independent journalists who could challenge powers that be; holds government antitrust measures are unlikely, so it may be left to market forces to police press in new jungle of conglomerate journalism; drawing (M)
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Debate Gives Boxing Another Black Eye
Date: 04 December 1999
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Critic's Notebook on comments by political reporters and analysts covering first debate of Republican Presidential candidates; notes debate was not televised nationally, so most Americans relied on news clips; considers what happened during debate and how it was covered on television, and says matter raises issue of how well coverage of campaign reflects what happened in real life; photo (M)
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CHEMICAL COMPANY IS PLANNING A BIG ACQUISITION
Date: 03 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Huntsman Corp, largest closely held US chemical company, expects to make multibillion-dollar acquisition in coming months to stay competitive as industry consolidates (S)
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SPECIALTY CATALOG IS SOLD TO GOLUB ASSOCIATES
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Specialty Catalog Corp agrees to be acquired by Golub Associates for $21.8 million in cash (S)
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ACNIELSEN ACQUIRES MEDIA MONITORING OF BRITAIN
Date: 03 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ACNielsen Corp acquires Media Monitoring Services Ltd for undisclosed price (S)
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AVANT IS PAYING $24 MILLION TO ACQUIRE ANALOGY
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Avant Corp agrees to buy Analogy Inc for $2.48 a share in cash, or $24 million (S)
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APPROVAL IS WON FOR JOINT PURCHASE OF ICO GLOBAL
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cellular-phone pioneer Craig O McCaw and Subhash Chandra, who runs India's most popular television network, win United States Bankruptcy Court approval for joint purchase of satellite-telephone company ICO Global Communications Ltd; ICO filed for bankruptcy protection in August, days after rival, Iridium LLC, did same (S)
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CERPROBE, CIRCUITS TESTER, ADDS OZ TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cerprobe Corp says it acquired OZ Technologies Incfor about $36 million in cash and stock (S)
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LANDEC HAS ACQUIRED APIO FOR $23.9 MILLION
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Landec Corp acquires Apio Inc for $23.9 million in cash and stock (S)
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