Media Talk; A Privacy Proposal Gets Mixed Reaction
Date: 09 August 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Steven Brill has sent letter to several hundred members of news organizations, soliciting their reactions to proposal that news groups exercise restraint when reporting about children and, especially, grieving families; this was prompted by media's relentless coverage of search for John F Kennedy Jr and its aftermath; Jonathan Alter of Newsweek and Walter Isaacson of Time magazine both say they would refuse to sign Brill's proposed 'Voluntary Restrictions to Protect Privacy'; photo (M)
Full Article
U.N. Issues Guidelines on Dealing With the Press
Date: 09 August 1999
By Barbara Crossette
Barbara Crossette
United Nations has issued its first written guidelines on how its officials will deal with news media; new rules allow almost anyone to speak on the record; for reporters, potential land mine in new guidelines may be contained on last page, which states that UN officials need not answer every question, in particular any hypothetical ones; photo (M)
Full Article
Media Talk; Gotti Talks! (Complaining In 2 Parts)
Date: 09 August 1999
Daily News of New York runs two-part series based on videotapes of visits to former crime boss John J Gotti in Federal penitentiary in Marion, Ill; Gotti comes across as bewildered as his family betrays him and his moral universe crumbles; there is much philosophy mixed in with fair amount of complaining; photo (M)
Full Article
Time (25 Years) and Scandal Fatigue Blur the Fall of Nixon
Date: 09 August 1999
By Adam Clymer
Adam Clymer
Resignation of Pres Richard Nixon has faded in American consciousness over the last 25 years; critics say news media have dulled Watergate's prominence by attaching word 'gate' to subsequent scandals and treating them as though they too were constitutional crises; NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll finds while 18 percent of public say Watergate is worse than other political scandals in past 25 years, 76 percent say there have been other political scandals that have been just as bad; photos (M)
Full Article
San Rossore Journal; Never Let the Prime Minister Enjoy His Vacation
Date: 09 August 1999
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Prime Min Tony Blair and family are besieged by rowdy British press corps during vacation in San Rossore, Italy, where his use of Government-owned villa has been subject of sizzling headlines back home; British, who share traditional fondness for Tuscany, have established custom of criticizing Prime Minister's holidays there; photos; map (M)
Full Article
MICHAEL FOODS EXPLORING STRATEGIC OPTIONS
Date: 10 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Michael Foods Inc, one of largest US egg producers, hires investment bankers United States Bancorp, Piper Jaffray and Merrill Lynch & Co to help it explore stategic options, including outright sale (S)
Full Article
COMCAST TO DOUBLE STAKE IN JONES INTERCABLE
Date: 10 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comcast Corp, number 3 US cable-television company, will double its stake in Jones Intercable Inc for about $840 million in stock, taking advantage of recent decline in Jones's shares; Comcast bought 39 percent of Jones in April (S)
Full Article
Top Prospect Selects Pirates
Date: 10 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eddie Griffin, rated by some as top high school basketball prospect in nation, to attend Seton Hall (S)
Full Article
Minor League Goalie Agrees to Terms
Date: 10 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
New York Rangers agree to terms with minor league goaltender, Jean-Francois Labbe (S)
Full Article
INCHCAPE PROFIT DROPS
Date: 10 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Inchcape PLC says profits fell 32 percent in six months ended June 30; profits fell to 23.9 million pounds ($38.4 million) from 32.5 million pounds a year earlier (S)
Full Article