In Russia, a Power Play Acted Out on Television
Date: 05 September 1999
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Russian television channel controlled by Boris A Berezovsky, ally of Pres Boris N Yeltsin, plans weekly news program whose host, Sergei Dorenko, is known for attacks on political opponents; program will be aired at same time as long-running weekly program hosted by Yevgeny Kiselyov on channel controlled by Vladimir Gusinsky, who has recently broken with Yeltsin's dwindling team; head-to-head competition is latest skirmish in media war linked to political power struggle; Dorenko recalls both channels scheduled their news programs to avoid competition when both backed Yeltsin, interview; photo (M)
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Media Talk; Magazine Lets Photographers Shoot Back
Date: 06 September 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Photo District News, monthly that caters to New York photography market, issues ratings, based on survey of 100 photographers who regularly work for consumer magazines, of best and worst magazines to shoot for; photo (S)
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The Way We Live Now: 9-5-99: Shop Talk; Pressures of The Press
Date: 05 September 1999
Jonathan Fenby, former editor of The South China Morning Post, and Hamid Reza Jalaipur, publisher of Neshat, Teheran-based newspaper, describe what it is like to put out newspaper where press is not free; Fenby was fired for his independent reporting on Chinese Government and Jalaipur was jailed for printing editorial critical of Iranian Government (M)
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Deutsche Bank and Its Rivals Weigh Linking Some Operations
Date: 06 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Deutsche Bank AG, world's largest bank, may link up with rivals Dresdner Bank AG and Hypovereinsbank AG in businesses like retail banking (S)
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Amid Tumult, Greece to Act On Currency Of Europe
Date: 06 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Greece will apply to join Europe's single currency in spring 2000, probably only days before vote in Parliament for nation's Presidency that could topple government of ruling Pasok party (M)
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Journalism in Kosovo
Date: 06 September 1999
Krister Thelin letter calls Aug 30 editorial overreaction to modest plan for regulatory unit to bring rule of law to news media in Kosovo
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All the Presidents Stink
Date: 05 September 1999
Ted Tedesco letter holds Frank Rich's August 15 article on American presidents and Watergate affair shows that free press is guaranteed but responsible one is not (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 06 September 1999
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 East Timor Militias Step Up Post-Election Terror Armed thugs took over East Timor, killing and terrorizing residents and trapping United Nations workers in their compound. As the outside world expressed horror, the Indonesian Government promised the island territory protection but evaded fulfilling those pledges. A1
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Date: 05 September 1999
INTERNATIONAL 3-13 Middle East Leaders Sign Peace Agreement Surrounded by a panoply of Middle East leaders and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, signed an agreement that Washington hopes will quickly usher in a new era of peace across the region. 1
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Media Talk; News Executive Leaving It Behind For a Baseball Life
Date: 06 September 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Media Talk column: publisher Michael Gartner will sell The Tribune--10,000-circulation newspaper in Ames, Iowa--to become part owner of Iowa Cubs, AAA minor-league franchise of Chicago Cubs; photo (S)
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