The Times and N.B.A. Settle Lawsuit Over Photos
Date: 10 April 2001
By David D. Kirkpatrick
David
New York Times and National Basketball Association settle lawsuit over who owns right to sell newspaper photographs taken at basketball games; to settle suit, Times and basketball association agree that Times will display NBA logo on its Web site and in any advertisements for photographs; Times Web site will also include link to NBA's; in July, NBA filed suit against Times, contending that selling photographs breached contract on back of journalists' press passes; press passes' label prohibits use of information or pictures from games except for reporting news (M)
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Return to CNN Appears Close For Lou Dobbs
Date: 10 April 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Lou Dobbs, business news anchor who left CNN in public dispute with its management nearly two years ago, agrees to return to his network and become anchor of Moneyline News Hour, business news program that he started about 20 years ago; CNN is expected to give Dobbs executive-level title that will allow him to help guide network's overall business coverage (M)
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MediaTalk; Lou Dobbs May Yet Help Out 'Moneyline'
Date: 09 April 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Speculation about successor to Stuart Varney as co-anchor of CNN's Moneyline News Hour focuses on return to post of Lou Dobbs, who has refused to return in past, or deal in which CNN lets Dobbs out of contract so he can appear on CNBC in return for CNBC letting one of its financial news stars take post (M)
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NBC to Shut Most of Its NBCi Web Portal
Date: 10 April 2001
By Chris Gaither
Chris Gaither
NBC will spend $85 million to buy all outstanding shares of its online spinoff, NBC Internet, and probably shut down most of those operations (M)
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Media; Those who want to control information find an ally in a public that seems to accept restrictions.
Date: 09 April 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer column on increasing pressure to control and limit information and apparent public willingness to accept new curbs; sees people more concerned about personal privacy than about public's right to know; notes legal ground of new information battles is unfamiliar (M)
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A New Royal Blush in Britain's Press
Date: 09 April 2001
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Latest embarrassment for Britain's House of Windsor involves Sophie Rhys-Jones, Countess of Wessex, public relations executive who married Prince Edward, youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, two years ago; Britain's best-selling paper, News of the World, publishes clandestinely taped interviews with her and her business partner in which she speaks indiscreetly of her misgivings about British politicians and other members of royal family; partner talks of his drug use and of arranging sex tourism and setting up trysts for clients with groups of young gay men; Sophie announces her resignation from her company; voices regret for her own misjudgment in succumbing to what she terms entrapment operation; photo (M)
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SALTON WARNS OF REDUCED SALES AS ORDERS FALL
Date: 10 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Salton Inc says sales fell in its third quarter and revenue will be hurt this quarter as retailers reduce orders (S)
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KENNAMETAL TO ELIMINATE AT LEAST 200 ADDITIONAL JOBS
Date: 10 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kennametal Inc, maker of industrial tools and equipment, will cut additional 200 to 250 jobs and take restructuring charge, warning that falling sales will hurt profit in its fourth-quarter (S)
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NEWELL RUBBERMAID NAMES PRESIDENT OF NEW DIVISION
Date: 10 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Newell Rubbermaid Inc announces appointment of Steven R Scheyer as president of new division intended to increase sales of company's products to its biggest customer, Wal-Mart Stores (S)
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PITNEY BOWES BUYS A MAILING SERVICE FOR $290 MILLION
Date: 10 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pitney Bowes Inc agrees to buy mailing and document service business of Danka Business Systems of Britain for $290 million (S)
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