1995年2月27日月曜日 の再生

Times Cable Venture

Date: 27 February 1995

The New York Times Company said yesterday that its television station in Fort Smith, Ark., KFSM, had started two local cable news channels that each carry advertising aimed at a specific region. The two cable channels, each known as News Channel 5, provide news around the clock by simulcasting live news programs from KFSM and replaying them until the next live news broadcast. One channel appears on a Fort Smith cable system, while another appears on a northwestern Arkansas cable system. Advertisers can reach viewers in either or both areas. "This is the first television station in the country to launch two local cable news channels with separate advertising zones," Nancy Nielsen, the spokeswoman for the company, said yesterday.

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Press

Date: 27 February 1995

By William Glaberson

William Glaberson

ACCORDING to Frank Denton, the editor of the morning paper here in the capital of Wisconsin, people are sick of old-fashioned journalism that simply points out problems. He says he has found a solution. "Our journalism is not here to fry people -- although we fry people all the time," Mr. Denton said. "Our main goal is in helping the public find the solutions to problems."

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It's Another TV Thorn for Fo; From an F.C.C. Official, New Questions About Foreign Ownership

Date: 27 February 1995

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

The long-running, contentious drama involving Rupert Murdoch, the Fox network and the Federal Communications Commission took yet another twist late last week, one that had many of those who had taken an interest in the case believing for the first time that Mr. Murdoch might be in for some real trouble. The twist came in the form of a brief but highly significant declaration by an important F.C.C. staff member. He said that contrary to testimony given by Mr. Murdoch and other Fox executives and lawyers, the staff member was not aware in 1985 that Mr. Murdoch's Australian company, the News Corporation, controlled 99 percent of the equity in six television stations that Mr. Murdoch acquired that year.

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THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; A new campaign will try to build the buzz for trade publications that may inform but lack glamour.

Date: 27 February 1995

By Stuart Elliott

Stuart Elliott

THE force behind campaigns that helped build ardor among advertisers and agencies for some of the newest media properties like MTV, USA Today and ESPN will now promote some of the oldest. George Lois, the colorful chairman and chief executive of Lois/ USA in New York, is completing work on print advertisements and promotional materials aimed at increasing circulation and ad pages for business-to-business publications. The campaign is his agency's first assignment from the American Business Press, the association representing 100-plus companies that publish more than 700 "trade books," newspapers, magazines and journals ranging from Iron Age and Modern Baking to Jewelers' Circular-Keystone and Pork '95.

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POLL FINDS PUBLIC DOUBTS KEY PARTS OF G.O.P.'S AGENDA

Date: 28 February 1995

By Richard L. Berke

Richard Berke

Eight weeks after Republicans assumed control of Congress and vowed to make the Government more responsive, Americans are dubious about central elements of the party's legislative agenda on issues that include welfare, crime, military spending and the Federal budget deficit, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. Republicans are generally more supportive than Democrats and independents of what the new leadership in Congress is trying to do. But Republicans, too, express misgivings about the course taken by Speaker Newt Gingrich and his loyalists. Most Americans believe that Congress should stress jobs and crime -- issues that have not been top priorities for Republicans this year -- and health care, which has not been on the agenda of the new Congress at all.

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Clubs May Just Have To Replace Fans, Too

Date: 28 February 1995

By Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr

Robert Mcg

If the baseball strike continues beyond opening day and the 1995 major league season is played with replacement players, a new poll suggests that owners can expect a sharp drop in stadium attendance while two-thirds of the fans will continue to watch games on television. Those were among the findings of a New York Times/CBS News poll that also found broad fan support for the owners' quest for a salary cap, a narrow preference for continued negotiations over forced arbitration, a resounding rejection of Government involvement and an indication that the strike has caused an erosion of interest in a sport that had been losing fans for years.

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Few Can Avoid Harsh Glare Of Murder Trial's Spotlight

Date: 27 February 1995

By Kenneth B. Noble

Kenneth

Every day, it seems, another reputation is smeared. Last Friday, it was Rosa Lopez's turn to take the witness stand in the O. J. Simpson murder trial, and under relentless questioning from a prosecutor, Christopher A. Darden, she broke down in tears.

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AMERICAN MAIZE CHAIRMAN GETS STOCK OFFER

Date: 28 February 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The American Maize-Products Company said yesterday that a Malaysian investment company had offered to buy the class B shares held by its chairman and his family for $44 a share. If the offer for the 47.3 percent stake in class B shares is accepted, the company, Usaha Tegas, would then offer $40.25 a share for the remaining 9.3 million American Maize shares, giving its offer a total value of about $416 million.

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SAMSUNG BUYS 40% OF AST RESEARCH FOR $378 MILLION

Date: 28 February 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Samsung Electronics Company, South Korea's largest electronics maker, said early today that it had signed a deal to buy a 40 percent stake in AST Research Inc. for $378 million. AST, based in Irvine, Calif., and the world's sixth-largest maker of personal computers, said on Feb. 9 that it was in talks with Samsung, as well as other companies it did not identify, about possible investments in the company. Analysts have said that AST, which posted a loss of $22.3 million for the quarter ended on Dec. 31, could use a partner with deep pockets to help it stay competitive. As the largest shareholder of AST, Samsung would have an important channel for exports of its computers and peripherals, Samsung said in a statement.

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STANDARD & POOR'S CUTS J. P. MORGAN'S CREDIT RATING

Date: 28 February 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

J. P. Morgan & Company's AAA credit rating was lowered by the Standard & Poor's Corporation, which cited increasing risks in the company's fast-growing trading and investment banking businesses. Ratings on debt issued by J. P. Morgan's banking unit, the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, were affirmed by S.& P. Morgan Guaranty's debt continues to be rated AAA, the highest grade possible. The holding company saw its senior debt lowered to AA+ and its subordinated debt cut to AA from AA+. Two weeks ago, Moody's Investors Service lowered its rating on J. P. Morgan's senior debt to Aa2 from Aa1, and its rating on Morgan Guaranty Trust to Aa1 from Aaa.

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