Репродукција среда, 1. мај 1991.

15 Top Journalists Object to Gulf War Curbs

Date: 02 May 1991

AP

Editors from 15 major American news organizations complained to Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney today that the Pentagon had exercised "virtual total control" over the American press during the Persian Gulf war and said they would press for more open coverage of future military operations. "Virtually all major news organizations agree that the flow of information to the public was blocked, impeded or diminished by the policies and practices of the Department of Defense," the news executives for newspapers, magazines, news services and broadcast networks said in a letter. "These conditions meant we could not tell the public the full story of those who fought the nation's battle."

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Murdoch Plan in Britain

Date: 02 May 1991

Reuters

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation said today that it would close one of its British magazines and was considering selling most of its other magazines in Britain. The company said it was closing the British version of Mirabella, a fashion magazine, just months after its October 1990 start. The United States version of Mirabella will continue publishing.

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Times Mirror in Plan For Environmental Aid

Date: 02 May 1991

By Deirdre Carmody

Deirdre Carmody

Beginning in July, Times Mirror Magazines will contribute to environmental education causes a portion of its revenues from ads that include an environmental message. At a news conference yesterday, Francis P. Pandolfi, president and chief executive of Times Mirror Magazines, said the company would donate 2.5 percent of the net revenues from advertisements that focus on the environment or contain a short environmental message. Mr. Pandolfi, who was accompanied by the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, William K. Reilly, and the Under Secretary of the Interior, Frank A. Bracken, said the plan included all nine of Times Mirror's magazines. 'Green Marketing' Movement The unusual commitment places Times Mirror Magazines, which publishes Field & Stream, Ski, Yachting and other outdoor magazines, in the forefront of the "green marketing" movement sweeping the magazine industry. Last year, Hearst Magazines donated all ad revenues from the first issue of Countryside to various land trusts, and hundreds of editorials, surveys and articles on the environment have appeared in publications across the board.

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At a Book Fair in Germany, There's Freedom With a Twist

Date: 01 May 1991

By John Tagliabue

John Tagliabue

In the halls and aisles of this year's Leipzig Book Fair, publishers and booksellers discuss soaring prices and collapsing markets and readers flocking to once-forbidden foreign authors and new media, like video. Under Communism, it was said that the newspapers printed fiction, so people sought the truth in books. Now that is reversing, so while newspapers flourish, book publishing is caught in crisis. "Who's reading these days?" sighed Krystyna Szmeja, senior editor at Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza of Poland, as the annual book fair opened on April 24.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 02 May 1991

International A3-19 The security zone in northern Iraq is scheduled to be expanded roughly 70 miles at dawn to enable Kurdish refugees in remote mountain camps to join the return home. Page A1

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 01 May 1991

International A3-15 Many Kurds are deciding to return directly to their homes in the area of Zakho and are bypassing the new tent city built for them by the United States in a wheat field. Page A1

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BRIEFS

Date: 01 May 1991

* Champion Parts Inc., Oak Brook, Ill., a maker of automotive parts and systems, will close its Fort Worth plant this year. * Compucom Systems Inc., Dallas, a microcomputer dealer, has completed the acquisition of Computer Factory Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., for $38 million.

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Layoffs at G.E.

Date: 01 May 1991

AP

The General Electric Company said its jet-engine division would lay off 1,800 people, including 1,000 who worked on its losing bid to supply engines to the Air Force's newest jet fighter. The layoffs had been expected since last week, when the Pentagon chose Pratt & Whitney Inc. to supply engines for the Advanced Tactical Fighter. The layoffs represent about 5 percent of the work force of 37,000 at G.E.'s plant in Evendale, Ohio.

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Hasbro-Tonka

Date: 02 May 1991

AP

Hasbro Inc. said it expected to complete its $486 million takeover deal for the Tonka Corporation, a rival toy maker, by next Tuesday. It said that as of Monday, Tonka stockholders had pledged to sell 8.7 million shares to Hasbro. Tonka's bondholders have already agreed to the deal. Hasbro is expected to finance the acquisition entirely on its own, probably through borrowing in the public and private markets, including a certain amount of bank debt. An equity element is "under review," the company said.

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British Sky Financing

Date: 02 May 1991

AP

The two major shareholders of British Sky Broadcasting P.L.C. said today that they had reached an agreement on providing additional financing for the money-losing satellite television network. The network was formed through last year's merger of Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting. The amount of financing and the breakdown of how much each shareholder is providing was not released.

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