21. октобар 1996. је био понедељак под знаком звездице ♎. Био је 294 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 29 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био уторак, 21. октобар 2025., пре 240 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је среда, 21. октобар 2026., за 124 дана. Живели сте 10.832 дана, или око 259.986 сати, или око 15.599.182 минута, или око 935.950.920 секунди.
Date: 21 October 1996
By Randy M. Mastro
Randy
Randy M Mastro Op-Ed article opposes Time Warner's refusal to carry Bloomberg Business News and Fox News Channel on its cable television network in New York metropolitan area; says Time Warner cannot be allowewd to stifle news competition; drawing (M)
Date: 22 October 1996
Editorial scores National Basketball Association suit seeking to block Sport Trax from the on-line transmission of basket-by-basket NBA scores; notes that the league believes it would diminish the commercial value of a live game or television coverage; says First Amendment does not permit a news source like the NBA to decide whether or when news can be disseminated
Date: 22 October 1996
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Indianapolis Star, to dismay of some of its reporters, apologizes for article in popular gossip column, in which reporter allegedly singled out Republican gubernatorial candidate, Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, for criticism while sparing Democratic opponent, Lieut Gov Frank O'Bannon; apology has raised question about political influence on paper's coverage by its controlling family, the Pulliams (M)
Date: 21 October 1996
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems Inc, known as Stats Inc, is appealing court order to stop disseminating scores of National Basketball Assn games through its Sports Trax, new gadget the size of personal pager, on which user can punch basketball shaped button to get latest score of game, minute by minute, basket by basket; NBA contends it should be paid for rights to transmit 'virtual game'; because of First Amendment implications of case, various news organizations have filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting defendants, contending that their devices transmit only 'bare-bones facts' of game; but NBC, which has contract to broadcast NBA games, sides with NBA, contending that line must be drawn to prevent new media like on-line services from taking away the value of live game or television broadcast (M)
Date: 22 October 1996
By Clifford J. Levy
Clifford Levy
New York City Conflicts of Interest Board says Mayor Rudolph Giuliani did not have to recuse himself from decisions involving Time Warner just because his wife, Donna Hanover Giuliani, works for company's competitor, News Corp; Giuliani and Time Warner are fighting over his plan to put Rupert Murdoch's new 24-hour news channel on one of city's cable stations (M)
Date: 21 October 1996
By Tim Golden
Tim Golden
Article examines series of articles in San Jose Mercury News, which confirmed presumptions of some Californians who felt there was link between Federal Government, notably Central Intelligence Agency, and crack trade; plot allegedly involved associates of Central Intelligence Agency selling drugs in black neighborhoods to finance anti-Communist crusade in Central America; photo (M)
Date: 22 October 1996
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman reviews PBS television program Why America Hates the Press, on Frontline; photo; also reviews program Secrets of Making Money, on Nova (S)
Date: 22 October 1996
By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
Bob Dole's sustained two-week assault on Pres Clinton's ethics appears to have backfired, with latest New York Times/CBS News Poll finding he did not improve his standing and even damaged his image among voters; poll shows Dole has aggravated his reputation as candidate more prone to attack, less concerned about addressing issues and more responsible for unfair commercials against opponent; finds Dole, for first time, has lost crucial advantage of trustworthiness, with only 49 percent of Americans believing he can be trusted to keep his word; Dole spokesman disputes findings; photo (M)
Date: 22 October 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Molten Metal Technology Inc fall 49 percent on news that reduced research financing from Energy Dept will lower its third-quarter and fourth-quarter earnings (S)
Date: 22 October 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TJX Companies to sell its Chadwick's of Boston catalogue business to Brylane LP for $328 million in cash, notes and receivables (S)