Репродукција уторак, 16. јул 1996.

Perelman and Murdoch In Talks on Acquisition

Date: 17 July 1996

By Geraldine Fabrikant

Geraldine Fabrikant

In a last minute turnaround, New World Communications Group Inc. apparently broke off its pending acquisition of King World Productions Inc. yesterday, the day it was set to be approved, and is in negotiations to be acquired by the News Corporation in a deal estimated at $2.5 billion, according to several people with knowledge of the discussions. Executives at New World, News Corporation and King World were unavailable for comment late yesterday.

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THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Times and NBC in a Program Venture

Date: 16 July 1996

Saturday evenings of the Sunday issue of The Times on the new cable news channel MSNBC, the two organizations announced yesterday. "The Sunday Times on Saturday Night" is the working title of the program, which will offer features based on articles from all parts of The New York Times, including the crossword puzzle, and will be presented by reporters from both NBC News and The Times.

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THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Microsoft and NBC's TV-Internet Service Trips in Debut

Date: 16 July 1996

By Mark Landler

Mark Landler

Even as executives from NBC News and Microsoft were holding an elaborate news conference yesterday to kick off their MSNBC cable-television and Internet service, which they said heralded a new world of news delivery, MSNBC fell victim to some old-world glitches. Computer users were not able to sign on to the Internet component of the service for at least an hour after the network was switched on yesterday at 9 A.M. As a result, MSNBC's anchors on the cable channel found themselves promoting on-line features that no one could see.

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Dole's Sagging Campaign Affects G.O.P. Morale, Poll Finds

Date: 16 July 1996

By R. W. Apple Jr

R. Apple

Former Senator Bob Dole's Presidential campaign has stumbled so badly that 7 in 10 Americans -- and nearly half of those who say they plan to vote for Mr. Dole in November -- expect him to lose to President Clinton. That is one of the more intriguing findings of a new New York Times/CBS News Poll, taken last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It suggests that Mr. Dole's persistent troubles are beginning to affect morale in his party. A total of 979 people, 743 of them registered voters, were interviewed for the survey, which had a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 16 July 1996

International A3-9

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 July 1996

International A3-8

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TV Notes;Limbaugh to Fox News?

Date: 17 July 1996

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

Is Rush Limbaugh headed for the new 24-hour Fox News channel? That is what many in the industry have concluded in the wake of Mr. Limbaugh's announcement this week that he is quitting his syndicated television show. The show, which is carried in New York City on WNYW, Channel 5, would supposedly continue until September.

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TV Notes;Imus in the Morning News

Date: 17 July 1996

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

NBC's new 24-hour news channel, MSNBC, is to announce a deal today with Don Imus, the outspoken radio talk host, that will bring his program to the cable channel live each morning. Mr. Imus, who often has guests from the world of politics, is a particular favorite of other members of the media. He is to continue the show he has always done, with MSNBC cameras in his radio studio.

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COMPANY NEWS;INTERAMERICAS ACQUIRES COMPANIES IN ECUADOR

Date: 17 July 1996

Dow Jones

Dow Jones

The InterAmericas Communications Corporation agreed yesterday to acquire 52.6 percent of Conecell S.A., a cellular phone company in Ecuador, for a total of about $100 million of cash, notes and common stock. InterAmericas, a telecommunications company based in Key Biscayne, Fla., also plans to acquire 52.6 percent of Conecell's sister company, Corptilor, which provides paging services to more than 1,200 subscribers in Ecuador. Conecell has about 30,000 subscribers in its network area.

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COMPANY NEWS;ORACLE TO DISCUSS DETAILS ON INTRANETS

Date: 16 July 1996

The Oracle Corporation plans to provide details today about its strategy for software that would allow corporations to build intranets, following both the Microsoft Corporation and the Netscape Communications Corporation. Based on Internet technology, intranets permit corporations to distribute information more efficiently to employees and to build corporatewide messaging and conferencing systems. Oracle executives said the company, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., had an advantage in such areas as the distribution of video and text retrieval as well as database retrieval and transaction processing. Computer-industry analysts believe that the market for corporate intranets will be at least as lucrative as the current Internet market.

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