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Murdoch Bets Heavily on a Heavily on a Global Vision;Despite the Risks, News Corp. Pursues an Aggressive Expansion

Date: 29 July 1996

By Geraldine Fabrikant

Geraldine Fabrikant

It was vintage Rupert Murdoch. On Thursday evening, July 18, Mr. Murdoch, the Australian-born chairman of the News Corporation, and the American entrepreneur Ronald O. Perelman lingered after dinner on the outdoor deck of the investment banker Herbert Allen's home in Sun Valley, Idaho. Mr. Perelman had wanted to sell his company, New World Communications with its 10 television stations, to Mr. Murdoch for months, but the two had haggled over price. Now Mr. Perelman was playing hardball, threatening a deal to shut out the News Corporation. "He had me over a barrel," Mr. Murdoch conceded.

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Meanwhile, Waiting in the Wings . . .

Date: 29 July 1996

By Geraldine Fabrikant

Geraldine Fabrikant

Rupert Murdoch calls each of his children "darling," but one day he hopes one will be called "chief executive." For Mr. Murdoch is not just building a company, he is building a dynasty. Already two of his three youngest children -- Elisabeth, 27, and Lachlan, 24 -- are in corporate training, working directly for Mr. Murdoch's most trusted executives. Although Mr. Murdoch contends that the News Corporation's board will ultimately decide who runs the company if he can no longer do so, and that he has made no choice, several people who know the family give the lead to Lachlan, who is being groomed in the Australian newspaper, television and cable businesses.

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TV SPORTS;Coverage Was Rapid, But Perspective-Free

Date: 28 July 1996

By Richard Sandomir

Richard Sandomir

When a pipe bomb shattered the peace yesterday morning, Mark McKay of CNN was walking through Centennial Olympic Park from the network's headquarters. He heard a blast from the AT&T Global Olympic Village that "shook me from head to toe." He ran to the adjacent Nike Park, where CNN has a studio during the Olympics, and was on the air in minutes, at 1:30 A.M., reporting a "loud, concussive explosion." Chris Meyers of ESPN was on the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building that overlooks the park, taping a boxing report for the 2 A.M. "SportsCenter," when he heard a "thunderous boom." ESPN's truck shook with the blast. Sirens wailed. "I said to my producer, 'Let's get pictures and we'll have to break in to the network,' " Meyers said. ESPN was on the air about 30 seconds after CNN, replaying the sound of the explosion.

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In a Far-Flung Empire, Some Winners, Losers and Works in Progress;For TV in China, The Problem Is Ads

Date: 29 July 1996

By Seth Faison

Seth Faison

Rupert Murdoch's empire spreads across six continents and includes books, magazines, newspapers, broadcasting, satellite televison, cable and a movie studio. The following is a glimpse at how some parts of that empire are doing as Mr. Murdoch engages in a frenzy of new expansion aimed at locking up both programming and distribution outlets around the world. Sun Yifei has positioned her television set in the center of her living room, and she usually leaves it on whenever she is home.

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In a Far-Flung Empire, Some Winners, Losers and Works in Progress;Patience, Pluck And Satellites

Date: 29 July 1996

By Mark Landler

Mark Landler

Rupert Murdoch's empire spreads across six continents and includes books, magazines, newspapers, broadcasting, satellite televison, cable and a movie studio. The following is a glimpse at how some parts of that empire are doing as Mr. Murdoch engages in a frenzy of new expansion aimed at locking up both programming and distribution outlets around the world. Nowhere is Rupert Murdoch's patience and pluck more evident than in his approach to satellites.

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SIGNOFF;Bill Kurtis: Anchor, Producer, Idea Man

Date: 28 July 1996

By Terence Neilan

Terence Neilan

AFTER Bill Kurtis quit as anchor of "The CBS Morning News" in 1985, discouraged by the nonjournalistic track the program was taking, he all but disappeared from national screens. "I wanted to climb the mountain," he says now, "but the mountain had changed."

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Bill Kurtis: Anchor, Producer, Idea Man

Date: 28 July 1996

By Terence Neilan

Terence Neilan

Interview with Bill Kurtis, who quit as anchor of The CBS Morning News in 1985 and has returned to WBBM, the CBS station in Chicago where he had come to network attention; he also heads Kurtis Productions, which produces Investigative Reports and American Justice for A&E and The New Explorers for PBS; photo (M)

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In a Far-Flung Empire, Some Winners, Losers and Works in Progress;Independence Day For 20th Century Fox

Date: 29 July 1996

By Bernard Weinraub

Bernard Weinraub

Rupert Murdoch's empire spreads across six continents and includes books, magazines, newspapers, broadcasting, satellite televison, cable and a movie studio. The following is a glimpse at how some parts of that empire are doing as Mr. Murdoch engages in a frenzy of new expansion aimed at locking up both programming and distribution outlets around the world. Four years ago, 20th Century Fox was viewed as an also-ran, a foundering movie studio barely able to compete against titans like Warner Brothers and Disney.

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INSIDE

Date: 28 July 1996

INVESTING IT /Page 3/ Single-state municipal bond funds aren't as low in risk as they used to be. By Sharon R. King.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 28 July 1996

International 3-11

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