Don't Call It Journalism
Date: 14 July 1998
Editorial on 'synergy' as latest corporate grail of media giants that devour other media giants; notes 'synergy' and ethics collisions in recent months, as well as hoople over new 'media venture' being created for Tina Brown as she leaves New Yorker magazine for Disney's huge kingdom
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Media Talk; Journalists Defending The 'How' in Their Work
Date: 13 July 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Recent verdict by jury in Bangor, Me, against producer and correspondent for NBC News program Dateline NBC is latest in string of setbacks for news organizations challenged not on their accuracy but their methods; this brings to three number of pending cases that turn not on accuracy of journalists' reports but on their methods; Floyd Abrams, lawyer and expert on First Amendment, says these jury decisions reflect what American public thinks about journalism these days (S)
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THE LEARNING COMPANY SELLS A CANADIAN BUSINESS
Date: 14 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Learning Co says its Canadian unit, Softkey Software Products, sold its Canadian income tax software business to CCH Canadian Ltd, a unit of Wolters Kluwer NV, for $45 million in cash (S)
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PHYMATRIX HIRES SALOMON TO WEIGH OFFERS
Date: 14 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phymatrix Corp hires Salomon Smith Barney to evaluate offers it has received as it considers merger or sale of all or part of company (S)
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UNITED AUTO EXPANDING INTO CALIFORNIA MARKET
Date: 14 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Auto Group Inc acquires two San Diego franchises and has agreements to buy two more as it expands into California; United Auto acquires Kearny Mesa Toyota and Lexus Kearny Mesa for undisclosed terms (S)
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CHESAPEAKE EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR 2 BUSINESSES
Date: 14 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chesapeake Corp says it might sell its timberlands and building-products units to focus on its tissue and packaging products; company has hired Goldman, Sachs & Co to advise it on units, Chesapeake Forest Products Co and Chesapeake Building Products Co (S)
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NEW YORK ACCOUNTING FIRM BOUGHT BY AMERICAN EXPRESS
Date: 14 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Express Co acquires accounting firm Goldstein Golub Kessler & Co; terms undisclosed (S)
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Metro Business; PMCC Financial Hires 3
Date: 14 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PMCC Financial Corp hires vice presidents Perry Reeps, Cecile Cole and Jerry Weingarten (S)
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Strong London Demand For Coke Bottler Shares
Date: 14 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Coca-Cola Beverages PLC are up on first day of trading on London Stock Exchange (S)
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Tool Orders Rose 16% During May
Date: 13 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Orders from American companies for domestic and foreign-produced machine tools rose 16 percent to estimated $795 million in May, compared with April; figure is from joint report from Assn for Manufacturing Technology and American Machine Tool Distributors' Assn; estimated orders for machine tools for first five months of year totaled $3.7 billion, up 3 percent from corresponding period year earlier (S)
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