Doubts Rise On Takeover Of Shipbuilder
Date: 13 April 1999
By Leslie Wayne
Leslie Wayne
Government may not allow General Dynamics Corp's takeover of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc; Sen John W Warner, chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, says it is 'less likely' that deal will be approved; Warner has criticized deal, which would put 80 percent of Navy's shipbuilding capacity in merged company; Warner's words are taken seriously, although Pentagon spokesman insists final decision has not been made; in Virginia, home state of Newport News, members of Congressional delegation have lined up against takeover (M)
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Remote Control of Cable Sports; Region by Region, Murdoch's Fox Networks Now Rule
Date: 12 April 1999
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has become dominant force in sports cable television; he has turned his Fox Entertainment unit into partial owner of all but four of nation's 23 regional sports networks, cable networks that arrange with professional teams to carry all games that are not picked up by national networks or local broadcasters; Walt Disney Co's ESPN still dominates cable sports, but now it has viable, voracious competitor; photos; chart (L)
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Gunmen Kill Opposition Publisher in Belgrade
Date: 12 April 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Gunmen in Belgrade assassinate Slavko Curuvija, well-known opposition publisher, in pointed message to few remaining independent news outlets in Yugoslavia; recent efforts by Yugoslav Govt to silence all independent media discussed (M)
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Teacher Turned Playwright Is Among the Winners of 22 Pulitzer Prizes
Date: 13 April 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Pulitzer Prizes announced; winners include: Margaret Edson (Drama) for play Wit; John McPhee (General Nonfiction) for book Annals of the Former World; Mark Strand (Poetry) for book Blizzard of One: Poems; A Scott Berg (Biography) for book Lindbergh; Profs Mike Wallace and Edwin G Burrows (History) for book Gotham: A History of New York to 1898; Michael Cunningham (Fiction) for book The Hours; Melinda Wagner (Music); Duke Ellington (Special Citation); Hartford Courant staff (Breaking News Reporting); Washington Post (Public Service); New York Times staff (National Reporting); Daily News editorial board (Editorial Writing); Angelo B Henderson of Wall Street Journal (Feature Writing); Chuck Philips and Michael A Hiltzik of Los Angeles Times (Beat Reporting); Wall Street Journal staff (International Reporting); Richard Read of Oregonian (Explanatory Reporting); Miami Herald staff (Investigative Reporting), New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd (Commentary); Chicago Tribune writer Blair Kamin (Criticism); Susan Walsh of Associated Press (Feature Photography); John McConnico of Associated Press (Spot News Photography); photo (L)
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Media Talk; Retooling Columbia Journalism Review
Date: 12 April 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Joan Konner will step down as publisher of Columbia Juornalism Review in July and be replaced by David Laventhol; Tom Goldstein, dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, says appointment of Laventhol is step toward retooling approach of Review, which is published out of journalism school; photo (S)
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Editor's Eye Is on a Prize: Riverdale
Date: 13 April 1999
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman NYC column on Bernard L Stein, one year after he won Pulitzer Prize for his editorials in Riverdale Press, weekly community newspaper in Bronx; photo (M)
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PENSKE TO TAKE $83 MILLION STAKE IN UNITED AUTO GROUP
Date: 13 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Auto Group Inc says Penske Capital Partners, investment firm led by Roger S Penske, will take $83 million stake in company and that Penske will become chairman and chief executive, replacing Marshall Cogan (S)
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Machine Tool Orders Drop
Date: 12 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Domestic orders for machine tools decline in February for fifth straight month; orders fall 2 percent to estimated $341 million (S)
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Laporte in Talks On Possible Merger
Date: 13 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Laporte PLC says it may be acquired; there is speculation that Clariant AG is interested (S)
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Lagardere Offers To Buy Radio Company
Date: 13 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lagardere Groupe offers to buy 55 percent it does not already own in Europe 1 Communication for 262.6 million euros ($284 million); price offered is 29 percent premium to Europe 1's closing share price in Apr 9 (S)
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