Al Gore as News Breaker, Not News Maker
Date: 18 November 1999
By Kevin Sack
Kevin Sack
Special report, Looking Back, examines journalistic career of Vice Pres Al Gore, Democratic candidate for president, prior to entering politics; Gore is reminding voters he had life before politics and is turning to distant career to provide sheen of authenticity to otherwise uninterrupted biography; regularly mentions newspapering endeavors in campaign speeches, referring collectively to time at The Tennessean, as Army reporter and as copy boy at New York Times; journalistic career began as Harvard undergraduate in 1967, when he spent two summer months as copy boy for Times, where he received 'outstanding' reviews for his work; spent five-month tour of duty in Vietnam as Army reporter; later worked for The Tennesean, Nashville's once-muckraking morning newspaper as investigative reporter, where he was known more for industriousness and difficulty in meeting deadlines than for grace of writing; some of his early articles, mostly about local issues, show he was serious young reporter with compassionate eye; photos (M)
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Leading Media Companies Forming Joint Web Venture
Date: 18 November 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Unusually broad news-sharing arrangement is bringing together some of nation's leading media companies in venture to share news reports on their Web sites; announcement is made by major subsidiaries of NBC News, MSNBC and Washington Post Co and represents one of most significant developments in media alliances responding to challenge of attracting audiences in narrowcasting era of cable TV and Internet; many details remain unsettled; but executives of news organizations say journalism of Washington Post, NBC News, Newsweek and MSNBC will be available on MSNBC.com, Washingtonpost.com and planned new site, Newsweek.MSNBC.com; WRC-TV in Washington, which is owned by NBC, will share news reports with each other on their respective online outlets; advertising revenue from collaborative ventures will be shared; New York Times has been exploring ventures with other news outlets, like ABC; Bill Keller managing editor of The Times, comments; New York Times also holds 6.3 percent stake in TheStreet.com, another financial news site (M)
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High School Students Learn About Freedom of the Press
Date: 17 November 1999
By Jodi Wilgoren
Jodi Wilgoren
Jodi Wilgoren, in Lessons column, notes that student editors of Freeport High School newspaper Flashings are on strike over firing of longtime adviser Ira J Schildkraut; drawing (M)
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Angry Press Debate at Hofstra Over Ad Doubting Holocaust
Date: 17 November 1999
By Katherine E. Finkelstein
Katherine Finkelstein
Hofstra University students, faculty members and leaders of campus Jewish organizations assail editors of student newspaper for running 27-page advertisement that casts doubt on Holocaust's existence; ad's creator, Bradley R Smith, had offered it to student newspapers across country, but Hofstra's is believed to be only one to have published it; photo (M)
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VERTICALNET TO ACQUIRE NECX EXCHANGE
Date: 17 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
VerticalNet Inc acquires Necx Exchange LLC for $105 million in cash and stock (S)
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HORACE MANN EDUCATORS WILL NOT SEEK BUYER
Date: 18 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Horace Mann Educators Corp decides against trying to find buyer for company (S)
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ACCRUE TO ACQUIRE NEOVISTA FOR $140 MILLION
Date: 18 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Accrue Software Inc acquires NeoVista Software Inc for about $140.3 million in stock (S)
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KIMBERLY-CLARK AGREES TO BUY SAFESKIN
Date: 18 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kimberly-Clark Corp acquires Safeskin Corp for about $850 million to add sales of disposable medical gloves to its expanding health care products business (S)
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CASUARINA CAYMAN MAKES OFFER FOR LODGING CHAIN
Date: 17 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lodgian Inc is approached with takeover offer of more than $181 million by Casuarina Cayman Holdings Ltd (S)
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FORTUNE BRANDS PAID $100 MILLION FOR 2 ACQUISITIONS
Date: 17 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fortune Brands Inc paid $100 million for Boone International Inc and NHB Group in October (S)
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