Murdoch Sees Satellites as Way To Keep News Corp. Current
Date: 16 June 2000
By Saul Hansell
Saul Hansell
News Corp, whose chairman is Rupert Murdoch, is expected to sell shares in new media company, which will be valued at more than $40 billion; company, which will use some variation of News Corp's Sky name, is expected to raise about $5 billion, and will be largest media offering in history; Murdoch wants to transform its TV business into interactive technology network involving set-top boxes, which could become hub of network linking various household devices; graph; photo (M)
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Moscow Frees Media Leader Whose Arrest Drew Protests
Date: 17 June 2000
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Russian media magnate Vladimir A Gusinsky is released from Moscow jail, four days after arrest that raised concern about press freedom under new Putin regime; photo (M)
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Mr. Putin and the Plutocrats
Date: 16 June 2000
Editorial on unfolding clash between Russian Pres Vladimir Putin and small group of business titans who control much of their nation's wealth; says Russian democracy will remain stunted as long as oligarchs retain stranglehold on economy but problem cannot be remedied by misusing prosecutorial power against them, which seems to be case in arrest of media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky; says Putin must find way to challenge tycoons that does not eviscerate freedom of press and other liberties Russians so recently won
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Pope's Assailant, in Turkish Court, Denies Killing Editor in 1979
Date: 17 June 2000
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Mehmet Ali Agca, who spent 19 years in Italian prison for shooting Pope John Paul II, returns to Turkey and denies in court that he killed Turkish newspaper editor, Abdi Ipekci, in 1979; he escaped after 1979 arrest and was tried in absentia and sentenced to death (S)
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Putin Criticizes the Jailing Of a Media Tycoon
Date: 16 June 2000
By Michael R. Gordon
Michael Gordon
Pres Vladimir V Putin of Russia says prosecutors went too far in jailing Vladimir A Gusinsky, owner of Russia's largest independent media company, Media-Most, which has been critical of government; although Putin stops short of saying case against Gusinsky is without merit, his comments raise questions not only about arrest but also about Putin's control over his Kremlin aides (M)
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LUCENT SAYS IT WILL BE PRIMARY SUPPLIER FOR VERIZON
Date: 16 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lucent Technologies, phone equipment maker, will be main supplier of network equipment to Verizon Wireless venture in agreement valued at as much as $1.5 billion; Verizon is wireless venture of Bell Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch (S)
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RAMBUS SHARES UP 47% ON LICENSING AGREEMENT
Date: 17 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rambus Inc shares jump 47 percent after Toshiba Corp agrees to pay Rambus royalties for broader range of computer-memory designs (S)
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INTERNATIONAL ALUMINUM HAS REJECTED A BUYOUT OFFER
Date: 17 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Aluminum Corp, maker om
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UNITED STATIONERS SAYS IT IS BUYING AZERTY CANADA
Date: 16 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Stationers, distributor of office products, acquires Azerty Canada, Canadian unit of Miami Computer Supply; financial terms undisclosed (S)
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EMMIS IS BUYING 2 RADIO STATIONS FROM CLEAR CHANNEL
Date: 16 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Emmis Communications will buy KKFR-FM in Phoenix and KXPK-FM in Denver for $108 million from Clear Channel Communications (S)
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