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Date: 17 April 2001
By Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair
Mortimer B Zuckerman, publisher of The Daily News, says he will bid to take over The New York Post if federal regulators require News Corp to sell it; News Corp's pending purchase of Chris-Craft Industries, which owns WWOR-TV, may preclude it from owning both news outlets (M)
Date: 17 April 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Pulitzer Prizes are announced; are awarded to Michael Chabon in fiction for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay; Herbert P Bix in general nonfiction for Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan; Joseph J Ellis in history for Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation; Stephen Dunn in poetry for Different Hours; David Levering Lewis in biography for W E B Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963; David Auburn in drama for Proof; John Corigliano in music for Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra; awards in journalism go to Oregonian staff for public service; David Willman of Los Angeles Times for investigative reporting; New York Times staff for national reporting; Ian Johnson of Wall Street Journal and Paul Salopek of Chicago Tribune for international reporting; David Cay Johnston of New York Times for beat reporting; Miami Herald staff for breaking news; Chicago Tribune staff for explanatory reporting; Gail Caldwell of Boston Globe for criticism; Tom Hallman Jr of Oregonian for feature writing; Dorothy Rabinowitz of Wall Street Journal for commentary; David Moats of Rutland (Vt) Herald for editorial writing; Alan Diaz of Associated Press for breaking news photography; Matt Rainey of Star-Ledger for feature photography; Ann Telnaes of Los Angeles Times Syndicate for editorial cartooning; photo (M)
Date: 16 April 2001
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
United States Postal Service hires Van Wagner Communications to help sell advertising space on its mail trucks, Express Mail envelopes, other postal sites; Next Generation Network signs pact for ABC News to provide news headlines for flat-panel video screens it operates at over 7,000 sites (S)
Date: 16 April 2001
By Suzanne Daley
Suzanne Daley
Prime Min Lionel Jospin of France has been contending with train strikes, layoffs, warring factions within his party and even heavy rains and flooding; strain has caused him to have tantrum in which he personally castigates two reporters, adding to his problems; Jospin is expected to challenge Pres Jacques Chirac, his longtime rival, in election in 2002; Chirac has his own problems, as each week newspaper stories bring reminder of his possible links to corruption scandals; photo (M)
Date: 17 April 2001
By Michael Wines
Michael Wines
Media-Most journalism empire, which lost control of its flagship television network NTV Apr 13, is staggered again when dissident shareholders who have taken control of company close its daily Moscow newspaper, Sevodnya; shares that prove crucial to decision are owned by state-dominated natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, as was case of NTV; Gazprom is in bitter struggle with tycoon Vladimir A Gusinsky for control of Media-Most; newspaper Sevodnya was known for its aggressive journalism (M)
Date: 16 April 2001
Study by Don Middleberg and Prof Steve Ross finds journalists around nation are using Internet more than ever before for corresponding by e-mail, researching articles and finding story ideas, news sources and news releases; finds 98 percent say they check their e-mail at least daily, up from 73 percent a year ago (M)
Date: 17 April 2001
By Benjamin Weiser
Benjamin Weiser
US Embassy bombings trial continues, New York City; Judge Leonard Sand refuses request by Sam Schmidt, lawyer for Wadih El-Hage, to approve subpoena ordering CNN to make available videotape on Somalia that Schmidt claims is crucial to defense of his client; says tape shows that others besides bin Laden's group had motivation to attack Americans (M)
Date: 17 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cascade Investment, personal investment firm of Microsoft Corp chairman William H Gates, reports holding 7.8 percent stake in Liberty Satellite and Technology (S)
Date: 17 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Jones Apparel Group will acquire McNaughton Apparel Group for $275 million in cash and stock (S)
Date: 17 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares in Sierra Pacific Resources fall 8.3 percent after company, owner of Nevada's two largest utilities, cancels its May quarterly dividend because it may need money to buy electricity (S)