Metro Business Briefing; LAYOFFS AT DAILY NEWS
Date: 01 May 2001
By Jayson Blair (NYT)
Jayson NYT
Executives at Daily News says that paper plans to lay off about 40 employees as part of cost-cutting effort to counter downturn in advertising (S)
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1st of May 2001 News
Haber New York Times'ın ön sayfasında 1 Mayıs 2001 olarak çıktı
G.M. Moves Closer to a Deal With News Corp. on Hughes
Date: 02 May 2001
By Andrew Ross Sorkin With Geraldine Fabrikant
Andrew Sorkin
General Motors Corp board moves closer to selling its satellite television affiliate, Hughes Electronics, to News Corp; GM acknowledges for first time that it is seriously considering News Corp's offer for its satellite business, which operates DirecTV (M)
The Unexamined Presidency
Date: 01 May 2001
By Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel
Bill Kovach
Bill Kovach/Tom Rosenstiel Op-Ed article on press coverage of Pres George W Bush says, compared with former Pres Bill Clinton, coverage has been shallow and reveals some unexpected and troubling features of contemporary political journalism (M)
Public Interests; The Children's Crusade
Date: 01 May 2001
By Gail Collins
Gail Collins
Gail Collins's Op-Ed column examines question of how media should cover White House children, in wake of citation given to daughter of Pres Bush for under-age drinking (M)
Sounds of the Georgia Death Chamber Will Be Heard on Public Radio
Date: 02 May 2001
By Sara Rimer
Sara Rimer
Excerpts from state of Georgia's official recordings of 23 prisoner electrocutions carried out from 1983 to 1998 will be broadcast on National Public Radio; they were obtained by documentary producer David Isay and Mike Mears; Mears is criminal defense lawyer who subpoenaed them after discovering their existence three years ago in course of lawsuit challenging state's use of electric chair; nation's last public executions, in 1936, recalled; photos (M)
Footlights
Date: 02 May 2001
By Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Gelder
Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe will perform traditional works of Taiwan's aboriginal tribes as part of New Jersey Performing Arts Center's World Festival IV; photo; Elaine Sciolino, New York Times reporter, is recipient of New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism for book, Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran; Thomas Meehan, theatrical composer, will help Symphony Space inaugurate its newest series, Short Scores: A Celebration of the Musical Theater; photo; Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, will examine ways in which American life and culture influenced 20th-century composers and performers at its seventh Manchester International Cello Festival (M)
Free Rides Are Now Passé On Information Highway
Date: 01 May 2001
By Saul Hansell
Saul Hansell
Growing number of Web sites that once offered goods, services or content for free new charge users; most sites offering news and information are still free, but few have started imposing fees and more are considering doing same; some examples noted; even Yahoo, big and previously free Web portal, has started imposing fees for many aspects of its service and promises many more (M)
ALLEGIANT BUYING SOUTHSIDE FOR $116 MILLION
Date: 02 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allegiant Bancorp acquires Southside Bancshares Corp for $116 million in cash and stock to create fifth-largest bank based in Missouri (S)
CALPERS WILL INVEST $122 MILLION IN SPORTS BUSINESSES
Date: 01 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
California Public Employees' Retirement System agrees to pay $122 million to J P Morgan Chase for 15 percent stake in Sports Capital Partners LP, which is partly owned by IMG, sports marketing firm that represents athletes Tiger Woods and Wayne Gretzky (S)
GENERAL DYNAMICS TO BUY GALAXY IN $300 MILLION DEAL
Date: 02 May 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Dynamics Corp acquires Galaxy Aerospace Co for $330 million in cash; also wins order with value of as much as $2 billion from Executive Jet Inc for 50 Galaxy jets and options for 50 more aircraft over five years (S)