Freeze-Out; ESSAY
Date: 03 January 1974
By William Safire
William Safire
W Safire comment on Govt 'freeze-out' of certain reporters and newspapers from communicating with White House aides after critical or unfair article or commentary appeared in their paper; says although Govt practice is unfair and has only succeeded in making Nixon look ridiculous, media is guilty of similar action; notes incident in which CBS made its execs and newsmen unavailable to White House press aide A Snyder in retaliation of memo written by Snyder 2 yrs earlier in which he recommended that White House not make available to CBS group of people to talk about Nixon public relations operation and instead to meet CBS request by providing int with Herbert Klein
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Til Lykke!
Date: 03 January 1974
Editorial on Denmark newspaper Berlingske Tidende on occasion of 225th anniv of its founding
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Paris Newsman Is Seized is Planner of Figaro Holdup
Date: 03 January 1974
French police on Jan 2 arrest Andre Beaujard, journalist on staff of newspaper Figaro, charging that he is mastermind of $75,000 holdup at newspaper's offices last wk in which passer-by was shot and killed (S)
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Watergate Linked to Sharp Rise in News Viewing; July Figures Climb Attacks in Capital
Date: 03 January 1974
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
TV audience research experts pose possibility that Watergate revelations have been significant factor in sudden upturn in TV network news ratings during '73, after several yrs of steady decline in viewing levels; conclude that public appetite was whetted by Watergate and was further stimulated by crisis of Presidency that has grown out of scandals, including resignation of Vice Pres Agnew, outbreak of Middle East war and energy crisis; avg viewing for early evening newscasts increased approximately 5% above '72 levels for '73 overall, and sharp reversal of downtrend that had begun in '69 occurred during April-June qr, when Watergate scandal was raging and Sen Select Com hearings got under way; by end of 73 three news programs together were reaching estimated total of 43-million people an evening, compared with about 39.5-million for same Oct-Dec period in '72; audience gains accrued to all 3 networks, but NBC's Nightly News with John Chancellor appears to have benefited most, with Walter Cronkite newscast on CBS in 2d place; NBC research exec Sheldon Jacobs and vp of TV news Donald Meaney comment; network official says that decline in news audience occurred while members of Adm were attacking network journalism but that reversal of trend occurred when Adm's own credibility came under attack (L)
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NEWSPAPERS FACE BROADCAST FIGHT; Justice Department Seeks to Halt Their Licenses 'Considerations' Cited Cross-Ownership Issue
Date: 03 January 1974
Justice Dept on Jan 2 files petitions with FCC to force newspaper publishers in St Louis and Des Moines to give up their interests in local broadcast stations; opposes renewal of broadcast licenses held by publishers on ground that it 'would perpetuate high degree of concentration in dissemination of local news and ad'; petitions indicate that dept intends to oppose license renewals in other cities where competitive situation is similar; urge comm to deny applications for license renewals from Pulitzer Publishing Co of St Louis for KSD-TV and KSD-AM, Newhouse Broadcast Corp for KTVI-TV and Cowles Communications Inc of Des Moines for KRNT, KRNT-FM and KRNT-TV; breaking up of media monopolies had been under discussion at FCC for yrs, but it was believed to have evaporated as comm topic when Nicholas Johnson and H Rex Lee resigned in Dec (M)
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50 Pulitzer Jurors For 1974 Awards Listed by Columbia
Date: 02 January 1974
NY Times reporter Eileen Shanahan is apptd to panel of jurors for '74 Pulitzer Prizes in journalism (S)
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