Media Talk; The A.P. on Line Raises Questions
Date: 14 December 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Controversy over Associated Press providing headlines and articles to on-line organizations discussed; photo (M)
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Alabama School Papers Serve Communities, Too
Date: 14 December 1998
By Bernard Stamler
Bernard Stamler
Article on high school newspapers in small rural towns of Alabama often becoming primary source of local news in places where commercial dailies or weeklies have closed; photo (M)
Sports of The Times; DiMaggio Draws Curtain of Decorum
Date: 14 December 1998
By Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column says it is good sign that Joe DiMaggio, critically ill in Hollywood, Fla, hospital, has told his doctors to stop talking to press; says at least he has recovered sufficiently to reclaim his privacy, which to him always represented measure of his dignity (M)
Historic 1974 vs. Histrionic 1998
Date: 13 December 1998
By Neal Gabler
Neal Gabler
Op-Ed article by Neal Gabler compares and contrasts Watergate scandal 25 years ago and current Presidential scandal; says Watergate was historic event covered by press, while Lewinsky scandal is media event with historic ramifications; says there was aura of solemnity during Judiciary Committee's deliberations in 1974, while current situation is frenzied, punctuated with army of scandal-generated celebrities; says Watergate manifested divisions in American political culture, while current crisis manifests not only those divisions but also American obsession with entertainment and celebrity; drawing (M)
Excerpts From Opinions by U.S. Newspapers
Date: 14 December 1998
Excerpts from weekend editorials published in newspapers nationwide on impeachment proceedings against President Clinton (M)
Outlook Is Bleak in Japan
Date: 14 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bank of Japan reports business confidence is at lowest level in four and a half years (S)
Subdued Party For N.B.A. Staff
Date: 14 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
National Basketball Association will hold its annual Christmas party on Dec 14, but because of lockout it will not be held at midtown Manhattan hotel as league did last season; it is being held at NBA Store (S)
Machine Tool Orders Fell in October
Date: 14 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Industry survey finds that orders for machine tools fell in October from month earlier as demand dropped across country; orders from companies for domestic and foreign-produced machine tools declined 23 percent, to an estimated $608 million in October from $793 million in September (S)
G.E. of Britain in Merger Talks With Several Global Concerns
Date: 14 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Electric Company of Britain PLC, which has held merger talks with British Aerospace PLC on an occasional basis since 1993, is in 'intense' merger talks with number of global companies (S)
Acting Quickly, Japan Seizes A 2d Big and Failing Bank
Date: 14 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese Government says that it will take over Nippon Credit Bank, in second nationalization of large and failing bank this fall; swiftness of Government's action surprised bank, which had hoped for softer landing through gradual write-offs of its crippling bad loans and an alliance with another lender; Government took over Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan in October; analysts say that takeover of bank is clearest signal yet that Government is serious about cleaning up banks laden with more than $72 trillion yen ($618 billion) in uncovered bad and risky debt (M)