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19th of March 2001 News
Uutiset sellaisena kuin ne ilmestyivät New York Timesin etusivulle 19. maaliskuuta 2001
Newspaper Publisher Quits to Protest Profit Goals
Date: 20 March 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Jay T Harris, chairman and publisher of The San Jose Mercury News, says he is quitting his posts and warns his corporate bosses at Knight Ridder that their profit targets for financially squeezed newspaper risks 'significant and lasting harm to Mercury News as journalist enterprise'; news of his strongly worded explanation for his resignation ricochetes around newspaper industry, business that has been grappling with sharp decline in advertising revenue, particularly in larger markets; Harris's action is hailed by many journalists who believe that newspaper companies too often choose to serve their shareholders at expense of their readers; photo (M)
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MediaTalk; AOL Sees a Different Side of Time Warner
Date: 19 March 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
AOL-Time Warner executives seem to greet insensitive remarks by vice chairman Ted Turner about Ash Wednesday ashes on foreheads of CNN staff members with same sort of fatalism with which Time Warner dealt with his penchant for off-the-cuff remarks about religion and ethnicity; photo (M)
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Two Dozen Journalists Slain in 2000, Report Says
Date: 20 March 2001
Committee to Protect Journalists reports two dozen journalists were killed during 2000 while at work in in 16 nations, and that 18 are being held in prisons worldwide (S)
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Compressed Data; Shoulders Shrugged Over Dot-Com Woes
Date: 19 March 2001
By Saul Hansell
Saul Hansell
Pew Research Center for People and the Press reports that only 30 percent of the people it surveyed said they had heard a lot about Internet companies' woes, despite widespread news coverage; finds few had much direct experience with dot-com meltdown; table (M)
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As a Russian Hurries Home, Washington Is Suspicious
Date: 19 March 2001
By James Risen
James Risen
Federal Bureau of Investigation identifies Vladimir Frolov, Russian press attache in Washington who abruptly cut short second tour of duty in US, as spy who may have handled Richard P Hanssen, agency operative who has been charged with spying for Russia; officials say Frolov was not forced to leave by US; speculate departure may have been part of pre-emptive move by Russian government in anticipation of Bush administration demands that some of its intelligence officers leave (M)
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Big Media v. Freelancers: The Justices at the Digital Divide
Date: 19 March 2001
By Felicity Barringer and Ralph Blumenthal
Felicity Barringer
Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in suit by freelancers against New York Times, Time Inc and Newsday challenging sale of their work without their consent or added payment to database owner Lexis-Nexis and University Microfilms International, which puts electronic archives on CD-ROMs; writers argue they retain ownership of work; publishers hold payment for work also gives them electronic rights; historians and biographers are split on suit; National Writers Union president Jonathan Tasini is lead plaintiff; New York Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr and others comment; photos (M)
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SERVICE UNIONS MERGE
Date: 20 March 2001
By Edmund L. Andrews
Edmund Andrews
Four German labor unions representing service workers agree to merge to create world's largest union, with 3 million members; new union, Ver.di, unites unions representing government and transportation workers, bank and insurance industry employees, media and publishing and postal service (S)
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ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER IS TRIMMING 8,200 JOBS
Date: 20 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Solectron Corp, electronics manufacturer, is cutting 8,200 jobs, or more than 10 percent reduction, because demand is falling; company says net income for second quarter ended March 2 rose 26 percent, to $121.9 million; sales rose 85 percent, to $5.42 billion (S)
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DIAPER MAKER IS BOUGHT BY HONG KONG COMPANY
Date: 20 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drypers Corp, diaper maker that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2000, says DSG International's US subsidiary, Associated Hygenic Products, has bought its North American assets for $38.5 million (S)
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YORK HOLDERS WOOED AFTER COMPANY REBUFFS MERGER
Date: 20 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shareholders of York Group, maker of coffins and bronze memorial plaques, receive unsolicited offer from Wilbert to buy their shares for about $50 million to bolster Wilbert's funeral business; Wilbert owns about 14 percent of York's shares outstanding; Wilbert says it wants to buy shares directly from holders because York is unwilling to discuss merger (S)
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