Surfing the Web for the News In a Blockbuster News Week
Date: 24 August 1998
By Lisa Napoli
Lisa Napoli
Traffic to World Wide Web news sites soars durin week of Pres Clinton's testimony before grand jury and when his announcement of military strikes on terrorist targets; this suggests that more people than ever turn to Web to follow breaking news stories; much of traffic occurs during office hours, when television access is limited, and many people use sites to express personal opinions (M)
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Media Talk; Time's Speeded-Up Issue Missed Some of the News
Date: 24 August 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Time magazine prints its latest issue several days early, while Pres Clinton's grand jury testimony is still fresh news, but move keeps it from covering later United States missile strikes on terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan; photo (M)
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Media Talk; In Los Angeles, It's Paper vs. Paper
Date: 24 August 1998
By Christian Berthelsen
Christian Berthelsen
Los Angeles Daily News reports that Los Angeles Time publisher, Mark H Willes, paid $40,000 to join 26-member Los Angeles Business Advisers, group that opposes giving newly created 'neighborhood councils' more power; Willes defends membership and contribution; inquiries by Los Angeles Times recently prompted Daily News to disclose its support of group seeking to have San Fernando Valley seceed from City of Los Angeles; photo (M)
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Media Talk; Fate of Journal Reporter Adds to Soul-Searching
Date: 24 August 1998
By Christian Berthelsen
Christian Berthelsen
James S Hirsch questions his dismissal by Wall Street Journal for erroneously reporting that New York Times, which owns Boston Globe, declined comment on Globe's decision to rescind demand for columnist Mike Barnicle's resignation; admits he failed to check with Times spokeswoman, Nancy Nielsen, who issued statement affirming Globe's autonomy and later complained to Journal about article (M)
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On Nairobi's Front Pages, a War of Rumors
Date: 24 August 1998
By James C. McKinley Jr
James McKinley
Even as officials release little information on investigation into August 7 terrorist bombing of US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, welter of untrue, unconfirmed and tantalizing reports about suspects and leads in case have been appearing in Kenyan newspapers; photo (M)
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Media Talk; Critic Says 2 Columnists Should 'Come Clean'
Date: 24 August 1998
By Lisa Napoli
Lisa Napoli
Scott Shugar, media critic for on-line magazine Slate, challenges American newspapers to expose their own columnists like Mike Barnicle, Boston Globe columnist accused of fabrications and plagiarism; threatens to print names of offending columnists unless they confess (S)
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BISYS TO BUY MAKER OF CHECK IMAGING SOFTWARE
Date: 25 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bisys Group Inc to acquire Greenway Corp for $47.5 million in stock (S)
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EQUIFAX BUYS BRAZILIAN CREDIT-INFORMATION COMPANY
Date: 25 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Equifax Inc buys 80 percent of Seguranca ao Credito e Informacoes, Brazilian credit-information company, for about 232 million reals ($197.5 million) from company founders John Gottheiner and Lotario Krause (S)
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KITTY HAWK TO PURCHASE SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT
Date: 25 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kitty Hawk Inc tentatively agrees to buy Southern Air Transport Inc for cash and stock; acts after Southern and Fine Air Services Corp call off acquisition plans (S)
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CALGON CARBON STOCK FALLS AFTER SALE PLAN IS ENDED
Date: 25 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Calgon Carbon Corp stock falls 25 percent after company suspends plan to sell itself and says it will cut costs, buy back shares and step up search for chief executive (S)
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