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15th of February 1996 News
Wiadomości, które pojawiły się na pierwszej stronie New York Times 15 lutego 1996 roku
To Shore Up Ratings, '60 Minutes' Will Cover Breaking News Stories
Date: 15 February 1996
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
CBS's longest-running and most popular program, "60 Minutes," will switch to a new format in the next few weeks that adds coverage of breaking news stories and weekly commentary by a corps of columnists, including Molly Ivins, Stanley Crouch and P. J. O'Rourke. The program will also be videotaped every Sunday instead of every Friday, as it always had been, to move as close as possible to the time the program is broadcast, Sunday evenin's at 7. "60 Minutes" will also offer new stories 52 weeks a year, abandoning its practice of relying on repeats in the summer months, said Don Hewitt, the show's executive producer and creator, who announced the changes yesterday.
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THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Turner Broadcasting Planning A Sports News Cable Channel
Date: 16 February 1996
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Turner Broadcasting System Inc. plans to create a 24-hour-a-day sports news cable channel by the end of the year, a Turner executive said yesterday, one that would combine elements of the Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated magazine. The Turner board of directors is to vote on the planned channel at its scheduled meeting today, the executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, and the sports channel is "very high on the agenda."
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Chief Resigns At On-Line Joint Venture
Date: 16 February 1996
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Scott Kurnit resigned yesterday as the chief executive of News Corp. Internet, the on-line service jointly owned by MCI Communications and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Mr. Kurnit's departure had been widely expected since last week, when the company dismissed almost 200 employees. A week earlier, MCI announced that it was shifting its on-line efforts from the News Corporation venture to a rival service being started by the Microsoft Corporation.
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THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Satellite Failure May Hurt Murdoch TV Plan
Date: 15 February 1996
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
A Chinese rocket carrying a television satellite exploded seconds after its launching yesterday, dealing a potential blow to Rupert Murdoch's ambitions to offer satellite programming in Latin America. Mr. Murdoch's News Corporation is one of four media companies in a partnership that had leased space on the Intelsat satellite to offer the Latin American service. The other partners are Tele-Communications Inc., the nation's largest cable operator; Grupo Televisa S.A., the Mexican broadcaster and publisher, and the giant Brazilian media conglomerate Globo.
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Newsman Also Gave To Bush and Specter
Date: 16 February 1996
Chuck Scarborough, the WNBC-TV news anchor who was reprimanded by his station for giving $2,000 to two Republican Presidential candidates, also donated $1,000 to the Bush-Quayle re-election campaign in 1991 and $500 to United States Senator Arlen Specter in 1992, according to Federal election records. In addition, Mr. Scarborough may have made a few more donations that did not show up on Federal Election Commission records from 1987 to 1995, Terry Doll, a spokeswoman for WNBC-TV Channel 4, said. "It affects our credibility," Ms. Doll said. "It was a mistake, and we recognize it as such."
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POLITICS: ON THE MOVE;For Buchanan, the Voice Is His Weapon of Choice
Date: 16 February 1996
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Much has been made of the millions spent by Steve Forbes, the publisher, to advertise himself for the Republican Presidential nomination. But so far, the most successful broadcast bombardment of the 1996 campaign has been by Patrick J. Buchanan, often from a hotel room for the price of a telephone call, and with the weapon he always refers to affectionately and with the definite article, almost like a pet.
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CNN to Carry Debate
Date: 15 February 1996
By The New York Times
The Republican contenders in Tuesday's New Hampshire Presidential primary are scheduled to have a 90-minute debate on Thursday night. It will be carried live around the nation via CNN from the studios of WMUR beginning at 8 P.M. Eastern time.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 February 1996
International A2-14
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COMPANY NEWS;LEADER NAMED FOR ABC'S 24-HOUR NEWS CHANNEL
Date: 15 February 1996
AP
Jeff Gralnick, the executive producer of NBC's "Nightly News," is returning to ABC to head the network's planned 24-hour news channel. The channel, which is expected to be started later this year, is designed for cable and other distribution systems. Mr. Gralnick, 58, will be responsible for its news content and production. He left ABC in 1993, after serving as vice president and executive producer for special broadcasts. At NBC, he was credited with leading the "Nightly News" past the "CBS Evening News" into second place in the ratings. NBC said that David Doss, senior producer at the "Nightly News," would head the newscast until a new executive producer was announced.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 15 February 1996
International A3-12
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