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Date: 07 January 1997
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman NYC column discusses Pete Hamill being named editor in chief of New York Daily News; describes Hamill's first day on job; notes Hamill is experienced journalist and New Yorker (M)
Date: 06 January 1997
By Laurence Zuckerman
Laurence Zuckerman
Nation's newspapers are not taking taking full advantage of Internet's most compelling feature, its immediacy, because they do not want their sites on World Wide Web to scoop their print editions; most rely on reports from news agencies to update their sites during the day, holding back their reporters' articles until actual papers are nearly on the street; newspaper Web sites take advantage of Internet's limitless space and interactivity by posting transcripts, documents ad other supporting information about articles they have published and by playing host to on-line discussions; to date, few newspaper Web sites are profitable; but pressure is building on newspaper publishers to break down walls between their print and digital publications, or risk losing their readers; chart (L)
Date: 07 January 1997
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Caryn James reviews AMC television documentary Hollywood and the News; photo (S) y
Date: 07 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Silicon Graphics Inc says it expects to break even on operations for quarter just ended because of manufacturing problems that prevented it from meeting demand for its newer computers (S)
Date: 07 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Harbinger Corp says it agreed to buy Supplytech Inc for $49.2 million in stock and take first-quarter charge of $7.5 million to $10 million as a result (S)
Date: 07 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Enron Corp says it has acquired Zond Corp; terms not disclosed; Zond will become subsidiary of Enron Renewable Energy Corp (S)
Date: 07 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Doubletree Corp says it increased amount of stock it plans to pay for Renaissance Hotel Group, raising acquisition price more than 5 percent, to $890 million in cash, stock and assumed debt; purchase price also includes assumption of $70 million of Renaissance debt (S)
Date: 06 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese stocks are up at the midday break on Jan 6 (S)
Date: 07 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rubin Orgn purchases shopping center property-management business of Sam Zell, making Rubin one of 10 top United States managers of such properties; terms not disclosed; Zell's Equity Property and Development LP will retain ownership of shopping centers, while 500 of its employees wil join Rubin (S)
Date: 06 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Walt Disney Co spokesman says Michael Ovitz, departing president, left company on Dec 27, a month earlier than expected, and his multimillion-dollar severance package was paid then; shareholder lawsuit was filed to stop severance payment; it contends Ovitz's performance as president for 14 months did not warrant its size, said to total $130 million or more (S)