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Date: 24 March 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
New York Daily News publisher Mortimer B Zuckerman names Edward Kosner editor in chief of newspaper and Michael Goodwin senior executive editor; Kosner replaces Debby Krenek (M)
Date: 24 March 2000
By Peter T. Kilborn
Peter Kilborn
Interviews with women who were plaintiffs in successful sex-discrimination suit against United States Information Agency and Voice of America; 1,100 women won $508 million, at least $460,000 each, in costliest sex-discrimination case ever; women say while they are ecstatic over size of settlement, wounds of being rejected for jobs still hurt; they describe pain of feeling they had failed to measure up to needs of a government they trusted; photos of two plaintiffs, Donna Woolf and Dilara Hashem (L)
Date: 23 March 2000
By Irvin Molotsky
Irvin Molotsky
Federal government agrees to pay record $508 million to settle sex discrimination suit brought by 1,100 women who charged they were denied jobs and promotions with Voice of America, agency that disseminates news and information about United States abroad; suit was brought by reporters, editors, announcers, producers and others against Voice of America and its former parent agency, United States Information Agency, which is now defunct; suit was filed in 1977 and covers period of 1974 to 1984, meaning allegations of discrimination continued long after litigation began; settlement is reached after government drops its insistence on separate hearings for each of 1,100 complaints; Voice of America is now overseen by Broadcasting Board of Governors; photo (M)
Date: 24 March 2000
By Courtney Kane
Courtney Kane
FT.Com, Internet venture of Financial Times of London, is embarking on its first consumer marketing campaign to raise its profile in US; $35 million campaign, developed by BBDO New York, features Dan Aykroyd in series of humorous television commercials, in addition to print, outdoor and online ads; photo (M)
Date: 23 March 2000
Committee to Protect Journalists issues report on growing number of attacks against press; finds violence against journalists increased last year, as combatants around world increasingly focused on reporters as unwelcome witnesses to war crimes and other abuses; 34 journalists were killed in 1999, 10 more than documented in 1998; single deadliest country for journalists last year was Sierra Leone, where 10 journalists were killed; committee reports that aside from killing or imprisoning journalists, some repressive governments are adopting subtler tactics, such as tax penalties, fines and restricting access to newsprint (M)
Date: 24 March 2000
By Robin Finn
Robin Finn
Public Lives profile of New York Daily News sports cartoonist Bill Gallo notes that at 75 he has just released his first book, Drawing a Crowd; photo (M)
Date: 23 March 2000
By Celia W. Dugger
Celia Dugger
Analysis of Pres Clinton's skillful address to Indian Parliament, during which he managed to entertain, flatter and inspire much of country's political leadership, even as he tactfully told them things they would rather not have heard--including United States's disapproval of India's decision to test nuclear weapons in 1998; Clinton seems to be making headway in convincing Indians that US genuinely wants to befriend them, and Clinton mania has seized press as well as ordinary Indians (M)
Date: 23 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Virata Corp acquires Inverness Systems Ltd for about $114.9 million in stock; Virata will pay 850,000 shares (S)
Date: 23 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nashua Corp agrees to buy rival Rittenhouse Paper Co for as much as $63 million; Nashua will pay $57 million in cash plus as much as $6 million more if Rittenhouse meets cash-flow levels (S)
Date: 24 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Prime Hospitality Corp, owner of AmeriSuites and Wellesley Inns hotel chains, agrees to buy leases of 27 Sumner Suites hotels from ShoLodge Inc and convert hotels to AmeriSuites; ShoLodge expects to receive $54 million in cash at purchase's closing and $3 million in rent payments later for 27 hotels (S)