News With Views
Date: 20 April 2005
By Don Hewitt
Don Hewitt
Don Hewitt Op-Ed article says television networks could revitalize evening newscasts by adding on segment of personalized, highly subjective opinion (M)
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20th of April 2005 News
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Smoke Gets in Our News
Date: 20 April 2005
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column says that although patriarchal, authoritarian voice-of-God figures may disappear from anchor chairs on evening news programs, they are alive and well in Vatican, where Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been elected pope, and in Washington, where Pres Bush, Sen Bill Frist and Rep Tom DeLay act as if God speaks through them
Sports Producer Named by NBC to Run 'Today'
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
NBC names Jim Bell as executive producer of Today show, succeeding Tom Touchet, who was forced out by NBC's management, which has been checking latest morning ratings with increasing alarm; NBC counts on program to generate about $250 million in profits a year; also names MSNBC executive Phil Griffin as executive in charge of program; is expected to bring news expertise to program, which will be run day to day by Bell, whose career thus far has been in sports production (M)
2 Reporters Suffer Another Court Setback
Date: 20 April 2005
By Adam Liptak
Adam Liptak
Full federal appeals court declines to reconsider unanimous decision by three-judge panel that Judith Miller of New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine must testify about conversations they may have had with government officials concerning Valerie Plame, undercover CIA agent whose identity was first disclosed by Robert Novak, syndicated columnist; Arthur Sulzberger Jr, publisher of Times, speaking to Newspaper Assn of America in San Francisco, emphasizes importance of allowing reporters to keep their promises to confidential sources (M)
White or Black? Maybe Beige? As Smoke Detectors, the Anchors Were All Too Fallible
Date: 20 April 2005
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley column assesses television coverage of election of new pope (M)
ORPHAN MEDICAL TO BE BOUGHT BY JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS
Date: 20 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Orphan Medical, maker of products used to treat sleep disorders, agrees to be bought by Jazz Pharmaceuticals for about $140 million (S)
BEARINGPOINT FINDS ERRORS IN FINANCIAL REPORTS
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BearingPoint says nine executives will leave company and that it has found errors in financial statements spanning last two years; Securities and Exchange Commission has begun investigation into its accounting and requested documents on company's internal controls; company says it will postpone financial statements for first three quarters of 2005 (S)
MONSANTO RECEIVES SUBPOENA FOR PRICING DOCUMENTS
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Monsanto says Illinois attorney general has subpoenaed information about pricing and licensing gene-modified seeds; some of requested documents pertain to 1999 federal antitrust lawsuit in which courts consistently ruled for Monsanto (S)
AFFILIATED MANAGERS TO BUY FIRST ASSET OF CANADA
Date: 20 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Affiliated Managers Group, American company that owns stakes in money managers, agrees to buy First Asset Management of Canada for about $250 million, its first move into Canadian market (S)
ACCENTURE TO BUY CAP GEMINI'S HEALTH PRACTICE UNIT
Date: 21 April 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Accenture acquires Cap Gemini's North American health practice unit for $175 million to expand its services to hospitals and health systems; about 600 employees of Cap Gemini will join Accenture's Health & Life Sciences practice (S)