Networks To Cover Primaries In Force
Date: 07 March 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Article on plans by three broadcast networks and cable outlets to cover most sweeping presidential primary ever (M)
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Two Were Counted Out Before the Count Was In
Date: 08 March 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Peter Marks article on television coverage of March 7 primaries (M)
Exit-Poll Data Is Held Back To Avoid Leaks
Date: 08 March 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Voter News Service, which conducts Election Day exit polls, on March 7 delays release of its findings by two hours in effort to stop early leaks by on-line publications (M)
TV NOTES
Date: 08 March 2000
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
NBC announces that it has quit National Assn of Broadcasters, Washington-based organization charged with representing industry's interests with Congress; cites its 'continued unwillingness to embrace a forward-looking strategy'; HBO has its biggest Sunday night in three years on strength of If These Walls Could Talk 2, also its highest-ratest original movie in three years; HBO's The Sopranos also gets high rating, even though it is moved up an hour to make room for If These Walls Could Talk 2; photo; NBC's Nightly News with Tom Brokaw continues its dominance of network news broadcasts in February sweeps (M)
A Battle in South Africa Over Racism and Press Freedom
Date: 08 March 2000
By Rachel L. Swarns
Rachel Swarns
South Africa's Human Rights Commission issues 36 subpoenas to editors in investigation of racism in media; photo (M)
BUDGET ENTERS MARKETING ALLIANCE WITH HOMESTORE.COM
Date: 08 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Budget Group says it will get $64.8 million in Homestore.com Inc stock in marketing alliance that links Budget with largest Internet list of homes for sale; under 10-year agreement, Budget will get almost 1.1 million shares of Homestore.com; Homestore.com's logo will go on Budget's fleet of 45,000 Ryder and Budget rental trucks (S)
G.M. LOOKS TO INCREASE NUMBER OF SHARES IN HUGHES
Date: 07 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp to ask shareholders in June to increase sixfold number of GM Class H shares, which tracks Hughes Electronics unit, then will split stock to attract more buyers; GM shareholders will be asked to increase to 3.6 billion Class H shares (S)
ROSEMORE TO BUY OUTSTANDING SHARES OF CROWN CENTRAL
Date: 08 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rosemore Inc offers to buy all outstanding common shares of Crown Central Petroleum Corp in deal valued at about $83 million; Crown is weighing merger proposal by Apex Oil Co (S)
CLEAR CHANNEL SELLING 72 RADIO STATIONS
Date: 07 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clear Channel Communications, soon to become world's number 1 radio broadcaster, agrees to sell 72 radio stations to help win regulatory approval of its $23 billion purchase of AMFM Inc; Clear Channel will receive about $3 billion from sales; Infinity Broadcasting radio unit of CBS Corp agrees to buy 18 of stations for $1.4 billion; Clear Channel is selling about 50 radio stations in about 20 cities to companies including Cox Radio Inc, Cumulus Media Inc and Salem Communications (S)
COMVERSE TO BUY LORONIX FOR $232 MILLION IN STOCK
Date: 07 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comverse Technology Inc acquires Loronix Information Systems Inc for about $232.6 million in stock (S)