Anchor's Pay Package May Change Standards
Date: 20 December 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
News of Katie Couric's huge new salary is met with proclamations from some agents that it will set new pay standards for television news industry at large; but news execs trying to shave costs in dry advertising climate say they generally would--and probably could--hold the line; reported yearly salary of $15 million to $16 million for Couric--co-anchor of NBC's Today Show--seems to give her top salary in television news; some agents for other television news anchors say they plan to using salary to their advantage in coming months; some other television anchors' salaries noted (M)
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Broadcasts On Terrorists Win Awards
Date: 19 December 2001
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Winners of Alfred I duPont-Columbia University Awards in broadcast journalism are announced, and they include several televised reports that looked forward to events of Sept 11 with unusual prescience (M)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: China: TV Rights Granted
Date: 20 December 2001
By Craig S. Smith (NYT)
Craig Smith
Star TV unit of News Corp is granted rights for new Chinese-language entertainment channel in small area of Guangdong Province (S)
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Treason Case In Russia Ends As Defendant Stays Defiant
Date: 19 December 2001
By Michael Wines
Michael Wines
Capt Grigory Pasko reportedly makes bitter and defiant closing statement in his secret treason trial; has spent four years fighting charges he betrayed Russia by helping Japanese television network report on navy's practice of dumping nuclear waste at sea; his lawyers say charges, based on secret laws, are vague at best and unrelated to facts, interviews (M)
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BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 19 December 2001
By James Barron With Linda Lee
James With
Boldface Names column; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani parries question about just where he will go when he leaves City Hall after midnight on Jan 1; several people involved in movie The Shipping News have had or are expecting babies; director Lasse Hallstrom comments on that and on movie's sound effects; Nathan Lane reduces schedule in The Producers to six performances a week because of vocal problems; associates of Abe Hirschfeld, in jail for hiring hit man to kill former partner, plan 'silent 82d-birthday party' at Le Cirque; photo (S)
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G.E. TO BUY INTERLOGIX FOR $777 MILLION
Date: 19 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Electric Co acquires Interlogix Inc for $777 million in cash and stock, adding commercial and residential security equipment to its line of products; GE says it will cut 3,000 jobs at its GE Capital unit and will exit some financing businesses to reduce expenses (S)
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JDS UNIPHASE TO BUY I.B.M. TRANSCEIVER UNIT
Date: 20 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
JDS Uniphase Corp agrees to buy optical-transceiver unit of IBM for as much as $425 million; IBM will receive $240 million in JDS stock and $100 million cash for business (S)
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VALERO ENERGY GETS CLEARANCE FOR ULTRAMAR PURCHASE
Date: 20 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Valero Energy Corp has its $5.3 billion acquisition by Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Cop cleared by FTC (S)
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