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Date: 19 December 1994
By Andy Meisler
Andy Meisler
New York 1 News, the 24-hour local cable channel that has been in existence since September 1992, has not yet turned a profit. Neither has any similar enterprise in the United States. But a small and encouraging new source of revenue has materialized for the channel, which is owned by Time Warner Inc. and is available to 1.3 million cable subscribers in the five boroughs of New York City.
Date: 18 December 1994
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
I USED TO HATE hearing about the "war" against drugs, and as executive editor tried to discourage that metaphor in The Times. But the politicians won the battle of the cliche even as they were losing the war. The "war" term appeared in this newspaper only 16 times in all of 1981, but 66 times in 1987 and 511 times in 1989, after President Bush promised at his inaugural, "Take my word for it, this scourge will stop." Well, it didn't, and we're down to about 100 mentions in each of the Clinton years, a mere twice a week. And now I'm sorry, for it's time the media began to cover the war on drugs as a war -- the way they covered the last war that America lost. The better newspapers are portraying the drug quagmire the way they once portrayed the quagmire in Vietnam. Dispatches from the front find cops risking life and limb to drag in users and dealers, but just as many stalk the streets the next night. The brass that's bragging about progress and calling for still more troops, weapons, prisons and money must be smoking something.
Date: 19 December 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viacom Inc. will invest $418 million (Canadian), or about $300 million (United States), in Canada to secure Government approval of its bid to take over the Canadian businesses of Paramount Communications Inc. and the Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation. Viacom will invest the money in "cultural industries over a period of almost six years," said John Manley, the Industry Minister.
Date: 19 December 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
With only three more bidding days before Christmas, competitors in the Government's largest auction of the airwaves are still keeping their checkbooks close to their vests. The leading bids by 28 telecommunications companies for new wireless phone licenses advanced another $84 million today, to $1.12 billion. But that leaves the total after two weeks of bidding at only a fraction of the $10 billion to $20 billion the Government is hoping to gain from the auction.
Date: 18 December 1994
I share Max Frankel's concern that Americans will become more isolationist as a result of commercial television networks' failure to cover world news (Word & Image: "The Shroud," Nov. 27). But there is hope for the true world-news junkie. I found an alternative to television many years ago -- the shortwave radio. Recently, I've been rewarded with top-flight reporting on Bosnia by way of Canada, Germany and Austria. I can listen to stations in 30-plus nations (in English) in a week and get breaking news and follow-ups to old stories that the commercial networks often miss. JOHN E. KRAFT Las Vegas, Nev.
Date: 19 December 1994
An article on Dec. 8 about a teaching assignment on journalistic ethics at the University of California at Berkeley for Jeffrey Masson, the former psychoanalyst and Freud scholar, referred incorrectly to the course in which he will take part next semester. The course is not required; it is on a list of six classes from which each student must select two.
Date: 18 December 1994
International 3-25 FROM SEPARATISTS, DEFIANCE The people of a separatist republic whose capital was surrounded by Russian troops seemed largely defiant, as they have for 300 years of Russian rule, even as they faced an invasion or bombing. 1 RUSSIA SETS A DEADLINE Russia said it would restore order in a breakaway region, using all necessary means, if its fighters did not lay down their arms by midnight; Russian forces continued to press toward the capital. 22
Date: 19 December 1994
International A3-13 RUSSIAN TROOPS ADVANCE Russia said that no envoy would be sent to the capital of a separatist region to negotiate with its leader, and Russian troops were advancing toward the capital, but were meeting strong resistance. A1
Date: 18 December 1994
There is more bad news for travelers who smoke, and more good news for those who do not. Delta Air Lines said that on Jan. 1 it would ban smoking on all its flights worldwide, making it the first United States carrier to do so. In addition, the United States, Canada and Australia have signed an agreement to prohibit smoking on flights among the three countries, starting March 1.
Date: 18 December 1994
By Edmund L. Andrews
Edmund Andrews
MEET the Willards. For at least one day last week, they were America's most popular TV family. Obviously chosen for their wholesomeness in the TV tradition of the Nelsons, Cleavers and Bradys, the Willards sat in a model house that Time Warner Inc. called "the home of the 21st century" and described their glimpse into television's future.