News Corp. Intends to Shed Its Magazine Unit
Date: 18 July 2001
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
News Corp is getting out of magazine business entirely; puts Maximum Golf magazine up for sale; Publishers Information Bureau says advertising revenue across American magazines was down 8.2 percent for month of June (M)
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World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: More Prisoners Freed
Date: 19 July 2001
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Military government of Myanmar releases 11 more political prisoners, including leading journalist Daw San San New who was imprisoned in 1994 (S)
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World Briefing | Africa: Angola: Crackdown On Press
Date: 19 July 2001
By Barbara Crossette (NYT)
Barbara NYT
Committee to Protect Journalists reports upsurge in attacks against news media in Angola; says journalists are being detained and interrogated in provincial cities, as well as capital of Luanda (S)
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The Reign of a Great Publisher
Date: 19 July 2001
By Ward Just
Ward Just
Op-Ed article by Ward Just, former Washington Post reporter, says aspiring publishers would do well to study career of Katharine Graham, one of great American publishers of last century; photo (M)
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Katharine Graham
Date: 18 July 2001
Editorial tribute to late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham
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After All the Dinner Guests Have Agreed, What More Is There to Say?
Date: 19 July 2001
By Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon
Julie Salamon reviews Greenfield at Large, CNN news program moderated by Jeff Greenfield (M)
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Essay; Nights of The Round Table
Date: 19 July 2001
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column in form of tribute to Katharine Graham, publisher of Washington Post, who died at age of 84; calls her journalistic giant (M)
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Katharine Graham of Washington Post Dies at 84
Date: 18 July 2001
By Marilyn Berger
Marilyn Berger
Katharine Graham, who transformed Washington Post from mediocre newspaper into American institution and in process changed herself from shy widow into publishing legend, dies from head injuries suffered in fall in Idaho; she was 84, and had been attending business conference in Sun Valley; Graham was one of most powerful figures in American journalism, at pinnacle of Washington's political and social establishment; her crucial support for The New York Times in Pentagon Papers case and for her own reporters' dogged uncovering of Watergate scandal recalled; photos (L)
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Liberties; Kay's Amazing Grace
Date: 18 July 2001
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column pays affectionate tribute to late Katharine Graham
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WELLS FARGO REPORTS LOSS ON HEAVY CHARGES
Date: 18 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wells Fargo & Co reports second-quarter loss of $87 million compared with earnings of $1.04 billion year earlier (S)
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