Critics Say ABC Opened Its Checkbook for a News Source
Date: 31 May 1999
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
ABC News is revealed to have paid friend of Columbine High School killer $16,000 for exclusive broadcast rights to home videos and other materials; ABC's Good Morning America then presented what it called exclusive interview with Nathan Dykeman without disclosing on air that Dykeman had been paid; photo; network insists payment and interview were not connected, but critics raise strong ethics issues, since paying subjects could encourage embellishment of stories; 18-year-old Dykeman was widely sought for interviews about his friendship with Dylan Klebold, and previously got $10,000 from The National Enquirer; media's pursuit of other students and parents in Littleton, Colo, recounted (M)
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Stepping Carefully in a Newspaper War
Date: 31 May 1999
By James Brooke
James Brooke
Denver Post and Denver Rocky Mountain News strive to be sensitive to victims and families in covering killings at Columbine High School in Littleton; front-page photos; two papers are involved in fiercely contested newspaper war, and editors feared that misstep at time of such community anguish would draw harsh reaction; Post is owned by Media News Group, News by Scripps (M)
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Journalists Coming Home From the War
Date: 31 May 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Television networks scale back news coverage on Kosovo; photo (S)
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The Way We Live Now: 5-30-99: Word & Image; The Pulitzer Paradox
Date: 30 May 1999
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel column calls for reforms in Pulitzer Prizes for journalism; urges provision be made for small-circulation papers that cannot compete in costly investigations with metropolitan dailies; urges some of prizes be reserved for day-to-day excellence in reporting; urges newspapers to recount, with appropriate credit and attribution, best work of other papers, holding such stories are too often ignored; photo (M)
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Market Place; Newspaper companies are setting up Web units despite a cooler market for Internet stocks.
Date: 31 May 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Market Place column reports that newspaper companies, including The New York Times, continue to set up Web units despite cooling of market for Internet stocks; graph showing that Internet stocks continue to outperform stock of traditional media companies; Martin A Nisenholtz, president of Times Company Digital, says idea is to 'reach critical mass' in on-line world by achieving maximum possible reach into 30 percent of American households that have Internet access (M)
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An Irish I.P.O. Is Smiling As a Nation Lines Up for Shares
Date: 30 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Estimated 1.2 million people out of Ireland's 3.7 million population have registered to buy shares in initial public offering of Telecom Eireann, nation's largest phone company; map (S)
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Got a Cause? Get a Celebrity; Media Miss the Point
Date: 30 May 1999
David P Rothenberg letter on John Tierney's May 27 column holds celebrity involvement influences extent of media coverage of issue
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Cricket Coverage
Date: 30 May 1999
Letter from Nidhi Tandon says there is too little media coverage of 1999 World Cup of Cricket which is being played in England
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 31 May 1999
INTERNATIONAL A3-7 At Least 9 Killed In NATO Strike in Serbia NATO warplanes twice bombed a major bridge in southern Serbia, killing at least 9 people and wounding at least 28. Reports from the scene said civilians had gathered at the bridge between the attacks to help the wounded. NATO officials said that pilots saw no civilians and that they could not confirm any casualties. A6 Kosovo Update A6 Indecision About Kashmir Talks India is still considering whether to enter into peace talks with Pakistan about the crisis along the cease-fire line in Kashmir. Pakistan's Foreign Minister said he remained hopeful that there would be a meeting ''in the next few days.'' A3
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 30 May 1999
INTERNATIONAL 3-13 New Era of Civilian Rule Begins in Nigeria Nigeria's military ruler turned over power to an elected leader, opening an era of civilian government in the nation where one in six Africans live. Seconds after he was handed a copy of Nigeria's 24-day-old Constitution and 20 years after he stepped down as its military ruler, Olusegun Obasanjo, a retired general, was sworn in as President. 1 Open Elections in Indonesia The first freely contested general election in more than 40 years is being held in Indonesia. The election will complete the transition of power that began when President Suharto resigned one year ago, following riots and student demonstrations. 3
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