Word: channeler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...times have changed. Married...with Children will air its farewell episode this week, after 11 seasons. The 700 Club still has a spot on the Family Channel, Robertson's cable network, but it has been overshadowed by secular fare, such as reruns of Columbo and Rescue 911. Most startling of all, Rupert Murdoch and Pat Robertson are talking about becoming partners. Negotiations are well along--only "technical matters" remain to be resolved, according to one source--for Murdoch to buy a stake in Robertson's International Family Entertainment, parent company of the Family Channel. Although the principals won't comment...
Whatever moral dislocation it might cause, the deal makes good business sense for both parties. It would accelerate the Family Channel's migration away from predominantly religious fare toward a more eclectic--and higher-rated--schedule. That's one reason the channel, now available in 67 million homes, changed its name in 1989 from the Christian Broadcasting Network. The latter remains the producing arm responsible for Robertson's religious programming...
...discovery of a financial channel running from Taiwan to Hong Kong to Republican national headquarters may well change the terms of Washington's latest money mess. Until now Democrats have taken the hit for fund-raising excesses, providing grist for investigations by the Justice Department and 11 congressional committees and prompting calls for an independent counsel. But as Young's secret role shows, the lure of easy foreign money is bipartisan. Young's business depends in large part on Western access to Chinese markets and a secure Taiwan, objectives pushed by Republicans and the think tank he backed. That agenda...
...Harvard, Malone's peers--like Michael J. Lynch '76, a sports broadcaster for Boston's Channel 5 News who played football with Malone--say he had a magnetic personality...
...Channel Five's Lynch says that the treasurer's aggressive attacks in the name of cleaning up government separate him from the rest of the pack...