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...letter addressed to Associate Provost Dennis S. Thompson but sent to Rudenstine and other top political theorists, Johns Hopkins University Chair of Political Science William E. Connolly, who was once Honig's academic advisor, wonders aloud whether "back-channel communications" unduly influenced the decision on Honig's tenure...
...think a guy who once rhymed New York Post with "burned us like toast" might be a little wary about a career in the news biz, but CHUCK D of the rap group Public Enemy just signed up to be a reporter on cable's Fox News Channel. Chuck (Carlton Ridenhour) aims to snag younger viewers: he's rap's answer to David Brinkley. "Young people are not optimistic," Chuck says. "We've got to figure out ways to inform them. They're gonna be running things really soon." His first mission (he won't call it an assignment...
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...
Murdoch, meanwhile, wants to use the Family Channel as an outlet for Fox's children's programming, thus creating a potent challenger to Viacom's Nickelodeon. "Acquisition of the Family Channel would mark another step in Murdoch's drive to establish a dominant presence in production, packaging and distribution," says Steven Rattner, a media-investment banker at Lazard Freres. "It looks smart...
Robertson might actually turn out to be a more compatible partner for Murdoch. The two share similar conservative political views. And even though Robertson may be no fan of Fox programming, Murdoch would be unlikely, if he gains control of the Family Channel, to turn it into a clone of Fox. According to those familiar with his thinking, Robertson, the former minister and presidential candidate, now 67, wants to direct his resources to his religious enterprises, including Regent University, the educational institution he founded in Virginia Beach, Va. The News Corp. deal will give him the wherewithal to do that...