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Wall Street does appear pleased. Times Mirror stock has risen more than 20% since the first layoffs were announced, and more than 50% since Willes was named ceo. "Ultimately, the business of journalism is still a business," notes Doug Arthur, a publishing analyst at Morgan Stanley. "Companies exist to make money and reward shareholders." The question is whether newspapers will be able to reward shareholders and readers at the same time...
...very smart guy," Stephanopoulos says of Morris, "and a good friend of the President." So smart, in fact, that Morris is considered the top candidate to be the re-election campaign's senior strategist. Other Morris allies have the inside track on top campaign slots, including pollster Doug Schoen, who worked for Ross Perot in 1992, and media consultants Frank Greer and Bob Squier...
...Laybourne, president of Nickelodeon, the innovative children's cable channel, isn't shy about tooting her network's horn: "It would be dishonest of me not to say that I think we helped change the landscape of children's television." True, but the landscape even on Nickelodeon is mixed. Doug is sweet, but Rugrats is frightening. Even the good about Clarissa Explains It All is undone by Ren & Stimpy...
Time Warner fired Doug Morris, the head of its embattled domestic music operations, amid a campaign by GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole and others againstthe firm's distribution of rap and alternative music with violent lyrics. Michael Fuchs, recently named as chairman of Warner's worldwide music division, dismissed Morris and took over the domestic role himself. Morris' departure follows that of Fuchs' predecessor, Robert Morgado. The U.S. music division includes the Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic and Elektra labels...
...much as we complain about the cost of textbooks, the textbook business is not terribly profitable," says Doug Ulene, a Coop director in 1988-89 and a 1989 Harvard Law School graduate...