Word: heldman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recalls Steve Friedman, 43, executive producer of NBC's Nightly News; today's young people "have got their own TV and their own video systems." Friedman is trying to make the NBC newscast "more relevant" to young viewers by stressing family issues and adding touches of irreverent humor. Louis Heldman, who is studying how to counteract declining readership for the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, observes that people today, especially young working women, have less spare time for news. "Information needs to be delivered more efficiently," he says, "to people who are trying to get the kids dressed for school...