Word: merger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eating virus had got hold of the newspaper industry. Nearly every month brought fresh evidence of decay, proof that a major contraction, driven by skyrocketing costs for newsprint, was occurring among papers large and small, famous and obscure. In January the Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Sentinel announced a merger, destroying about 500 jobs--and creating yet another one-newspaper town. In March the Fort Worth Star-Telegram abandoned its all-day edition. In April the Houston Post walked off the field, leaving its rival, the Chronicle, with the run of the city. Knight-Ridder then announced plans...
Since I make my living online--at Pathfinder, an enterprise that will be working mouse in glove with CNN thanks to the merger of Time Warner with Turner Broadcasting--I thrill to any evidence that people are turning to their information appliance, the PC, when they need news fast. Like spaceships sent out to seek havens for a doomed civilization, mainstream media are trying to colonize cyberspace, but the early returns are mixed and revenue streams narrow. A few daring publishers have begun--apostasy!--billing visitors to their sites. The Wall Street Journal Interactive, for instance, announced last week that...
...more complex as the company that owns us has grown. Back when we were a small company, our reviewers could, for example, assess a book published by Little, Brown (long owned by Time Inc.) without having anyone (including the reviewer) pay the slightest attention to the connection. Since the merger with Warner, we face a lot more suspicions...
...obscenity in movies and music, and on the crusade against Time Warner being led by Bill Bennett (who ended up on our "Most Influential Americans" list this year). This week we try to do a fair and honest job of looking at the strains caused by Time Warner's merger with Turner Broadcasting and at the bitter battles and strange alliances among the growing number of news outlets such as CNN, MSNBC and Fox. We initially failed to cover the Time Warner merger when it was announced seven years ago, but we learned our lesson quickly and tried to cover...
...more complex as the company that owns us has grown. Back when we were a small company, our reviewers could, for example, assess a book published by Little, Brown (long owned by Time Inc.) without having anyone (including the reviewer) pay the slightest attention to the connection. Since the merger with Warner, we face a lot more suspicions...