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Although the Times's rejection is the most specific to date, other major news organizations, such as NBC, ABC and the Los Angeles Times, have announced strong opposition to the idea. Though the Washington Post plans to cooperate to a limited degree, Executive Editor Ben Bradlee said last week: "We think it's not the answer to a serious problem." More typical was the comment of Warren Phillips, president of Dow Jones & Co., which publishes the Wall Street Journal: "We think that our record over many years demonstrates that we do not require help from a self-appointed...
...times the clock seemed to have stopped in 1961 or '62, the year Paar quit NBC's Tonight Show. Paar found some old home movies of John Kennedy, to which he added his own maudlin commentary, speaking in an almost eerie way of "the President"-as if J.F.K. still resided at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In the exhibitionistic '70s, Paar's notion of sly comedy often seemed notably dated too. When Goldie Hawn came on, for instance, he joked about her flat chest. Two nights later he introduced Lee Meredith, a big-bosomed beauty from Neil Simon...
When the TV networks announce major executive shifts, the sound in the background is often the thud of rolling heads. But last week's replacement of Reuven Frank as president of NBC News transpired with no audible percussions. Frank, 52, had let it be known for some time that he was tired of administrative work. Five years ago he had brought in ex-Newspaper Editor Richard C. Wald as a News vice president. Last June, when Frank made Wald his second in command, it seemed clear that Wald was being groomed to succeed his patron. With that change accomplished...
Still, the networks rarely change a winning team, and NBC News has recently had some lukewarm seasons. As a producer, Frank first united Chet Huntley and David Brinkley during the 1956 convention coverage, but the pair's breakup in 1970 left a vacuum in NBC's flagship evening news that has never been satisfactorily filled. ABC's aggressive team of Harry Reasoner and Howard K. Smith has chipped away at NBC's ratings, and CBS remains ahead in the competition. On the plus side-in prestige if not revenue-NBC is the only network running regularly...
Wald, 41, brings considerable experience to the post (at 35 he was managing editor of the New York Herald Tribune). His handling of NBC's $100 million annual news budget will get close scrutiny, both from Madison Avenue and competitors. "We'll make changes," Wald said, "but not immediately." As if to stress the amicable nature of the change in command, he summoned a quip for his first day on the job: "I plan to continue in the grand tradition of American journalism, and I'll figure out tomorrow what that...