Word: parts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Howard Simons, the former managing editor of The Washington Post, said that "part of the conservatism [in newspapers today], and by conservatism I mean less risk taking, is that in many cities you have one newspaper or one overwhelmingly dominant newspaper...In the old days, when you had two or three newspapers per city, if you had an aggrieved party or someone who wanted to tip you to a really juicy story...and one newspaper didn't want it for whatever reasons--political, ideological or otherwise--you could always walk across the street to another newspaper...
Council members attribute these new council stances, in part, to the ability of Lockwood and his allies to control the body's services committee--from which all but one of these resolutions have emanated...
...part of these expanding enterprises, editors are increasingly being evaluated not only on the number of Pulitzers their papers win but also on their ability to produce maximum profits. At some of the country's larger newspaper chains, editors' year-end bonuses are linked, in part, to the bottom line. Sometimes the economic pressures from the business side have a direct bearing on editorial decisions. A publisher seeking "upscale" advertising and readers may apply pressure for upscale stories, says Burgin of the Houston Post. "You write about the chic and the trendy and the jet-setters...
...strategy of the RJR board seems designed to thwart Johnson's effort, in part because it would give him and his team too large a share of the goodies. While precise details of the Johnson group's stake have not been announced, several insiders have leaked the terms. Under Johnson's proposal, 90% of the company's equity, roughly $18 billion, would be swapped for debt. He and his group would control about 8.5% of the remaining equity, which would be sold to them for just $20 million but would immediately be worth about $200 million. The management group...
Like many Californians in the fast lane, Julie Kulas believes that the good life calls for a sleek and stylish car. So when the Los Angeles banker bought a new auto two years ago, she chose a $20,000 Porsche. That was the easy part. When she went shopping for auto insurance, two companies refused to insure the sports car. Stunned by their rejection, Kulas wound up with a firm that charges $4,600 a year to insure the Porsche and her husband's BMW. Says she: "This is outrageous. We're being penalized just because we have nice cars...