Word: postings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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March 13, 1989--Rodin turns down the post. The search committee plans to convene again and continue interviewing. Committee members say they will not offer the presidency to the remaining top three candidates...
Wilson came highly recommended for the post by Princeton University President Harold Shapiro, who appointed her vice president for research while he was at Michigan, sources said...
Earlier this spring the post was unofficially offered to Yale Professor of Psychology Judith Rodin, who later declined it. In addition, several other candidates--including Harvard Law School Professor Martha L. Minow and Duke University Professor Anne F. Scott--were seriously considered for the post until they removed themselves from consideration...
...director and eliminating dozens of jobs -- then quit after just five months. On the editorial side, the managing editor and Hollywood bureau chief have resigned, and top editor David Sendler must now answer to a new corporate overlord: Roger Wood, former editor of the sensationalistic New York Post, which Murdoch owned until last year. "There's no interest anymore in analysis of the industry or in taking a serious look at the content of TV news," says an unhappy staffer. "The watchdog role that TV Guide has traditionally played is being totally abrogated." A few exceptions remain, like last week...
...media tale: American television correspondent covering a unit of government troops moving against a guerrilla post in El Salvador keeps eyeing his watch and asking the commander when he will order the attack. Distracted commander says, "Not yet, not yet." Correspondent finally explodes, "Goddammit, I've a bird ((satellite feed to the network)) at 6 o'clock!" The leader, understanding perfectly, orders his attack immediately...