Word: radioing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Asia has a new killing field--East Timor. After a majority of the population voted for independence from Indonesia Aug. 30, pro-Jakarta militiamen rampaged through the territory, killing, burning and looting with impunity. Priests and nuns were among those singled out for execution last week as shops, churches, radio stations and clinics were torched. The Roman Catholic humanitarian agency Caritas said "a large part" of the 40-member Caritas team, "has been murdered." Some 200,000 people--about a quarter of the population--have fled the territory. By the end of the week, the militias seemed to be withdrawing...
...Karmazin, 56, wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and red tie, wants you to believe. And when this former radio-advertising salesman who worked his way through Pace College tells you he didn't need to make this $70 billion deal to merge CBS with Viacom, for a moment you actually believe him. It's the way he leans into what he says and his disarming, wide-toothed smile and how hard he works to make you like him. That's how he does it. And in part, that's how he got to this corner-office suite with...
...last week the opportunity to pair the largely fuddy-duddy CBS assets--broadcast television, radio and outdoor advertising--with Viacom's hipper, younger, cable and movie-studio properties--MTV, VH-1, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures--was a deal too good for Karmazin not to persuade Redstone to believe in. "Look, we didn't need a studio," Karmazin says, smiling. "But nobody in the world can tell me it's a bad idea to have...
...Viacom comprises a panoply of media, ranging from talk radio to roadside billboards and including just about anything and everything that can carry or broadcast an advertisement. That's what has Wall Street applauding the deal. "It will be a one-stop shop," says PaineWebber analyst Chris Dixon. "Ad buyers can come to them for TV time, billboards, radio ads." CBS has also developed a significant Internet presence. That kind of concentration will give Viacom pricing power too. Dixon, like most analysts, forecasts 18% to 20% increases in cash flow to $5 billion in 1999, and combined revenues above...
...time.com/personal for more on home buying. Dan is a regular on CNNfn TV and BNN radio when he's not at his neighbors...