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Date: 15 February 2000
By Andrew Pollack
Andrew Pollack
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is strongly considering consolidating all its satellite-related businesses into single company that could provide Internet service from space to nearly entire globe; News Corp is expected to control new company but could offer minority stake to public (M)
Date: 14 February 2000
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Ananova Ltd, interactive-services division of Press Association, British news agency, develops computer-generated newscaster who will begin broadcasting news from its Web site in April; photo (M)
Date: 15 February 2000
By Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell
Republican presidential candidate Sen John McCain is brandishing his relentless accessibility as main campaign weapon, suggesting that his style is part of effort to turn back clock not just on presidential campaigning but on governance, in search of more personal, less confrontational time; in efforts to imitate his hero Ronald Reagan and broaden party's appeal, he is running against controlled, high-gloss techniques Reagan as much as anyone brought to presidential campaigns; says he is convinced that some of antagonism in Washington between press and White House during Clinton years is result of restricted access and dearth of news conferences; says Presidents make mistakes when they insulate themselves; photos (M)
Date: 14 February 2000
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Investment by Flatiron Partners in parent company of Industry Standard raises questions about how magazine will cover Flatiron and other companies in which Flatiron has invested; Jonathan Weber, editor in chief, discusses potential conflicts of interest, editor's letter and interview; photo (M)
Date: 14 February 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Internet is having less radical impact on political journalism than it is having in other fields; Web magazines offer early and frequent coverage of political events, with some items posted unedited; reader-reaction 'threads' on Web sites have talk radio's visceral feel; Slate correspondent Jacob Weisberg comments; photos (M)
Date: 15 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phone.com Inc acquires Onebox.com Inc for $787 million in stock (S)
Date: 15 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Computer Associates International Inc acquires Sterling Software Inc for $4 billion in stock (S)
Date: 15 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
World Access Inc, long-distance telephone company, acquires WorldxChange Communications for $709 million in stock (S)
Date: 15 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dynatech Corp says its TTC unit has agreed to buy Wavetek Wandel Goltermann Inc for about $600 million in stock and cash (S)
Date: 15 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ChoicePoint Inc acquires DBT Online Inc for about $423 million in stock (S)