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Date: 01 September 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Group of 28 reporters, editors and journalism teachers issues 'statement of concern' about state of journalism at a time when entertainment or sensationalism is often favored over more serious news coverage; statement will be basis for eight or more gatherings of journalists around country over coming 12 months; statement is idea of Bill Kovach, curator of Niemen Foundation at Harvard University (M)
Date: 01 September 1997
By Amy Harmon
Amy Harmon
Members of group of major news organizations, which includes Time Inc, Cable News Network, The New York Times Co, Wall Street Journal and Associated Press, say they will allow their on-line editions to be rendered invisible to some Internet users rather than conform to rating system that screens material dealing with sex or violence; group says it supports open access to information on the Internet; drawing (L)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker Op-Ed column says because of death of Princess Diana, tabloid journalists will be condemned for constantly invading privacy of rich and famous, but that they will keep doing it anyway since it pays too well to be abandoned; says we have become cultural slaves to markets, and that there is booming market for precisely kind of journalism that sent photographers chasing Diana's limousine through streets of Paris (M)
Date: 01 September 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Monterey (Calif) County Herald on Aug 24 became part of Knight-Ridder Inc chain, which already owns six other dailies in San Francisco Bay Area; it is latest example of expanding trend that newspaper industry executives call clustering; concept is playing out in various markets, including New Jersey, where Gannett Co acquired Asbury Park Press and Home News and Tribune of East Brunswick; by assembling collection of dailies within a region, called clusters, newspaper chains can achieve savings on administration, production and distribution costs; they can also strengthen their defenses against competition by offering special cluster-wide advertising deals to big advertisers; map; photo (L)
Date: 01 September 1997
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
Many Britons, seeking solace over sudden death of Princess Diana in car crash in Paris, focus rage on country's ever-popular tabloids, whose enthusiasm for publishing stories about her has always been matched by public's eagerness to read them; echo sentiments of brother, Earl Spencer, who has accused media of playing direct role in her death; photos (M)`
Date: 02 September 1997
By A. M. Rosenthal
A.
A M Rosenthal Op-Ed column on death of Princess Diana of Wales in automobile accident in Paris while her limousine was being pursued by tabloid photographers; says there should be no hiding place for executives who permit or encourage press harassment unto death, for no other reason than to increase profits and salaries, and none for journalists who say they would never use such pictures but create excuses of moral, ethical and professional garbage to explain those who do (M)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman comment on frenzied, sometimes maudlin, television coverage of Princess Diana's death in car crash in Paris; reflects on allegations against aggressive photographers (S)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Barbara Crossette
Barbara Crossette
Nguyen Manh Hung, first Vietnamese journalist awarded international fellowship to report on UN, has reportedly been barred from traveling to US by Vietnamese Government because award had not been presented through Government channels (S)
Date: 01 September 1997
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
Rapid deployment of Fox Sports Detroit underscores rush to control regional sports by Fox Sports Net, a joint venture of Fox Inc, unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, and Liberty Media, programming arm of Tele-Communications Inc; Fox Sports Net plans to use growing network of local sports programming to compete with ESPN for national advertising and possibly for national rights to pro sports (L)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
French prosecutor reports body of driver in car crash that killed Priness Diana of Wales and companion Emad Mohammed el-Fayed had blood alcohol level well above legal driving limit; investigators say Henry Paul, who also died in crash on Paris expressway, had blood alcohol level of 1.75 grams per liter, or more than 0.1 percent legal limit in most states in US; police estimate car was traveling at 90 miles an hour at time of impact, or well above legal limit of 30 miles per hour; photographers chasing car at time of accident remain in police custody; face possible criminal charges for taking photographs of wreckage and victims immediately following crash, instead of providing aid as required under French law; investigators remain unable to question Trevor Rees-Jones, Princess Diana's surviving bodyguard, who remains in serious condition in intensive care; photos (M)