Table of Contents
Week of 12/09/1992

Articles

NABET, CWA ink merger

 

Bloom, Dekom puts Cook's name on door

 

MCA Discs heads for record year

 

Helmer Lynn inks exclu TV deal at Col

 

Sundance skeds four world bows

 

CORRECTION

 

Sajak signed as 'Variety '92' host

 

NBC confirms CBS' Letterman bid

 

ABC tops CBS in Nielsens

 

H'w'd Supports marks 1st anniversary

 

Sayles puts on int'l hat for 'Secret'

 

Disney to roll telepix for ABC

 

Flat future for CapCities

 

Pre-buyout assessment of MGM concealed, bank says

 

ComEnt signs intent letter to buy Va.'s Metro Bank

 

Arb greenlights pocket meter

 

Cathedral tries PPV in all its 'Glory'

 

Jacksons' destiny bound for Vegas' bright lights

 

Both parties drop claims in Lampoon logo case

 

Nat'l Cat Society taking KABC cat fight to court

 

Janklow aids Columbia professorship

 

Video Briefs

 

Marcus won't take Viacom slot

 

Halperin back to Skouras

 

New World forms two new kidvid banners

 

Menendez bros. indicted by grand jury

 

Nitery R&B Live headed for TV

 

Births

 

Gospel singer sues Hammer

 

Rolling Stone CD set to feature 110 songs

 

U.S. judge dismisses 'Daisy' plagiarism suit

 

Phone patrons may choose seats

 

Superheroes home in on Hollywood

 

'Death' big in U.K.

 

Marvel characters holding attraction for filmmakers

 

New Regency ups Fischer to VP

 

Gary Mascaro

 

Charlie Williams

 

ITV web budget set at $ 824 mil

 

Carlton sees year-end growth

 

RTL 2 shares redistributed

 

Rather: Somalia a harsh reality

 

Short Takes

 

Exec Shuffle

 

The NBC curse: first Letterman, then 'Cheers'

 

Troops in place, so anchors away

 

Actor Gardenia dies at age 71

 

Support grows for Colorado boycott

 

Cox's Calif. News delayed again

 

MacCurdy prexy WB Animation

 

'Jackie Thomas' slips a bit

 

CapCities shares continue on a roll

 

TW'S bottom-line workout

 

Exec Shuffle

 

6 Spelling insiders buy shares in the company

 

Carmike applies to NYSE

 

BET reports earnings hike

 

CBS to push prod'n facilities at Expo

 

Annie software getting Metrolight's big guns

 

Video Briefs

 

Hank Worden

 

Ina Souez

 

Valentine Edward Monaghan

 

Percy Herbert

 

Robert Decker

 

Paula Corday

 

Michael J. Firmature

 

Felix Jackson

 

Virginia Peck

 

Joseph B. Dratch

 

Granada: All the jobs fit to cut

 

Ad revs up 23% at French webs

 

Oz webs seeing growth after a sluggish period

 

ITV goes on buying spree in L.A. trip

 

'Trek,' 'Wheel' tie in syndie ratings

 

Pacific Arts taps Hamill CFO

 

DCC, Minidisc sales start slowly at area retailers

 

Hitched

 

H'wood Entertainment museum on sked for '95

 

Florida film commission goes private

 

Max Factor won by Heritage

 

PPV pans for gold in niche p'gramming

 

CORRECTION

 

Brooks, U2 lead Billboard popularity nods

 

Badagliacca upped to VP at Par

 

Smugglers vs. CNN: Plane talk for Somalia

 

Sikes' words disarm guests

 

Short Takes

 

WB Intl. Ups Speare to admin VP

 

That was the year that was: A wrap song for '92

 

Births

 

FCC to levy Stern fines

 

Troop landing lifts CNN ratings

 

Gordon dumps 'Mrs.'

 

Wayans reportedly ending Fox pact

 

Bond battle settled for MGM, Danjaq

 

AFMA exex get pact extensions

 

Apple presenters set

 

Wolfe pilots N.Y. 'Angels' ' flight

 

Silverman ankling DV

 

October lands U.S. rights to 'Un Coeur'

 

Orion, Image extend pact

 

Act III to buy up shares

 

Cablers warned against rate hikes

 

Financial Briefs

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Sales start strong for CPT's 'Ricki'

 

Tropicana to sponsor 'Nemo'

 

Court TV to fight Allen's appeal against coverage

 

CBS' Dr. Arnot examines Somalia

 

Births

 

'Leno' posts big Nielsen numbers

 

Fox confirms Wayans out of 'Color'

 

Ground broken for Disney Hall

 

Hearing skedded on Fox lot plans

 

DeBitetto sr. biz affairs VP at Touchstone, Disney

 

ShowBiz Expo East exhibitors up 30%

 

Thelma Orloff

 

Franco Franchi

 

Posner still refuses to step down

 

Parretti added in bank's state suit

 

Jones Fox's sr. publicist

 

Short Takes

 

Diller's back with QVC stake

 

TriStar ponies up $ 1 mil for 'Him'

 

Disney inks conditional hockey deal

 

Sheinberg settles SEC suit

 

Henson leaving Warners

 

Quinn, Howar, Fleming to join Sajak on Variety spec

 

NBC weighs 'Seinfeld' move

 

Filmmakers blast Acad's short cut

 

Dallas deep-sixes censorship law

 

CLARIFICATION

 

CORRECTION

 

Suit seeks Bullwinkle vid royalties

 

Wring out the old: Reel wrap-up of '92, Part II

 

CORRECTION

 

Streisand ends confusion, endorses Colorado boycott

 

SAG and AFTRA again discussing merger

 

Big Three webs agree on TV violence rules

 

Saban staffs syndie wing, works up its product slate

 

Peters bids adieu to New World

 

Rabin to join MCP in VP post

 

Korn named prexy, Westinghouse B'cast

 

TW Liquid strategy gels

 

HSN earnings drop 55%

 

Album Spotlight; McEntire dials 'Call' album

 

'Copy' replaces 'Bet' in Gotham

 

Sunbelt wins $ 1 mil in cable case

 

Diane Varga

 

FTC: No harm in product promos

 

Royalty system amended

 

Short Takes

 

'Story' ends as CNBC shuffles schedule

 

'Bodyguard' big, 'Alone' at home at overseas B.O.

 

International Briefs

 

'Children' Euro pic of year

 

HWPC picks Madonna for Sour Apple nod

 

L.A. Crix crown Clint

 

Madonna faxes Roth her wrath

 

'Good Men' great with $16 mil bow

 

ABC Ent. expected to up Harbert

 

IndieProd pacts with JSB, TriStar for distrib'n, prod'n

 

Rudin moving to TriStar

 

VJN in talks with investors

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Christmas cheery; Sunset to get Blues

 

When it comes to film budgets, mum's the word

 

Gotham goes down the (storm) drain

 

Surplus cash works while companies wait

 

Furano named prexy of new Sony Signatures arm

 

Par bows high Tech Group

 

Streisand, Sony in pic/music pact

 

ABC confirms Harbert

 

CTHV pitching 'League' in Feb.

 

Kerkorian, Barbakow say Bond suit settled

 

CORRECTION

 

BVP Intl. ups Simon to sr. VP

 

H'w'd nears virtual reality

 

Touchstone bows TV pic

 

IBM sponsors Lab project

 

L.A. filming up in November

 

H'w'd Pix shores up 'London'

 

SPE passes on buying L.A. Lakers

 

Financial Briefs

 

Prism posts 88% net income rise

 

NHI to sell majority of NVT equity interest

 

'Game' packs houses in stormy N.Y., windy L.A.

 

Jolly B.O. tops '92 holiday tree

 

Nelson moves to Gramercy

 

Births

 

George Newell

 

MCA/U ups Kairey sr. VP

 

ABC buyout offers prepped

 

Spain establishment fears new bank growing too fast

 

Rim Film to sell Asian pix

 

East German b'casting's assets sold

 

BBC's Powell shifts to Carlton's drama arm

 

Developer buys French studio

 

Non-EC Swiss pix face crisis

 

Viacom buys 'Stolen' telepic

 

Canada hands out Gemeaux Awards

 

Disney investments flying high

 

Clifford ankles Interscope for pact with Kushner-Locke

 

Siegel new TNT exec VP, taking over Miller chores

 

ACLU joins boycott of Colorado

 

Family films head FAB awards

 

One who'd be proud to carry ACLU's card

 

Hamilton Prods. sues Lorimar for distrib fees

 

Davis says no to Kaplan on Roth's 'Angie, I Says'

 

Short Takes

 

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