Thursday, October 11, 2007

民主党が元アナの平松氏擁立へ

 11月に行われる大阪市長選で、民主党は12日までに、毎日放送の役員室長で元アナウンサーの平松邦夫氏(58)を擁立する方針を固めた。週明けに記者会見して正式発表する見通し。

 関係者によると、大阪府連代表の平野博文衆院議員が5日夜、大阪市内で平松氏に面会し出馬を打診。平松氏は「時間がない」などとしていったんは断ったものの、引き続き同放送幹部に会うなど説得を続けた結果、11日夜になって前向きな回答を得たという。

 平松氏は兵庫県尼崎市出身でニュース番組のキャスターを長く務めた。

 大阪市長選をめぐっては、自民党市議団が関淳一市長(72)を推薦する方向で調整に入っており、公明党市議団も最終的には同調するとみられる。共産党がすでに元市議姫野浄氏(72)の推薦を決めているほか、元大阪市立大教授の橋爪紳也氏(46)も出馬を表明している。

[2007年10月12日11時0分] 結婚率

Monday, June 11, 2007

Bancrofts to send new WSJ safeguard proposal: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bancroft family, controlling shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research, are set to submit a new set of proposals to News Corp. (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research on how to protect the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence, the Journal reported on Monday.

News Corp. has offered $5 billion to buy Dow Jones, but the Bancrofts have voiced concern that Chairman Rupert Murdoch could have too much influence over the company's flagship Wall Street Journal.

The Journal in its online edition cited people familiar with the matter as saying that Bancroft family advisers could send New Corp. a new proposal regarding a special board to safeguard the paper as early as Tuesday.

The newspaper said it was unclear if the changes would bridge differences over how to enforce rules designed to protect the Wall Street Journal's independence.

The newspaper reported that the Bancrofts are only willing to continue talks with News Corp. if an agreement over safeguarding the Wall Street Journal can be reached.

It said the Bancroft family wants to include enforcement clauses in any agreement and ensure that the newsroom of the Wall Street Journal has strong representation on the special board.

The family has talked about creating a method in which the board would have a public way to air disagreements with News Corp., the paper said, citing a person familiar with the family's discussion.

The board would also have the power to hire and fire the managing editor of the Journal, this person said, according to the newspaper's report.

In a separate article on the Journal's Web site, the paper reported that Robert Thomson, editor of News Corp.'s Times of London newspaper, has discussed with Murdoch News Corp.'s strategy for Dow Jones. Continued...