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Times Mirror Co. appointed new top executives at two of its newspapers Thursday. Michael J. Davies, currently editor, publisher and chief executive at the Hartford Courant, will succeed Reg Murphy as publisher and chief executive of the Baltimore Sun. Raymond A. Jansen Jr., the Hartford paper's senior vice president and general manager, will become the publisher and chief executive of the Courant. Michael E. Waller, 49, the Courant's executive editor, will become editor.

Times Mirror Co. appointed new top executives at two of its newspapers Thursday. Michael J. Davies, currently editor, publisher and chief executive at the Hartford Courant, will succeed Reg Murphy as publisher and chief executive of the Baltimore Sun. Raymond A. Jansen Jr., the Hartford paper's senior vice president and general manager, will become the publisher and chief executive of the Courant. Michael E. Waller, 49, the Courant's executive editor, will become editor.

The Los Angeles-based company said it signed a letter of intent to sell the system in the Connecticut city to United Cable Television, Denver. The sale, for $61.5 million cash, requires approval of state and federal regulators and the companies' respective boards. Times Mirror's cable unit said last November that it would sell the 60,000-subscriber system as part of a settlement of a four-year legal battle.

Judy Kallet, vice president of production and technology at the Hartford (Conn.) Courant newspaper, will join the Los Angeles Times in the new position of senior vice president and chief information officer, announced Richard T. Schlosberg III, The Times' publisher and chief executive officer. Kallet will be responsible for creating integrated and effective information technology systems in support of Times Mirror Co.

They say they can win a reparation lawsuit. But first they must figure out a few details: Whom to sue. On whose behalf. In what court. And on what legal theory. Nine top class-action and civil-rights lawyers--including men who have won huge settlements against the tobacco industry and the maker of the fen-phen diet drugs--have met several times over the last few months to plot strategy. They face several challenges. First, there's the statute of limitations. Slavery ended 135 years ago.

Times Mirror Co. on Tuesday reported a $299-million third-quarter loss and predicted a fourth-quarter loss, citing costs associated with a previously announced restructuring program that includes the reduction of 2,200 jobs, newspaper closings and other cost-cutting actions. The loss was expected as part of a sweeping effort initiated by new Chief Executive Mark H.

Years before he allegedly shot actress Lana Clarkson in the mouth, legendary music producer Phil Spector angrily declared that women "all deserve a bullet in their heads," a former security guard testified Monday. The testimony dealt a quick blow to Spector's defense on the day it was to resume its battle -- after a weeklong holiday break -- to clear Spector, 67, of the charge he murdered Clarkson, 40, in his Alhambra mansion on Feb. 3, 2003.

Out on the World Wide Web recently, one of those advertising banners caught my eye. "You are in the publishing industry," it said. "Click to find out how we know." Seeing as I am, in fact, in the publishing industry, this struck me as pretty amazing. How did they know it was me? So I did the only thing I could think of. I clicked. Behind that banner was DoubleClick, an Internet advertising consultant with one of the most powerful--and disconcerting--approaches yet to online selling.

WASHINGTON — The hurdles aren't over for Tribune Co., which still must get regulatory approval before it can emerge from bankruptcy protection. Once the federal judge issues his final order confirming the company's reorganization plan, expected in days, the new owners must persuade the Federal Communications Commission to transfer the Chicago media company's 24 broadcast TV and radio station licenses to them. Because Tribune owns newspapers and broadcast stations in several markets, including Los Angeles, Chicago and South Florida, the FCC must grant waivers from its restrictions on ownership of multiple media outlets in the same city.

Citing a continuing need to protect the confidentiality of the government's ongoing Pentagon fraud investigation, a federal judge in Los Angeles Thursday denied requests from the Los Angeles Times and other media companies to unseal warrants and affidavits for searches at four Southern California locations. The decision by U.S. District Judge David V. Kenyon overturned a ruling by a federal magistrate, who had said the public has a right to know details of the investigation.

In a move that may strip Orange County of its professional football team and diminish its growing reputation as a thriving sports market, the Los Angeles Rams took the first formal step Tuesday toward a possible move from Southern California. The Rams hand-delivered a letter of intent and a $2-million non-refundable check to City Hall in the morning, exercising a 15-month escape clause in their 30-year stadium lease. The Rams have until Aug.