Kathryn Harris

Times staff writers Scot J. Paltrow and Kathryn Harris on Monday were named winners of the 1994 Gerald Loeb Awards for business and financial journalism. Paltrow was cited for an investigative series on Prudential Securities Inc. and Harris for her coverage of the Paramount Communications Inc. takeover battle. The awards, established in 1957 by the late Gerald Loeb and administered by UCLA's John E.

Times staff writers Scot J. Paltrow and Kathryn Harris on Monday were named winners of the 1994 Gerald Loeb Awards for business and financial journalism. Paltrow was cited for an investigative series on Prudential Securities Inc. and Harris for her coverage of the Paramount Communications Inc. takeover battle. The awards, established in 1957 by the late Gerald Loeb and administered by UCLA's John E.

Michael Eisner's remarks on the EuroDisney fiasco are disingenuous and tell us more about him than about the Europeans he is so quick to criticize ("The Ultimate Team Disney?" by Kathryn Harris, March 26). If, as Eisner implies, he was surprised to find that the Europeans "didn't know what a park was," then where was his market research? Establishing the park in France, the most chauvinist country, and in that typical Northern European climate has to be considered a "big mistake," regardless of the spin Eisner chooses to put on it. That he didn't walk away from the project can simply be put down to ego. A. C. Wyett Newport Beach of the food.

After her son was shot and killed Sept. 20, Kathryn Harris was so consumed with grief she did not eat for days. "My arms and fingers are starting to take on a skeletal appearance," she said. "I can't eat and I can't sleep. And I cry." Kevin Harris, 21, had been sitting in his parked car in front of a music studio on the 3300 block of West 118th Place in Inglewood when he was fatally wounded, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital about 40 minutes after the 8 p.m. shooting.

Two Times reporters have won the 1990 Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, it was announced Monday. New York-based staff writer Paul Richter and Kathryn Harris, who recently joined Forbes magazine, were named winners in the category of beat/deadline writing for their coverage of the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications to form a giant media and entertainment enterprise. The Loeb Award, established in 1957 and named for the late E. F.

The television arms of Paramount Communication and MCA Inc. are reportedly planning to launch a fifth television network together and have approached affiliates of Fox Broadcasting to carry the programming. Fox Broadcasting spokesman Brad Turell said some of the network's 129 affiliates nationwide have been approached by MCA TV and Paramount Domestic TV about carrying the proposed programming. Fox also owns seven television stations, including KTTV-TV Channel 11 in Los Angeles.

Time Inc.'s decision to expand in Hollywood by merging with the entertainment giant Warner Communications Inc. apparently does not sit well with the Texas lumberman on Time's board. Arthur Temple, former chairman of Time's divested Temple-Inland lumber and forestry subsidiary, is resigning from the board because the entertainment business is "not a type business I can be proud of," according to a Warner proxy statement released Tuesday. "This is not to say I feel it will not prove profitable," added Temple, who controls 3% of Time Inc. stock.

Walt Disney Co. can launch its NHL team this October in Anaheim's new $103-million arena under an agreement approved Friday. The 3-0 approval by the Anaheim City Council clears the way for play by the Disney team, nicknamed the Mighty Ducks for now. The agreement among Disney, the city and Anaheim Arena manager Ogden Entertainment was reached after days of lengthy bargaining sessions.

Cablevision Systems Corp., the nation's fifth-largest cable TV operator, is talking to Ameritech and US West about a deal that could give either of the two Baby Bells a stake in one of the nation's most attractive video operations. A wide range of potential arrangements is said to be under discussion, although sources stressed that no deal with the Woodbury, N.Y.-based cable operator is on the immediate horizon. Sources said Cablevision founder and Chairman Charles F.

It was life in the fast lane at the latest student debut show by the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. For starters, the three-course meal at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel came and went with roller-derby speed. There were succinct orations from both Mayor Tom Bradley, recipient of FIDM's Award of Excellence, and Elden Rasmussen, chairman of Robinson's, who accepted this year's California First Award for the department store chain.

The parent of the troubled J. Walter Thompson advertising agency Wednesday rejected a $45-a-share bid from a British marketing services firm, but agreed to enter discussions with WPP Group, beginning today. Until now, JWT Group has resisted WPP's overtures. Industry analysts expected today's talks to lead to a merger between London-based WPP and JWT, also the parent of the Hill & Knowlton public relations firm. "JWT will go to WPP," predicted James D.