BUSINESS NOTES DIRECTORS GUILD OPPOSES WRITERS.The Directors Guild of America released a letter from its president Tuesday expressing opposition to a writers' demand that they, not directors, get greater credit for creating movies. DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) President Jack Shea said it was ``unacceptable'' for the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and to demand possessory pos·ses·so·ry adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having possession. 2. Law Depending on or arising from possession: possessory interest. credit as they negotiate a new contract with the studios. ``The Directors Guild will not accept any provision ... that affects what credit a director may take,'' Shea said in the letter dated March 12. The Writers Guild wants to restrict the credit, ``A film by,'' to directors who've already received it. - Daily News Maxicare gets OK for reverse split Stockholders of managed health-care company Maxicare Health Plans Inc. have approved a one-to-five reverse stock split, the firm announced Tuesday. The number of outstanding shares will be decreased to 10 million shares when the reverse takes effect March 28. The firm manages health plans in California and Indiana, commencing operations in 1973. - Daily News MiniMed debuts compact infusion NORTHRIDGE - MiniMed Inc. introduced a new Quick-set infusion set on Tuesday, the latest in its diabetes-treatment product line. It adapts existing technology into one condensed unit, and offers an automatic insertion device allowing for painless needle insertion. Danish manufacturer Maersk Medical A/S will provide MiniMed with the set, for use on its insulin pumps. - Daily News Vice chancellor takes Getty post A California State University Enrollment  veteran was named vice president,
finance, of the J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. , it was announced Tuesday.
Bradley W. Wells currently serves as assistant vice chancellor, financial services, for the CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. system at its Long Beach headquarters. At the Getty Trust, Wells will be responsible for managing, developing and administering the trust's budget and overseeing all accounting and risk-management functions. He will advise the Getty's president and trustees on all financial matters. Wells, a CSU Long Beach graduate, assumes his post at the Getty on May 1, said Barry Munitz, the trust's president and chief executive officer. Munitz was the CSU chancellor from 1991 to 1997. It is Wells' second stint at the Getty Trust. The Long Beach resident served in 1998-99 as the trust's associate director, program analysis and planning. - City News Service Ancier to program Turner networks Garth Ancier, who helped build the Fox and WB networks before a rocky tenure as NBC's programming head, was named a programming executive for the expanded Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. . Ancier will be reunited with WB chief executive Jamie Kellner, who leads an AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner-owned TBS that combines the WB broadcast network and the Turner cable networks. The merger of WB and TBS, TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , Turner Classic Movies, the Cartoon Network and all of the CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. networks was announced earlier this month. Kellner was named chairman and chief executive officer of the nation's largest television group. Ancier will serve as executive vice president for programming for the Turner networks, a newly created position, it was announced Tuesday at a WB meeting regarding new program development. - Associated Press |
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