DODGERS SHAKEUP CONTINUES: GRAZIANO FIRES CLAIRE AND RUSSELL

          Dodgers Exec VP & GM Fred Claire and Manager Bill
     Russell "were fired late Sunday night when the team failed
     to meet expectations accompanying" a $57M payroll, according
     to Jason Reid of the L.A. TIMES.  Claire was succeeded by
     Tommy Lasorda and Glenn Hoffman, who managed the Dodgers'
     AAA team, replaced Russell "in the latest stunning move in
     the franchise's stormy season, its first under the Fox
     Group."  Both Lasorda and Hoffman will occupy their
     positions on an interim basis.  Reid reports that Dodgers
     President Bob Graziano "made his decision Sunday afternoon. 
     He informed his Fox Group superiors, Chase Carey and Peter
     Chernin, on what he was leaning toward Friday.  The decision
     was Graziano's" (Jason Reid, L.A. TIMES, 6/22).  The moves
     come the same day as the death of former Dodgers GM Al
     Campanis, who died yesterday at the age of 81 (Mult., 6/22).
          GOOD NEWS: In his "Heard on the Street" column, the
     WALL STREET JOURNAL's John Lippman examines News Corp.
     stock.  Lippman reports that Wall Street "is pushing" for
     "restructuring moves, possibly some kind of 'tracking stock'
     or split-up of the company's entertainment and publishing
     operations.  Yet so far there's no sign that News Corp. will
     bite" (John Lippman, WALL STREET JOURNAL, 6/22).