MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Charges Allege False Record-Keeping: The SEC accused four ex-officers of the defunct Financial News Network Inc. with overstating the company’s earnings. One of the four defendants, C. Stephen Bolen of Los Angeles, the cable company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, was also charged with insider trading in company stock while knowing of the inflated earnings reports. Others named are Gary Prince of Oakton, Va., former chief financial officer of United Press International; Mitchel Young of Marina del Rey, FNN’s controller, and Earl Brian of Maryland, who was FNN’s chairman and chief executive.