In Brief: 4Media; Express by Holiday Inn; SSN; PKO BP; Hachette

4Media Group has announced that it intends to seek a strategic sector investor. This operation is to be preceded by reduction of the firm's liabilities. In the first half of 2002, 4Media recorded a loss of zl. 1.2 million on revenues of zl. 30.1 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) ... Twelve "Express by Holiday Inn" hotels will be constructed in Poland by 2008. The hotels are to be located on the outskirts of major cities. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) ... The New Szczecin Shipyard (SSN) has obtain a new customer. A German company, Peter Doehle, has ordered a fifth ship, to be delivered in December 2003. Its construction is credited by Bank PKO BP. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) ... The Treasury Ministry has failed to reach an agreement with Hachette D istribution Services. Hence, the privatization of Ruch, the largest press distributor on the Polish market, has again been suspended. (Parkiet, p. 6) A.Z.