<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i> Jackson Gets New Producer: Adam Clayton Powell III has

been named executive producer of the syndicated television series “Jesse Jackson,” produced by Quincy Jones Entertainment. Powell, a veteran broadcast journalist, will join the program’s

staff immediately, replacing departing executive producer Michael Linder. Powell, a former vice president of news and information programming for National Public Radio, was most recently a

consultant to the Minority Television Project in San Francisco. MORE TO READ