21.   Earlier this month, the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia AB said it had developed a digital decoder with German media magnate Leo Kirch.

22.   EMTV, a once red-hot German media company, all but collapsed amid revelations of improper accounting and shady dealmaking.

23.   EMI, also has been distracted by a string of failed merger attempts, most recently with Warner Music and Bertelsmann, the German media company.

24.   German media law allows people to obtain injunctions against inaccurate stories, and a publication or broadcaster can be fined thousands of dollars each time it disobeys the prohibition.

25.   German media and cultural figures continued to condemn him.

26.   German media groups feared that the competition could eventually wrest control of big nationwide channels.

27.   German media reports gave conflicting accounts over the weekend about the progress of the discussions.

28.   German media reports, though, said the incident could result in charges of abuse, resisting authority and causing actual bodily harm.

29.   He has been credited with a successful expansion by the publisher, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Holtzbrinck.

30.   He worked the second half of the All-Star game for German radio and is regularly followed around by German media outlets.