21.   Hicks Muse has been an aggressive investor in media properties lately.

22.   In addition to Telsim, the family owns banks, media properties and companies in the cement, steel, energy and construction industries.

23.   In many media properties, though, Hicks sees the right combination of high growth, heavy cash flow and nascent consolidation.

24.   It allow local-phone, long-distance phone, and cable companies to compete freely, and ease many ownership restrictions for broadcast and other media properties.

25.   It is highly unusual for a huge media property like MCA to be sold without an auction, one participant said late Sunday night.

26.   It would also ease many ownership restrictions for broadcast and other media properties.

27.   Lance R. Primis has abrupty resigned as president and chief operating officer of the company, whose media properties include The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

28.   Landmark, based in Norfolk, owns the Weather Channel and other media properties.

29.   Lycos is presently moving to close its controversial deal to merge with media properties now owned by USA Networks Inc.

30.   Markey, the congressman, said the merger may cause lawmakers to rethink legislation that would greatly broaden the number of media properties that one company could own.