31.   His close ally, veteran Finance Minister Theo Waigel, whose tax reform plans were repeatedly rebuffed in parliament, became a target of scorn in the German media.

32.   Ibrahim also appears to have been a friend of a man referred to by German media only as Karim M.

33.   In a joint venture with German media company Bertelsmann AG, AOL this year introduced customized services in the U.K., Germany and France.

34.   Klein is now a senior executive for the U.S. operations of the German media giant, Bertelsmann.

35.   Last week, German media reported that Siemens planned to spin off the business into a joint venture with Westinghouse.

36.   Last month, Kirch Group, the German media conglomerate that acquired World Cup rights in German-speaking countries and then stepped in to replace ISL, collapsed.

37.   Last year, a German media company was interested in investing, but Grazer and Howard passed.

38.   Lescure said closer ties will CLT would duplicate an agreement Canal Plus already has with German media company Bertelsmann.

39.   Leo Kirch has taken many big gambles in the course of building up the German media conglomerate that carries his name, and he has rarely been wrong.

40.   NBC, German media, Italian media, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times.