41.   If Hughes and News Corp. complete their deal, some media executives expect DirecTV, under Murdoch, to become more aggressive in chasing subscribers.

42.   If the media executive fled the country, Luzhkov said, he would be happy to take his place in prison.

43.   Increasingly, Turner became known as a Levin adversary who criticized him to other board members and to other media executives.

44.   Jerry Solomon, a longtime sports media executive, has been hired by the SFM Media Corp. to start a sports marketing unit.

45.   Like the managers of professional sports teams, media executives now play out their problems under a spotlight, making simple disputes potentially explosive.

46.   Many media executives said they had not expected Pittman to agree to report to his former corporate peer, Parsons.

47.   Maybe the media executives are right to be scared.

48.   Milken has worked as a consultant on corporate transactions involving media executives Rupert Murdoch and Turner, and financier Ronald Perelman.

49.   Most media executives believe that Philips is more likely to strike a deal with Seagram than with other concerns that have expressed interest in Polygram.

50.   Michael D. Eisner, the chairman of the Walt Disney Co., and Barry Diller, the media executive, were among the Hollywood figures there.