81.   Unmistakably, the media tycoons and their growing media empires were the bubbliest of such new ventures.

82.   While Putin insists press freedoms are crucial to democracy, he has been widely criticized for the arrest last month of media tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky.

83.   However, the embattled media tycoon did not wish to name a future head of government.

84.   A court in Milan opened a preliminary hearing Thursday to consider whether to bring corruption charges against former prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.

85.   A hidden microphone has been found in the offices of Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister and media tycoon said Friday.

86.   A wild card is held by the new Italian prime minister, media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.

87.   Arthurson insisted negotiations would continue but a solution appeared more likely to come from a meeting between media tycoons Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer.

88.   BSkyB, the satellite and cable television company controlled by US-Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, generated intense interest.

89.   But a local director of tourism did confirm that the family of outgoing Italian premier and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi are on a skiing holiday in the Grisons mountains.

90.   The right-wing media tycoon jangled nerves across Europe when he said Saturday he would double as foreign minister after the resignation of the highly respected Renato Ruggiero.