1.   The billionaire media tycoon was said to have lost the money playing baccarat.

2.   Among those not invited to the meeting was Vladimir Gusinsky, the media tycoon who was briefly jailed only to see the charges against him dropped.

3.   Although written in Chinese, it is owned by a Hong Kong media tycoon, Jimmy Lai.

4.   Berlusconi, a media tycoon, has formed an unusual alliance in his campaign for prime minister.

5.   Berlusconi, a media tycoon, was also cleared last month of tax corruption charges by an appeals court in Milan.

6.   Bloomberg, a colorful media tycoon, looks even more likely to win the Republican ticket.

7.   But the losing consortium, led by media tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky, complained that Chubais and his privatization team had unduly favored Oneksimbank.

8.   But the political comeback of Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon and target of numerous criminal investigations, is a sign of just how deep that cynicism now runs.

9.   But to those who say Blair is too close to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, it was a smoking gun.

10.   That seemed to be underscored by a questioner who suggested that the media tycoon was part of a system of corrupt insider deals.