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Cable guys

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Murdoch and Time Warner Vice-Chmn Turner engaged in a bitter conflict over Time Warner's decision to broadcast MSNBC, a joint venture between Microsoft Corp and NBC, instead of Fox News Channel. Turner feared that the decision would hurt Cable News Network (CNN), which is owned by Time Warner.

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The new establishment 1998

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Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Eisner hold the top three positions in a survey of the most important people of the information age in 1998. Bill Gates, who is worth more than $60 billion, easily exceeds Murdoch and Eisner, who have a combined personal worth of only $7 billion.

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