Murdoch 'close' to $70bn merger with DirecTV

By 2001-02-07T04:17:00

Rupert Murdoch could soon emerge as chairman and largest single shareholder of the world's first truly global satellite TV empire under the terms of a tentative $70bn merger that would reportedly knit together his existing necklace of international satellite operations with those of US-based DirecTV.

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