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...paid Manchester United, the club for which Beckham played since he was 14, a sum of $41 million for his services. Europe's leading soccer clubs are becoming true global brands. Measured by its value on the open market, United is the most successful sports franchise in the world; Rupert Murdoch tried and failed to buy the club for $1 billion in 1998. With a worldwide fan base - in August, it's scheduled to play exhibition games before sold-out crowds in the U.S. - and enormous brand recognition in soccer-mad Asia, United has leveraged its stars to sell merchandise...
...Look out, Rupert, here comes...
...ascendancy of conservative outlets such as Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel - and particularly such ratings powerhouses as commentator Bill O'Reilly - have been a growing source of frustration for Democrats. And while liberal commentators such as former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower have made a stab at syndicated talk shows, they have by and large been unsuccessful. In March, the MSNBC cable news network canceled Phil Donahue's talk show after a disappointing six-month run against The O'Reilly Factor. However, some liberals point to the success of Hillary Clinton's just-released memoir as evidence that...
...million, plus a $5 million marketing partnership. For programming, among other deals, CSTV has bought national rights to all sports other than basketball and football from Notre Dame, which has millions of fans. DirecTV, the satellite operator recently acquired (from GM's Hughes Electronics) by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., has agreed to place CSTV on its sports tier, which reaches some 2.5 million subscribers and should benefit from aggressive News Corp. marketing...
...feel it in my kishke," he'll say, referring to his gut. The assets were being auctioned off by the bankrupt German firm KirchMedia, which failed after owner Leo Kirch overexpanded into pay TV and sports programming. Saban was a dark horse, competing against global media giants like Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. But by early this year, Saban had talked his way into Germany's insular media community and, with a $2 billion offer, snagged the prize. "Haim never takes no for an answer," says Shuki Levy, a longtime friend...