MEDIASET POINTS HINTS AT DEAL WITH KIRCH GROUP.

Fedele Confalonieri, Chairman of Mediaset, part of the Berlusconi group, indicated on December 18 that negotiations on the acquisition of a stake in the German Kirch group are well advanced. Code-named "Traviata", negotiations on the restructuring of the beleaguered German television and media group, have followed a roller-coaster course since last summer. Besides Silvio Berlusconi, another media magnate Rupert Murdoch, and the Saudi Prince Al Walid have also expressed an interest in Kirch. A spokesman for Berlusconi's Fininvest holding indicated a few months ago that the various partners might take as...

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