Franchises

IS TCI THE NEXT GROUP EYEING PREMIER LEAGUE BID?

9.15.1998

          English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur said it
     has "received and rejected" a $134M bid from the leisure
     group Enic, according to Erich Boehm of DAILY VARIETY.  In
     addition, Boehm writes that TCI has reportedly contacted
     Leeds United, another Premier League team, about "taking a
     strategic stake in the club or together setting up a cable
     channel."  Wall Street sources told Boehm that reports of an
     American bidder planning to challenge BSkyB's offer for
     Manchester United were incorrect (DAILY VARIETY, 9/15).
          BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: In Philly, Francesca Chapman writes
     that Roger Taylor of the band Queen pledged $16,000 to help
     organize a group of fans trying to keep Rupert Murdoch from
     buying Manchester United (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 9/15).

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