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Vivendi reopens News Corp talks

French group Vivendi yesterday called on Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to reopen talks on how the two companies might join forces in the wake of the massive AOL-Time Warner merger, reports The Guardian.

Jean-Marie Messier, Vivendi chairman and chief executive, suggested that the two businesses start again after an attempt to merge BSkyB, in which News Corp has a 40% stake, and the French group's pay-TV Canal Plus ended last year.

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