Hook customers young, and they're addicted for life. Pursuing Net acquisitions with such eager subterfuge might be a stretch for News Corp., however. Friends who attended a recent broadcasting conference in Monterey, California, said that in casual conversation, Rupert Murdoch sounded like anything but a potential buyer of Net property. Given his recent history, which includes a disastrous investment in Delphi and an even more disastrous partnership with MCI, Rupert's Net aversion is certainly understandable. Join the HotWired Network, it's free .
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