June 2, 2000

Rupert Murdoch's Company Joins With 18 Universities in Distance-Education Venture

By GEOFFREY MASLEN

The media baron Rupert Murdoch has linked his giant News Corporation with the 18-member university network Universitas 21 in a move designed to capture the major share of the rapidly growing global market for online higher education.

Mr. Murdoch announced last month that News Corporation would set up a joint-venture company with Universitas 21 through TSL Education Ltd., a London-based subsidiary of News Corporation.

Mr. Murdoch said the new company would begin offering

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