Rupert Murdoch telephoned AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN, sources briefed on the matter said Friday.
According to one of the sources, the 86-year-old executive chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. offered to buy CNN in both conversations.
Another source said Murdoch had "zero interest" in owning CNN.
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