Topping the list of George W. Bush's media
patrons is AMFM Inc., owned by Hicks, Muse, Tate
& Furst, Inc., of Dallas,
a firm that specializes in leveraged buyouts. AMFM,
the nation's largest chain
of radio stations, and its various subsidiaries
have contributed $80,250 to
Bush's presidential campaign. Thomas Hicks, the
firm's chairman, bought the
Texas Rangers baseball team for $250 million in
1998 from the ownership group
that included Bush. (The high sale price for the
relatively small-market team
was due in no small part to the taxpayer-financed stadium,
the Ballpark at Arlington,
which was built for the team while Bush, whose portion
of the profit
on the sale was $14.3 million, was an owner.)
The Rangers aren't Hicks' only sports property
-- he also owns
a hockey team, the Dallas Stars. In 1997, Governor
Bush shepherded a bill
through the state legislature that allowed a sales tax increase
to fund a new arena for the team, as well as for the city's NBA franchise, the
Dallas
Mavericks. - Derrick Wetherell Columbia
Journalism Review Sep/Oct. 2000
Hicks Muse Tate Furst
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U.S.
News 01/26/98: Dallas-based Hicks, Muse outguns Wall Street firms
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Corporate Information
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Hicks
Muse to Buy SFX Broadcasting-Report
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U.S.
v. Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst; Capstar Broadcasting Partners; and SFX
Broadcasting
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1-20-98
- HICKS, MUSE, TATE & FURST AND KKR JOINTLY TO ACQUIRE REGAL CINEMAS,
INC. FOR $31.00 PER SHARE IN CASH
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Triton
Energy
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Texas
leaguer Tom Hicks a major player
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TheStandard.com:
companies
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Hicks,
Muse, Tate & Furst to Acquire The Glass's Group
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Hicks,
Muse, Tate & Furst signs letter of intent to acquire Lucent Technologies'
circuit board operation
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Hicks,
Muse, Tate & Furst Announces New Minority Investment Firm
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Press
Release: HICKS, MUSE, TATE & FURST TO INVEST $80 MILLION IN GLOBIX
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HICKS,
MUSE, TATE & FURST to acquire Mumm and Perrier-Jouet Champagne houses
from Seagram
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Webocracy:
The Auto Industry: Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, General Parts, O'Reilly
Auto Parts and CCI/Triad Establish Internet Autoparts, Inc.
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United
Biscuits accepts takeover bid from Nabisco, Hicks Muse Tate
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Hicks
Muse to acquire LIN Television from AT&T for $1.7 billion
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5/27/99
BW Online--Hicks Muse's Not-So-Excellent European Adventure
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Alexander's
Gas & Oil Connections - Hicks Muse invests in Triton Energy and Coho
Energy
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Hicks
Muse eyes United Artists Theatre Group
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Vectrix
Announces $25 Million Investment Package
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Advocate*Weekly
Newspapers: What -- Me Worry?
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TOP
SOFT MONEY DONORS TO RNC
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Oregon
Live: 1-5-00 Network rolling out all-tech radio
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Sponsors
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Rangers,
Stars owner's company to buy former Mavericks' owner's company