COMPANY TOWN ANNEX

News Corp. Discussing Partnership With TCI: Plans by MCI and News Corp. to deliver television and other services directly to homes via satellite could include the nation’s biggest cable company, Tele-Communications Inc., according to News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. In response to a question after a speech to the National Press Club, Murdoch said that “discussions are under way” with TCI and EchoStar Satellite Corp. about becoming possible partners in MCI’s and News Corp.’s direct-broadcast satellite business.