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Television: Glenn Jones, chairman of Jones Intercable Inc., one of the nation’s largest cable companies, said Monday that the Englewood, Colo., firm’s educational unit would like to take over the Public Broadcasting Service, which distributes programs to hundreds of public TV stations across the country. Jones’ comments came in response to suggestions by House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and the Senate’s key GOP telecommunications policy architect, Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), that public broadcasting might be privatized.

* Washington Post Co. and Paramount are working on a syndicated television series based on the weekly magazine Newsweek, the companies announced Monday. Paramount said it plans to give stations a preview of the “Newsweek” program soon. The companies declined to say how often the new program would air or when it would premiere.