MANILA -- On the third floor of Starmall, a shopping center owned by Philippine billionaire Manuel Villar, three movie theaters were shuttered in July and are being converted into television studios. On the second floor, a new radio studio recently went live.
The mall, located in central Metropolitan Manila, will be the launchpad of the Philippines' richest man's charge into media, an increasingly politicized industry in the country.
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