Tele-Communications said it’s interested in Storer.

Tele-Communications, the nation’s largest cable-TV operator, told securities analysts that it would like to buy the assets of Storer Communications but only on a friendly basis, in partnership with Knight-Ridder Newspapers and E. W. Scripps Co., according to two analysts who attended the meeting. The analysts, who asked not to be identified, said a top Tele-Communications official told the group that the company has held no “direct” negotiations with Storer.