Could Google Buy The NYT?

John Ellis' answer is yes, and while all this is interesting, the whole piece seems to be speculation. If there's any factual hook to this -- like an actual rumor of Google interest in the Dying Lady -- I missed it. Still, kinda fun to think about.

Google would, if anything, make the Times even more leftwing if you can imagine such a thing. But I'd be interested in seeing what sort of job Pinkie Sulzberger manages to land once his dubious services are no longer required at the family business.

I see a failed talk-show on Al Gore's Current TV in his future. And other failures too. A new magazine, quickly bankrupted after four or five issues. Buying a stake in an up-and-coming independent production company, which then produces a string of failures and goes belly-up.

Lots of fun stuff that rich 20 year olds get to play around with when the family fortune permits them.

Via Protein Wisdom, which, among lots of other good stuff, wonders why the Soros study documenting Bush's "lies" gets spun by the press as news, whereas the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth's own press releases were greeted by an MSM investigation into their "partisan connections."

I haven't seen a single MSM story yet note that the "lies" story was bought and paid for by radical leftist George Soros. They keep claiming his shell companies are independent "non-profit" groups.

posted by Ace at 06:41 PM

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