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Blogger obsession No. 1 meets blogger obsession No. 2 in this 1,185 word daydream by relatively unknown blogger John Ellis that's climbed onto Techmeme. If the market cap of the New York Times Co. falls below $2 billion, he says, "The company that has the most to gain from buying the New York Times is Google." Ellis envisions "a fascinating and challenging project: the reinvention of a great newspaper across multiple platforms and within a variety of applications" that will "attract people of great talent." Gee, who would that be. Not that it's a bad idea — it's just that by wishing for the Gray Lady to be taken over by media-savvy, deep-pocketed management eager to try new ideas, Ellis makes a great case for Rupert Murdoch.
Bloggers hope Google will buy NY Times, hire them
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2:00 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Paul Boutin
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The NYT is such a piece of shit, it's unimaginable to me that anyone buys it. What are they, 50 years now, without printing an objective story?
Uh, no. AOL Time Warner anyone?
The NYT's office building is worth more than the stock is selling for.
Basically one could buy the NYT and sell the main building and make a small profit.
If one could find a buyer for the building.
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