Gothamist: Newsweek: Bloomberg Considering Buying the Times

Spiritof76

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:00:31 -0500

Aren't there any laws prohibiting someone from owning more than one newspaper in a city? I know Murdoch and News Corp got some special dispensation for their TV stations, but this is getting a little ridiculous. One man should not control so many media outlets, unless he's Kim Jung Il, Mohammar Khaddafi or Vladimir Putin.

Tim N.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:15:20 -0500

What, the Times isn't bland enough? He'll strip the paper of whatever remaining character it has, like he stripped the city of whatever remaining character it has.

cucarachita

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:38:16 -0500

Ha ha -- I meant "that a newspaper should NOT be built on!" Haven't had my coffee yet, sorry!

smokedgouda

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:37:42 -0500

This could be a great thing in my opinion. Bloomberg is a well respected moderate and his business news could make the Times even better. The Times needs fresh, intelligent blood.

cucarachita

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:36:56 -0500

Good news! The Gray Lady has been quite the Old Maid lately. It's about time she got overhauled and groomed for the future. I hope he has some good ideas for that. I hope those ideas include not getting women to tart themselves up in order to be liked by the boys. Maureen Dowd is such an affront to feminism, and she's quickly becoming an relic of the hot-flash crowd. Old people are a readership that a newspaper should be built on. (They don't hang around long enough!) I say that, not being a spring chicken myself. In with the new!