RealClearMarkets | Media Nation
The company that has the most to gain from buying the New York Times is Google, says
John Ellis. "If it proffered a Murdoch-like, no-auction bid of $4 billion, wouldn't the Sulzberger family have to accept it? Every single class B shareholder would accept the offer. It's their only exit. It is also likely that Times employees and retirees would enthusiastically support the deal; it's their only exit as well." ||
Dan Kennedy: "Ellis' proposal is logical, if unlikely to happen." ||
Portfolio.com: Revisiting "Googlezon" four years after its creation.
Seems like some dying-breath hubris to ask if they would...