Guardian/Comment is Free
Dan Kennedy says
John Ellis's speculative Google-buys-NYT
fantasy, if nothing else, reminds us that there are exciting times ahead. "Just as
Rupert Murdoch is likely to lavish money on the Wall Street Journal, even at a loss, so that he can build it into a brand that serves his other properties (such as the Fox Business Channel), so, too, might Google be willing to fund an unprofitable Times if its journalism can be used to strengthen its other platforms."