Will Google Buy The New York Times?

Craig Shapiro
president at GOOD

December 21, 2008 • 4:34 pm PST
+ responses

No.

But it is fun to think about. And it starts to make more sense if you think about Google.org buying it and running it as a trust (as some papers are in the UK and elsewhere).

Checkout this article from The Deal.

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