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2004-09-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Israeli millionaire to purchase 50% of Al-Jazeera shares

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Posted by Dutchgeek 2004-09-27 05:04|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 hmmm...According to the newspaper, Shiban has purchased a portion of American company Fox for $1.5 billion USD. In addition, last year he's become a shareholder of a German company Bru Sat 1 for 225 million Euro. He also owns 23% of shares of second Israel's channel, reports RIA "Novosti".

God bless the internet - where people can't own the news, anymore than they can own "word of mouth".

Posted by 2B 2004-09-27 9:25:14 AM|| 2004-09-27 9:25:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I just love the fact that this will make the arab world apoplectic (true or not)!

I think the backlash will be sooo severe that the deal can't go through. It'll be interesting to watch, though.

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-09-27 10:34:02 AM|| 2004-09-27 10:34:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the person Prada is talking about is Haym Saban, developer of the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger franchise.

I also doubt very much if this story is true.

Posted by mhw 2004-09-27 11:16:35 AM|| 2004-09-27 11:16:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I also doubt very much if this story is true.

Quite probably, but the humiliation factor alone makes it fun to read.

Posted by Zenster 2004-09-27 12:25:54 PM|| 2004-09-27 12:25:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 hehe :)

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