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More Great News - No One Wants To Buy The Hill

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Posted by Raj 2020-01-04 09:05|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 even at the low range of $100 million
Hah, I read it as the low range of $100, which is orders of magnitude more than us News went for, right?

Posted by Glenmore 2020-01-04 09:46|| 2020-01-04 09:46|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem with these E-News providers is estimating if they actually have any worth at all after their employees are poached...

Posted by magpie 2020-01-04 10:51|| 2020-01-04 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 At least when John Henry bought the Boston Globe six years ago ($70 million) he had some sweet real estate on Morrisey Boulevard (which is being developed as we speak), which has a market value approximate to the purchase price of $70 million.
What do these other companies have to offer besides a constantly overdrawn bank account?

Posted by Raj 2020-01-04 10:59|| 2020-01-04 10:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe a few hundred 000 MAUs worth $10-20 each?

Posted by Lex 2020-01-04 11:30|| 2020-01-04 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Fake news doesn't seem to affect the NYT much, does it?

Cause it matches its fake reporting of its circulation?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-04 11:49|| 2020-01-04 11:49|| Front Page Top

#6 In recent months, The Hill has been cast in a critical spotlight because of columns by the conservative journalist and former Hill TV executive John Solomon, including one alleging that a former U.S. ambassador had improperly demanded that Ukrainian officials halt an investigation into a company affiliated with Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.

But wait! I thought that was real news!

Posted by Bobby 2020-01-04 11:57|| 2020-01-04 11:57|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ These SS clowns are so deluded-- their heads are so far up they're arses-- that they think real reporting is fake and vice-versa

Posted by Lex 2020-01-04 12:00|| 2020-01-04 12:00|| Front Page Top

#8 *their

Posted by Lex 2020-01-04 12:01|| 2020-01-04 12:01|| Front Page Top

#9 "Over the Hill" Definition: Old and past it's best.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-01-04 14:35|| 2020-01-04 14:35|| Front Page Top

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