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Bloomberg plans to take over BusinessWeek magazine
Yahoo Finance ^ | Tuesday October 13, 2009 | Michael Liedtke, AP

Posted on 10/13/2009 3:29:27 PM PDT by facedown

AN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Bloomberg LP is buying BusinessWeek magazine in a deal that brings together a financial news service specializing in rapid-fire updates with a print publication struggling to adapt to the Internet's information whirlwind.

Terms of the sale announced Tuesday were not disclosed. Citing unnamed people privy to the negotiations, BusinessWeek pegged the acquisition price at $2 million to $5 million in cash. Bloomberg also would be responsible for paying other costs, such as severance pay to any of the roughly 400 BusinessWeek employees who might be laid off, the magazine's Web site reported.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; businessweek

1 posted on 10/13/2009 3:29:27 PM PDT by facedown
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To: facedown
Maybe he should take over Newsweek...I haven't laughed this hard at a magazine cover my whole life:


2 posted on 10/13/2009 3:36:30 PM PDT by americanophile (Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
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To: facedown

I always wondered if BusinessWeek and NewsWeek were related, they have the same white title font in a red box.


3 posted on 10/13/2009 3:36:41 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: facedown
BusinessWeek pegged the acquisition price at $2 million to $5 million in cash.

Overpriced at any price. A content-free, ad-lorn, white-knuckle-liberal, anti-business magazine. As such, a bucket with a hole in it.

4 posted on 10/13/2009 3:42:26 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: SamuraiScot

Another pointless, late with news, throw away slick page magazine that isn’t worth $2, let alone $2 million.


5 posted on 10/13/2009 4:47:15 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: the anti-liberal
I always wondered if BusinessWeek and NewsWeek were related,...

Well, they both misspelled "weak".

6 posted on 10/13/2009 7:41:22 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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