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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday November 28 2017, @01:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the koch-bros-got-your-back dept.

Time Inc., the publisher of Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, People, Entertainment Weekly, etc., will be bought for $1.84 billion by Meredith Corporation ($2.8 billion including debt):

U.S. media company Meredith Corp said on Sunday it will buy Time Inc, the publisher of People, Sports Illustrated and Fortune magazines, in a $1.84 billion (1.38 billion pounds) all-cash deal backed by conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. The deal is a coup for Meredith, which held unsuccessful talks to buy Time earlier this year and in 2013.

It will give news, business and sports brands to the Des Moines, Iowa-based publisher and broadcaster, which owns lifestyle magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens and Family Circle. Analysts have said that bulking up on publishing assets could give Meredith the scale required to spin off its broadcasting arm into a standalone company. When combined, the Meredith and Time brands will have a readership of 135 million people and paid circulation of nearly 60 million. The deal also will expand Meredith's reach with internet-savvy millennials, creating a digital media business with 170 million monthly unique visitors in the United States and more than 10 billion annual video views.

Did we mention the Koch brothers, aka Koch Koch and Luigi Koch?

Also at NPR, NYT, and BBC.


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  • (Score: 1) by Orion Blastar on Tuesday November 28 2017, @08:45AM (2 children)

    by Orion Blastar (5270) on Tuesday November 28 2017, @08:45AM (#602423)

    I'll go you one better, us tech-savvy people know how to fact check, our Aunt Peggy and Grandpa Joe just click "Share" on any video or blog article disguised as news to everyone to see.

    Link to a fact-checking site telling them the video or article is false, and they might even block you for spreading the other side's propaganda.

    Guess how the public schools are biased in teaching?

    http://blastar.in/wordpress/2017/08/15/liberal-conspiracy-education-exposed-reddit/ [blastar.in]

    Or so they claim they are doing it on purpose to get rid of the racism by indoctrinating and brainwashing the youth instead of teaching them to think and decide for themselves on any issue like a logical reasonable person would?

    The legal system is corrupt, F the police! Resist and attack because they have different views and opinions than you do!

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 28 2017, @03:36PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 28 2017, @03:36PM (#602529) Journal

    Great link - thank you!

    Oh, wait - you're the author? Orion Blastar, links to blastar.in - got it. Still a great article.

    • (Score: 1) by Orion Blastar on Wednesday November 29 2017, @06:19AM

      by Orion Blastar (5270) on Wednesday November 29 2017, @06:19AM (#602840)

      We got an interview with a liberal professor in Reddit who gave us information about it during a debate so it is original research from an anonymous source. We quoted him to show what he claims is going on.

      I am searching to find debate scripts to use on the Internet that they hand out to students, as some sort of proof of astroturfing. I see when I mention astroturfing (fake grassroots) I get 5 trolls mod my post down.