(OT:) WTF!!!! MySpace trying to buy Dow, Jones and Co.?

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 21 Jun 2007 11:24 GMT

Oh Boy! A pop version of the WSJ???

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JoeSpareBedroom - 21 Jun 2007 14:30 GMT

> Oh Boy! A pop version of the WSJ???

If MySpace is any indication, it'll be more like a broken version of WSJ.
"Questionz about ur subscription? eMaiL oR IM us with u cUst iD n we doWn
wit ur pRobLem".

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 21 Jun 2007 18:02 GMT

>> Oh Boy! A pop version of the WSJ???
>
> If MySpace is any indication, it'll be more like a broken version of WSJ.
> "Questionz about ur subscription? eMaiL oR IM us with u cUst iD n we doWn
> wit ur pRobLem".

Definitely the prize for the funniest response!

And one I agree with! ;)

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Jeff - 21 Jun 2007 14:59 GMT

> Oh Boy! A pop version of the WSJ???

It is not MySpace who is trying to buy Dow Jones and Co. (DJ & Co.), the
publisher of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), but News Corp, which is
largely owned and controlled by Rupert Murdock (News Corp also owns
MySpace and the Fox network - the family that controls DJ & Co does not
like Murdock, but $5 billion is hard to pass up). Other companies are
also looking into buying DJ & CO. (News Corp is a publicly traded
company; I own part of it myself.)

However, it won't be MySpace buying the WSJ.

However, in the last few days (I think yesterday on the Radio Show
Marketplace), it was announced that Murdock is talking with Yahoo about
trading MySpace for 1/4 of Yahoo shares.

Jeff

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 21 Jun 2007 18:01 GMT

>> Oh Boy! A pop version of the WSJ???
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> Jeff

Thanks. I didn't realize Murdock owned MySpace. The report I heard this AM
only said MySpace.

I knew Murdock was trying to buy the WSJ, but his efforts were being
rebuffed.

I get enough news from Murdock already. I like the WSJ just the way it is,
thank you! Don't sell your shares just yet...

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JoeSpareBedroom - 21 Jun 2007 18:09 GMT

>> Hachiroku ???? wrote:
>>> Oh Boy! A pop version of the WSJ???
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> Thanks. I didn't realize Murdock owned MySpace. The report I heard this AM
> only said MySpace.

Murdoch bought MySpace for something like $580 million. The money was
apparently spent on beer, because MySpace still produces one of the most
embarrassing error messages imaginable: "An unknown error has occurred. A
message has been sent to tech department".

Any real programmer will tell you that unless you're working with a very new
software project, there's almost no such thing as an unknown error. It's an
embarrassment.

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Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute - 21 Jun 2007 17:26 GMT

> Oh Boy! A pop version of the WSJ???

Old news... the New York Times already did a mockup WSJ front page. It was
pretty funny.

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