http://neveryetmelted.com/2008/11/10/ny-times-facing-financial-problems/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://neveryetmelted.com/2008/11/10/ny-times-facing-financial-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-131467 Scott D Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:29:25 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/index.php/ny-times-facing-financial-problems/#comment-131467 Why would News Corp want to acquire the NY Times? They already own the WSJ, which is in a much better position to take over the title of leading US newspaper. The Times has made SO many bad decisions over the years that they deserve to die. On the other hand, it appears that we are headed for a vampire economy like Japan where weak, misguided, non-competitive behemoths who pay their dues to those in office are allowed to suck the lifeblood from the healthy and productive. Why would News Corp want to acquire the NY Times? They already own the WSJ, which is in a much better position to take over the title of leading US newspaper. The Times has made SO many bad decisions over the years that they deserve to die.
On the other hand, it appears that we are headed for a vampire economy like Japan where weak, misguided, non-competitive behemoths who pay their dues to those in office are allowed to suck the lifeblood from the healthy and productive.

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