BREAKING: Murdoch Buying The Brooklyn Paper!
The Observer is reporting that News Corporation has a deal to purchase The Brooklyn Paper. “We’re very excited,” said The Paper’s editor Gersh Kuntzman. The purchase comes on the heels (well, three years after) the media companies purchase of The Courier Life Chain. That leaves, what, The Brooklyn Eagle and Brownstoner? $10 million and it’s…
The Observer is reporting that News Corporation has a deal to purchase The Brooklyn Paper. “We’re very excited,” said The Paper’s editor Gersh Kuntzman. The purchase comes on the heels (well, three years after) the media companies purchase of The Courier Life Chain. That leaves, what, The Brooklyn Eagle and Brownstoner? $10 million and it’s all yours, Rupe.
Finally an honest company running another newspapaer. Ever notice in the crime by precinct section of the Brooklyn Paper they never give the descriptions of the robbers/muggers. Wouldn’t that be good for us to know? And why don’t they do that? The victims always give descriptions of the perpetrators.
I’ve always sort of wondered what kind of people work for the Post (or, let’s say, Fox News). Do they try not to think about it? Not to over-analyze? Do they have mirrors in their homes? Do they ever look in them?
I work for the Post so I am getting a kick out of these replies.
Now the Post can legitimately steal the Brooklyn Papers’ local stories, unlike the NY Times which just does it and sometimes gives them attribution.
The BP was going the way of the Post anyway, or more like its British cousin the Sun.
What’s next, nekkid pix of Slope women on page 3?
Very interesting that Murdoch is expanding to micronews/blogging space. He must have gotten it for slightly less than the WSJ since ad budgets have gone down the toilet 😉
Does the FCC exist anymore? I personally will NEVER read the Brooklyn Paper again. When The Post ran that offensive cartoon, I was finished and now I am finished with the Brooklyn Paper.
Great- if the Brooklyn Paper is as responsible and promotes the same level of journalism as the Post, it’ll be yet another piece to put on the trash heap. What a shame- Murdoch’s papers and media empire are the armpit of the media world. Ugh and gack.
I thought that the way this Kuntzman character handled the death of Robert Guskind was deplorable.
He’s a hack.
Of course…take the money and RUN!