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Google to buy everything, cure cancer

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

I wasn’t going to touch this one, because it seems so ridiculous that it’s not even worth debunking, but the idea that Google might buy the New York Times seems to have caught enough attention to still have a cluster of blogs writing about it on Techmeme — des ... Continue reading »

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  • Stuart MacDonald

    1 year ago

    'thewie, I disagree. I think you should *totally* buy the Eiffel tower.

    :)
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  • Robert Dall

    1 year ago

    Hey Mathew this blog is awesome. . . .
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    Thanks, Robert.
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  • Eric Eldon

    1 year ago

    i was feeling a little upset when i saw that story get onto techmeme, and then i realized the hapless author was getting pelted by posts like this.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    Well maybe he should try not being such a moron then :-)
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  • ivanpope

    1 year ago

    Aha, I have it - Google will buy the NYT to aquire Wordpress who NYT have just invested in :-)
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  • Peter Flaschner

    1 year ago

    So long as I get a candy powered car, I'm happy
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  • Rex Hammock

    1 year ago

    The hole in this logic is big enough for a Peterbilt truck to drive thru: The moment Google announced its intention to purchase traditional media companies is the day investment analysts would start re-valuing the company using traditional media company metrics -- and instead of being worth $185 billion or whatever, it would be worth a fraction of that. Google has an astro-valuation because of the belief it has some earth-shattering future developments in front of it, not because its strategy is about collecting 'dinosaurs' (which, for the record, I don't believe the NY Times is). Personally, however, I wish they'd develop several billion dollars to developing a flying car.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    A good point, Rex.
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  • Nancy

    10 months ago

    I think the guys that own google are not stupid guys. Obviously with how much they are worth I think they are pretty smart. I would assume with their great achievements with google and the money they have made they are able to pursue other interests that don't fit into our little box we are trying to put them in. They are probably bored with the same old same old routine and are venturing out. Great for them. I can just wish I had the money to get out of debt. Must be nice, but I am sure they worked for it.
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