The nerve of those porn purveyors over at the left-wing Boston Globe daring to compete with the "fair-and-balanced-as-Fox" Herald...speaking of which, doesn't Rupert 'Moral Values' Murdoch own English papers featuring the topless Page 3 girl? Just wondering...
"The New York Times Co. is shrugging off the link between a freebie newspaper it's buying into and a Swedish porn purveyor that telecasts skin flicks across northern Europe.
Times Co. spokeswoman Catherine Mathis denied the company's plan to buy a 49 percent stake in Metro International's Boston daily would put the Gray Lady in bed with Modern Times Group - the porno-pushing parent of Metro's empire.
Modern Times controls 28 percent of Metro International, which is the parent company of Metro Boston. The Swedish Modern Times also controls TV1000 - a controversial network that telecasts sex films and a wide range of other programming.
``The Times Co. owns neither Metro International nor Modern Times Group, and does not propose to own either,'' Mathis said in a statement, also adding that the Times Co. does not ``have responsibility for the other business activities of Metro International, its investors or other business partners.'' "
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=64196