Murdoch Reaches Out for Even More

[Swede]

This guy is dangerous.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/business/media/25murdoch.html?ei=5123&en=237782063a1ecd54&ex=1183348800&partner=BREITBART&pagewanted=print

[Bucky]

1. Nice Lott for Sale - from the $200s, very spacious upstairs

Wow talk about one hand job washes the other!

One leader of the Congressional movement to limit ownership was Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi. But in the end, he, too, agreed to the compromise. It turns out he had a business connection to Mr. Murdoch. Months before, HarperCollins, Mr. Murdoch’s publishing house, had signed a $250,000 book deal to publish Mr. Lott’s memoir, “Herding Cats,” records and interviews show.

An aide to Mr. Lott said the book deal had no bearing on the senator’s decision, and a spokesman for Mr. Murdoch chalked it up to coincidence. Still, the ownership fight showcases the confluence of business, political and media prowess that is central to the way Mr. Murdoch has built his global information conglomerate.

Got that? it was all a coinkydink, fer cryin' out loud! Whattaya gonna do, torture 'em?

[quispquake]

2. Just saw...

"Herding Cats" in the bargain bin at Barnes & Noble yesterday, so obviously HC made a TON off of that one...

We know Lott made a ton of $$$ though...nice deal on Murdoch's part...put out the book, make Lott richer, and get his media deregulation...