Real Canines and False Teeth
January 3, 2010
Read Staci Kramer’s “News Corp, Time Warner Cable Reach Deal Without Blackouts; Scripps Still On Bubble”. Rupert Murdoch’s threats succumbed to common sense and money, or was it money and common sense. Here, in my opinion, is the key point:
The deal announced some 19 hours after the New Year’s Eve midnight deadline covers the Fox television stations, Fox, Fox Cable Networks and Fox’s Regional Sports Networks for TWC’s 13 million households. It also applies to Bright House Networks’ 2.4 million subs; the operator has a heavy presence in Florida, which means a particular interest in avoiding black screens when Florida meets Cincinnati in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
So what? I think it makes it clear that Mr. Murdoch may berate the Google, but when the money or the common sense clicks in, there will be a deal. Quite a negotiator that Mr. Murdoch. I really like his references to quality journalism and other bits of business confetti. Money and common sense or common sense and money.
Stephen E. Arnold, January 3, 2010
A freebie, gentle reader, a freebie. Maybe I should email spam Mr. Murdoch for mentioning his negotiating skills? He spammed me in 2009. I will report my work-for-free mode to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Mr. Murdoch wants to preserve the historic approach to information I think.
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