Two pages,
1375 words, and not one bit of analysis from the
NYT of the potential synergies of a successful
News Corp buyout of
Dow Jones & Co. Combining the
WSJ with Murdoch's new 24/7 financial cable news channel will allow the media mogul to generate combined advertising packages any way he sees fit, making the
WSJ considerably more immune to losses in ad revenues than say, the
New York Times or any other stand-alone dead-tree MSM outlet.
Instead, the
Times focuses on the decline of newspaper advertising, but the all too obvious lack of self-inclusion as per the over all gloom and doom therein is quite remarkable. Of course, mentioning synergies between cable TV and newspapering would bring up the awkward retreat of the New York Times Company from its own cable venture, the
DiscoveryTimes Channel.
I guarantee you, if
Ron Burkle or some other
progressive billionaire/s had initiated the purchase of
Dow Jones & Co., the
Times would be proclaiming it a historic media milestone, sparing future generations the loss of experiencing their daily news vis-à-vis at least three of their five senses (four if you count one's intuitive ability to read between the lines) thanks to the perspicacious business acumen of said
progressive billionaire/s (not to be confused with robber barons and monopolistic conservative capitalists).
