Warren Buffet buying 143 newspapers

[TheGreatGatsby]

Why does your topic title say he is buying 143 newspapers when he is buying 63?

Because the OP is a mental retard. Stop picking on him.

Yea that's it. Feel better? Get it out of your system?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Does it bother anyone else that a billionaire is buying all these newspapers to control the media?

Buffett to buy 63 newspapers - Omaha.com

Ironic asshole is ironic.


Rupert Murdoch owns:


Filmed entertainment

• 20th Century Fox
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• Blue Sky Studios
• 20th Century Fox Español
• 20th Century Fox International
• 20th Century Fox Television
• Fox Studios Australia
• Fox Studios LA
• Fox Television Studios
• Shine Group

Television

Broadcast/production assets

• 20th Century Fox Television
• 20th Television
• Foxtel
• Fox Broadcasting Company
• Fox International Channels
• Fox International Channels Italy
• Fox International Channels Portugal
• Fox International Channels Philippines
• FOX Channels Benelux
• Fox Sports Australia
• Fox Telecolombia
• Fox Television Stations
• Fox Television Studios
• Imedi Media Holding
• Latvijas Neatkarīgā Televīzija
• MyNetworkTV
• STAR TV
• TV5 Rīga

Cable assets

• Big Ten Network (49%)
• Fox Business Network
• Fox College Sports
• Fox Movie Channel
• Fox News Channel
• Fox Soccer Channel
• Fox Sports Enterprises
• Fox Sports en Español
• Foxtel (25%) -
• Fox Sports Net
• FUEL TV
• FX Networks
• Fox Reality Channel
• National Geographic Channel (50%)
  • National Geographic Channel UK (50%)
• Speed Channel
• SportSouth
• LAPTV (Latin America — co-owned with Paramount Pictures/Viacom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/MGM Holdings and Universal Studios/NBC Universal)
• Telecine (Brazil — co-owned with Globosat Canais, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Universal Studios and DreamWorks);

Television assets

• BSkyB [United Kingdom] (39.1%)
• Sky Deutschland [Germany] (49.90%)
• SKY Italia [Italy] (100%)
• SKY Network Television [New Zealand] (43.65%)
• Foxtel [Australia] (25%)
• Star TV [India & Greater China] (100%)
• Tata Sky [India] (20%)

Internet

• Fox Interactive Media
  • AmericanIdol.com
  • AskMen.com
  • Fox.com
  • Foxsports.com
  • GameSpy
  • Hulu.com
  • IGN
  • MyNetworktv.com
  • Scout.com
  • TheSimpsons.com
  • TheXFactorUSA.com
  • WhatIfSports
• News Digital Media
• Authonomy via HarperCollins
• MySpace (5%)

Magazines and inserts

All titles sourced from News Limited - NewsSource: Magazines on 15 October 2010.

• Alpha
• Australian Football Weekly
• Australian Golf Digest
• Australian Good Taste (with Woolworths)
• Australian Parents (with Woolworths)
• Best of the Gold Coast Magazine
• Big League
• Chopper
• Country Style
• delicious. (with the ABC)
• donna hay
• Gardening Australia (with the ABC)
• GQ Australia
• Inside Out
• Lifestyle Pools + outdoor design
• Live to Ride
• MasterChef Magazine
• Modern Boating
• Modern Fishing
• Overlander 4WD
• SmartSource Magazine
• Super Food Ideas
• Tattoo
• Truck & Trailer Australia
• Truckin' Life
• Two Wheels
• Two Wheels Scooter
• Vogue Australia
• Vogue Entertaining + Travel

Newspapers and information services

United Kingdom

News International

• The Sun
• The Times
• Sunday Times
• Sun on Sunday

Australia

News Limited Metropolitan newspapers, magazines and news distribution channels

National

• The Australian including weekly insert magazine The Deal and monthly insert magazine (wish)[1]
• The Weekend Australian including insert magazine The Weekend Australian Magazine[2]
• Australian Associated Press (45%)
• www.news.com.au National online news website

New South Wales

• The Daily Telegraph[3]
• The Sunday Telegraph including insert magazine sundaymagazine[4]
• mX (Sydney)[5]

Victoria

• Herald Sun[6]
• Sunday Herald Sun including insert magazine sundaymagazine[7]
• mX (Melbourne)[8]

Queensland

• The Courier-Mail including weekly insert magazine QWeekend[9]
• The Sunday Mail[10]
• Brisbane News[11]

South Australia

• The Advertiser including the monthly insert the Adelaide* magazine[12]
• Sunday Mail[13]

Western Australia

• The Sunday Times[14]

Tasmania

• The Mercury[15]
• The Sunday Tasmanian[16]

Northern Territory

• Northern Territory News[17]
• Sunday Territorian[18]

Community suburban newspapers

Sydney

Cumberland/Courier (NSW) newspapers[19]

• Blacktown Advocate
• Canterbury-Bankstown Express
• Central
• Central Coast Express Advocate
• Fairfield Advance
• Hills Shire Times
• Hornsby and Upper North Shore Advocate
• Inner West Courier
• Liverpool Leader
• Macarthur Chronicle
• Mt Druitt-St Marys Standard
• NINETOFIVE
• North Shore Times
• Northern District Times
• NORTHSIDE
• Parramatta Advertiser
• Penrith Press
• Rouse Hill Times
• Southern Courier
• The Manly Daily
• The Mosman Daily
• Village Voice Balmain
• Wentworth Courier

Melbourne

Leader (Vic) newspapers[20]

• Bayside Leader
• Berwick/Pakenham Cardinia Leader
• Brimbank Leader
• Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Philip Leader
• Cranbourne Leader
• Dandenong/Springvale Dandenong Leader
• Diamond Valley Leader
• Frankston Standard/Hastings Leader
• Free Press Leader
• Heidelberg Leader
• Hobsons Bay Leader
• Hume Leader
• Knox Leader
• Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
• Manningham Leader
• Maribyrnong Leader Aust Domains - Registered
• Maroondah Leader
• Melbourne Leader
• Melton/Moorabool Leader
• Moonee Valley Leader
• Moorabbin Kingston/Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader
• Mordialloc Chelsea Leader
• Moreland Leader
• Mornington Peninsula Leader
• Northcote Leader
• Preston Leader
• Progress Leader
• Stonnington Leader
• Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Leader
• Waverley/Oakleigh Monash Leader
• Whitehorse Leader
• Whittlesea Leader
• Wyndham Leader

Brisbane

Quest (QLD) newspapers[21]

• Albert & Logan News (Fri)
• Albert & Logan News (Wed)
• Caboolture Shire Herald
• Caloundra Journal
• City News
• City North News
• City South News
• Ipswich News
• Logan West Leader
• Maroochy Journal
• North-West News
• Northern Times
• Northside Chronicle
• Pine Rivers Press/North Lakes Times
• Redcliffe and Bayside Herald
• South-East Advertiser
• South-West News/Springfield News
• Southern Star
• The Noosa Journal
• weekender
• Westside News
• Wynnum Herald
• Weekender Essential Sunshine Coast

Adelaide

Messenger (SA) newspapers[22]

• Adelaide Matters
• City Messenger
• City North Messenger
• East Torrens Messenger
• Eastern Courier Messenger
• Guardian Messenger
• Hills & Valley Messenger
• Leader Messenger
• News Review Messenger
• Portside Messenger
• Southern Times Messenger
• Weekly Times Messenger

Perth

Community (WA) newspapers[23] (50.1%)

• Advocate
• Canning Times
• Comment News
• Eastern Reporter
• Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette
• Guardian Express
• Hills-Avon Valley Gazette
• Joondalup-Wanneroo Times
• Mandurah Coastal / Pinjarra Murray Times
• Melville Times
• Midland-Kalamunda Reporter
• North Coast Times
• Southern Gazette
• Stirling Times
• Weekend-Kwinana Courier
• Weekender
• Western Suburbs Weekly

Darwin

Sun (NT) newspapers[24]

• Darwin Sun
• Litchfield Sun
• Palmerston Sun

Regional and rural newspapers

New South Wales

• Tweed Sun'

Victoria

• Echo
• Geelong Advertiser
• GeelongNEWS
• The Weekly Times

Queensland

• Ayr Advocate
• Bowen Independent
• Cairns Sun
• Gold Coast Bulletin
• Gold Coast Sun
• Herbert River Express
• Home Hill Observer
• Innisfail Advocate
• Northern Miner
• Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette
• Tablelander - Atherton
• Tablelands Advertiser
• The Cairns Post
• The Noosa Journal
• Townsville Bulletin
• Townsville Sun
• weekender

Tasmania

• Derwent Valley Gazette
• Tasmanian Country

Northern Territory

• Centralian Advocate

Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea Post-Courier

United States

• New York Post
• Wall Street Journal

Community Newspaper Group

• The Brooklyn Paper
• Courier-Life Publications
• TimesLedger Newspapers
• Bronx Times Reporter Inc.
• The Corning Leader
• NewsDay Long Island (New York Long Island main local newspaper)

International

Dow Jones & Company
Consumer Media Group

• The Wall Street Journal - the leading US financial newspaper.
• Wall Street Journal Europe
• Wall Street Journal Asia
• Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine.
• Marketwatch - Financial news and information website.
• Far Eastern Economic Review
• Financial News

Enterprise Media Group

• Dow Jones Newswires - global, real-time news and information provider.
• Factiva - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services.
• Dow Jones Indexes - stock market indexes and indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• Dow Jones Financial Information Services — produces databases, electronic media, newsletters, conferences, directories, and other information services on specialised markets and industry sectors.
• Betten Financial News — leading Dutch language financial and economic news service.

Local Media Group'

• Dow Jones Local Media Group (formerly Ottaway Community Newspapers) - 8 daily and 15 weekly regional newspapers.

Strategic Alliances

• STOXX (33%) - joint venture with Deutsche Boerse and SWG Group for the development and distribution of Dow Jones STOXX indices.
• Vedomosti (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with Financial Times and Independent Media).
• SmartMoney (50%)
• FiLife.com (50%)

Books

• HarperCollins

• Zondervan Publishing
  • Christian publishing company taken over by HarperCollins in 1988
  • Inspirio — religious gift production.

And yet he couldn't get a hotter trophy wife. Sad really.