Bloomberg and the Times: Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter
January 3rd, 2008
OK, so what if Michael Bloomberg doesn’t run for president? Or what if he runs and loses? Why, he should buy the New York Times! At least that’s what a couple opinionated media players have proffered.
Surely that would satisfy Jon Fine from BusinessWeek. He wrote a letter to the Times’ publisher in July suggesting they seek a rich benefactor in defense of newspaper industry woes.
(If Bloomberg did run, however, Eddy Ramírez from US News and World Report thinks his reforms as mayor of New York City would serve his campaign well.)
Speaking of the Times – as Rupert Murdoch, the brand new owner of the Wall Street Journal, often does – PaidContent.org points to a new report estimating the Journal would need a 12 fold increase in readership to recoup subscription fee losses if the broadsheet were to make all of its web content free. That’s twice the traffic NYTimes.com receives. (via Editor and Publisher)
By Mike Muller on January 3, 2008, 12:50 pmIn category: Gotham City | 2 Comments »



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January 3rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
QUERY: Does NY State election Law prohibit those who vote in a party (Presidential) primary from signing non-party (Independent) petitions to put a candidate on the statewide ballot?
In the case of Mayor Bloomberg, putatively running for president, one radio news source indicated that Texas state election Law kept primary election voters from giving their signatures to third-party ballot petitions.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
As long as the voter has not already signed another candidate’s petition. Regardless of the voter’s enrollment, they can sign a petition for a candidate in a party not recognized in the state as a major party. That includes unaffiliated candidates.