Net worth: H$1,000
Guest:Cash: hd$1,000   Predictions: hd$0
You currently have hd$1,000 (Hubdub dollars), Hubdub's virtual currency, to stake on your predictions. Your predictions are currently worth hd$0
Home
Leaderboards
Forums
PoliticsSportEntertainmentWorldBusinessTechnologyScienceGeneral

Will Google buy New York Times by the end of 2008?

Settled as No

New York Times remains an independent publicly-quoted company http://www.nytco.com/

Background:

Background: Google needs to get into News. NYT is the Mother of news sites.

Settlement details:Announcement to the SEC by GOOG or NYT on the merger/acquisition of NYT (company or the newspaper alone) by Google Inc.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
2%
No
98%
Settled as No on Thu 1st Jan 8:36pm PST

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 1st Jan 8:36pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 25%

Action history:

Created Tue 22nd Jan 2008 2:22pm PST by scoopboy[Admin]
Edited Thu 6th Mar 2008 1:46pm PST by andrew
Suspended Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'No' Thu 1st Jan 8:36pm PST by chris[Admin]: New York Times remains an independent publicly-quoted company http://www.nytco.com/

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 1st Jan 8:36pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (292)

46 weeks ago
destry[Admin] predicted No (H$10,000 at 96%)
46 weeks ago
keynes predicted No (H$20 at 94%)
46 weeks ago
snem predicted No (H$20 at 94%)
48 weeks ago
athex predicted No (H$100 at 93%)
48 weeks ago
lcsnor predicted No (H$192 at 93%)

Comments (0)

No comments yet

Please log in or join to add a comment

Stake virtual dollars on the outcomes of real news stories! Win more if you're right and climb the leaderboards Learn more...

Name
Email
New password
By joining you are agreeing to our terms of service

Related News
This news is selected automatically based on the question, its background, options and tags


score: 10
Pool skaters find new homes

to foreclosure hotspots to try out the glut of new venues. One skateboarder in Fresno, California, told The New York Times that fellow skaters from around the world were descending on the area in California's Central Valley, which has witnessed rampant

score: 10
Skateboarders take advantage of home foreclosure crisis to skate in abandoned pools

to foreclosure hotspots to try out the glut of new venues. One skateboarder in Fresno, California, told the New York Times that fellow skaters from around the world were descending on the area in California's Central Valley, which has witnessed rampant

score: 10
Reader's Choice: iPhone, Google, Microsoft & Security

on InternetNews.com. Share this Article DiggDel.icio.us furl StumbleUpon BlinkList Newsvine Magnolia Facebook Tailrank Slashdot Technorati Google Bookmarks Yahoo Favorites Windows Live Ask If there was any doubt that 2008 was the year of the smartphone

score: 10
Dan Kennedy: Google's hegemony raises issues of free speech and censorship

chain with some 100 properties in eastern Massachusetts ? got a harsh lesson in the hazards of trusting Google with their content. At a Fourth of July parade in the lush seaside community of Beverly Farms, a float rumbled down the street bearing a

score: 10
NY Times Co. sued over copyright and new websites

from GateHouse without permission. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Boston against the New York Times Co., GateHouse claimed Boston.com violated copyright and trademark laws by reproducing, displaying and distributing its newspaper

Related Tags