You did see that this was from 2006 ?
Also note that Romney left Bain Capital in 2001:
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2001/08/20/daily27.html
“W. Mitt Romney is quitting Boston-based Bain Capital, the $13 billion investment firm he started with $35 million in 1984. The son of a former governor and himself a presidential candidate is going into politics in either Massachusetts or Utah after he completes work helping organize next year’s Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
“Romney, 54, is giving up his 100 percent control of Bain Capital to 26 managing directors.”
Maybe you’ll like this one better.
Clear Channel Accepts .7 Billion Takeover Bid - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds — DealBook - New York Tim
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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Clear Channel Accepts $18.7 Billion Takeover Bid
November 16, 2006, 3:16 pm
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The nation’s largest network of radio stations, Clear Channel Communications, agreed Thursday morning to be bought for $18.7 billion, in a deal that may test private equity’s seemingly insatiable appetite for media properties. A consortium that includes Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital won the bidding with a $37.60-a-share offer, beating out a rival consortium of Providence Equity Partners, the Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company.
The deal would rank as one of the largest media buyouts ever, surpassing
I remembered the story, I just didn’t associate it with Limbaugh at the time. I didn’t know Limbaugh worked for Clear Channel until after the Reid letter thing.