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While probably relatively few people were previously aware of this story it is not 'Breaking News'.

A quick google search shows that the Contra Costa Times published it on 8/11/06

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/15250397.htm

"Gates, GE in on MediaNews deal

The financing package that MediaNews Group Inc. obtained to help in its purchase of the Times, San Jose Mercury News, and other papers includes perhaps the best-known name in Corporate America: Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates.

MediaNews obtained a financing package from a syndicate of lenders that enables the newspaper company to borrow up to $597 million to help finance its acquisitions, according to a MediaNews filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The syndicate of lenders includes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, General Electric Capital Corp. and several financial and other organizations."

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While probably relatively few people were previously aware of this story it is not 'Breaking News'. A quick google search shows that the Contra Costa Times published it on 8/11/06

This is impossible. You mean FreeRepublic got scooped?