[abb]

If he buys the Times, the Times will be out of business in five years, tops.

I estimate two years, regardless of whether Slim puts money in it or not. Revenues are imploding in ALL newspapers. NYT is about to start peeing red ink all over the place.

[utahson]

Actually the ones really imploding are the ones that are completely biased and only spout one side, the liberal side. They turn off half of the public, thus losing any potential sales from them, plus the losses to the internet. The only way to survive as a newspaper is to report fairly all sides and just not the liberal bias. The Wall Street Journal will always survive because it is more fair and balanced than the Times or any liberal newspaper in the country.

[Spktyr]

I’m going off his CompUSA track record - he kept CompUSA going for two or three years after it was really dead.