Posted on 02/25/2014 5:30:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Edited on 02/26/2014 2:40:06 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Mexican magnate Carlos Slim and the Italian group Proto will be the principal shareholders of the US daily The New York Times (NYT), said sources at the Proto Organization. This is because Slim plans to exercise at the end of this year warrants he received when he made a major loan to the newspaper company, according to a report in Bloomberg.
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Or is owning the NYT just an expensive way to show off, like owning a yacht?
Whoo-Hoo! Amnesty for everybody!
Veces Nuevo York?
Since he’s pretty much the richest person on Earth, it could be either one, or both.
He’s made a huge killing on his investment up to this point (at the expense of the owners).
If the purse if fat, that’s where it’s at
why waste time lookin’ at the waistline....
Carlos made his fortune by taking over government monopolies that were “privatized” while still being allowed to be monopolies.
Carlos must need the tax write off. The rag is unreadable in any language.
Propaganda organ for the Mexican upper class to cajole the gringos into sending more money to Mexico and taking more of the Mexican underclass off their hands so they don’t string up a rapacious gangster like Slim Helu.
———Does Slim expect to make money from owning the NYT?-——
As principle shareholder I would think he would.....
This could be a good thing after all he is one of the richest people in the world so I would assume he isn’t a dummy...
Maybe he will expand the POV of the paper so people like myself might actually read it instead of using it to line the birdcage...
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Carlos Slim expects to use the New York Times to forward the Treason Lobby’s agenda. And Mexico’s agenda, which is the same thing.
In 2009, the total value of the Times public stock went down almost to $500 million.
Slim should have thrown the dice and bought all of it then.
I don't completely understand the ownership structure.
At one time, and perhaps now, too, the Ochs and Sulzberger families controlled 100% of the “voting” stock, which, I believe, was private stock, and unavailable to the public.
I'm not sure if Slim bought the public stock or the family stock.
Good question.
Start with this, though. The Times has two classes of stock -- Class A and Class B. Class A is publicly traded. Class B is privately held by the Ochs-Sulzberger family.
Both classes share in the profits, such as they are. But Class B nominates 9 of the 14 directors, thus controls the company.
It's not said whether Slim and Proto gained control of 19% of the Class A or Class B shares -- though I presume it is the former, since they say they are now the company's principal shareholders.
My guess is that Slim has plans. Note that Proto, who has a minority stake (just 2%) also owns the leading Italian newspaper -- Corriere della Sera. Proto is probably partnering with Slim for his newspaper expertise.
The odd thing is that the New York Times brand may have more value than the actual operation. They might have some plans to exploit the brand in some way, while they try to keep Pinch & the boys above water.
Why should he have bought all of it then when the price is sure to keep falling?
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