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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:27 AM
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Anyone have problems with Liberty Media buying Barnes & Noble?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Malone">John C. Malone is chairman.
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:36 AM
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1. Is he part of ALEC?
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:37 AM
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2. He is connected to the Kochs via the Cato Institute.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:40 AM
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3. I like to use Barnes & Noble free wifi to download books onto my Kindle
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:42 AM
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6. I still use Barnes & Noble. It's why I hate this media conglomerate
getting its paws on it.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:40 AM
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4. Yes...They already own too damn much
But it seems like anti-trust challenges are still lying unused in the closet
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:40 AM
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5. If I were a shareholder, I would. B&N is on its deathbed.
But, Malone has a habit of buying sick companies cheap, and doesn't always turn them around.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 08:45 AM
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7. Hard to tell what his agenda is here.
He is much bigger on digital media.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:44 AM
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8. B&N have an online bookselling presence and are trying to compete on e-readers
Edited on Fri May-20-11 09:45 AM by leveymg
I figure they'll just board up most of the old brick and mortar retail book outlets or turn them into storefront fundamentalist churches. Then, they'll burn all the (bad) books. :evilgrin:
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:11 AM
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9. Or fundamentalist kiosks.
;-)
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