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Washington Post buys Slate
The Washington Post Company announced today that it is purchasing Slate, the online newsmagazine owned by Microsoft. Financial terms of the sale were not announced. Slate editor Jacob Weisberg has the details here.
That's good news for the good journalism going on at Slate. I can scarcely think of a better fit, a more benign editorial presence, and a smarter new media company than the Washington Post Co.
December 21, 2004 at 05:15 PM in New media | Permalink
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