There are 'confirmed' things such as the Weblogs, Inc./AOL deal and then the un-confirmed things like Dave Winer/Weblogs.com sale to Verisign, Gawker/News Corp. and then the SixApart/NewsCorp meme. What's great is Nick Denton points to the source of the Gawker rumor. Perhaps the SixApart folks were also 'talking' at a party.
With all these rumors going around I figured I'd set the record straight on the New York Times rumor.
I have been in low-level talks with the New York Times on a content deal. I was contacted by the NYT to find out if I was interested in subscribing to their newspaper. We're still working out the financial details, but it looks like I might enter into a 9-week content deal with them. It will most likely be an all-cash deal. The NYT will benefit from increased circulation while I will gain valuable knowledge and 'first-look' at NYT content via their paperboy delivery channel.
Update: In the mail today I received competing offers from Newsweek and L.L. Bean. Looking closely though, the L.L. Bean offer is product only, no cash. This is going to be a tough decision.
Visitor Comments
comedy. pure comedy.
Posted by: stephen ogrady | October 6, 2005 2:01 PM
Wonderful! Delightfully del.icio.us discernment.
Posted by: Joe Begalla | October 6, 2005 5:38 PM
How 1960's of you to get the paper version. Geez, I expect more.
Posted by: Jeremy Pepper | October 6, 2005 6:03 PM
have to say this made my day ...
Posted by: Staci Kramer | October 7, 2005 1:14 AM
Oddly there wasn't the same media attention to my news as there was to Dave Winer and Weblogs Inc. :-)
Posted by: Josh Hallett | October 7, 2005 9:47 AM
I love it!
And then there's the amazing quantity of offers laid at your feet when standing at the Barnes & Noble magazine rack - Literally falling on top of each other as you open each magazine...
Posted by: Brian Benz | October 7, 2005 4:37 PM
I'm in a similar situation with several media companies, and a communications firm that is offering to renew my connectivity contract for my mobile, programmable communications device.
I'm not ready to handle any media inquiries about my situation yet, so I'm keeping things pretty hush-hush.
Posted by: Eric Eggertson | October 8, 2005 2:25 PM