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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn the Tentacles of the "Kochtopus": Brothers Go On Media Buying Binge
"Three years ago, Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, held a seminar of like-minded, wealthy political donors at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colo. They laid out a three-pronged, 10-year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with less regulation and taxes.
The first two pieces of the strategy educating grass-roots activists and influencing politics were not surprising, given the money they have given to policy institutes and political action groups. But the third one was: media.
Other than financing a few fringe libertarian publications, the Kochs have mostly avoided media investments. Now, Koch Industries, the sprawling private company of which Charles G. Koch serves as chairman and chief executive, is exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Companys eight regional newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Orlando Sentinel and The Hartford Courant."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/business/media/koch-brothers-making-play-for-tribunes-newspapers.html
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In the Tentacles of the "Kochtopus": Brothers Go On Media Buying Binge (Original Post)
wtmusic
Apr 2013
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. You knew this would be the next move
by Oligarchy Class. Don't like the message,kill the messenger.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)2. Aha!
More kochery is afoot!
One nation, under Koch, with Tyranny and feudalism for all! Have a Koch and a smile!
ALECism for all! It's coming!
Serf's up!
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)3. the media is already lost
it's a pure propaganda mill.
different owners just means the lies will be more obscene.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. They know how to win both the present & the future. Nt