WaPost may buy Slate

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http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/9958/

Slate’s New Mate?
The Washington Post Company is said to be close to buying dot-com survivor Slate. Microsoft put the Webzine up for sale in July, saying it was looking to “find an owner where the rest of their businesses are more aligned.” (Slate is reportedly breaking even on $6 million in revenue.) The New York Times took a look but decided to pass. Maybe it figured it could continue to poach Slate’s editors and writers at will (see: Jodi Kantor, Dahlia Lithwick, A. O. Scott). In any case, the talent pool, and Slate’s smart-people-procrastinating-at-work readership, is part of what is said to attract the Post, since it regards itself as a national paper trapped in a local paper’s body. If it happens, New York–based Slate editor Jacob Weisberg (who refused to comment) isn’t expected to relocate inside the Beltway. A Post spokesperson said, I have nothing to offer.”
—Carl Swanson