Mediagazer: New York Times Set to Sell Globe for Fraction of Purchase (Edmund Lee/Bloomberg)

5:50 PM ET, June 27, 2013

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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

New York Times Set to Sell Globe for Fraction of Purchase — New York Times Co. (NYT), which is accepting bids for the Boston Globe today, is likely to fetch a price that's about a 10th of what it paid in 1993, a sign of the industry's deterioration over the past two decades.

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Ciara Byrne / Co.Labs:

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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Digits:

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

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Jim Romenesko:

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Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

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Nick Summers / The Next Web:

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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

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