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Univision To Buy Gawker Media For $135 Million (recode.net)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: Univision has won the auction for Gawker Media. The TV network and digital publisher has agreed to pay $135 million for the bankrupt blog network, according to a person familiar with the deal. Univision's offer will encompass all seven of Gawker Media's sites, including Gawker.com. Ziff Davis and Univision were the only two bidders for Gawker, which filed for bankruptcy after Hulk Hogan and Peter Thiel won a $140 million judgment in a privacy case. Ziff Davis had originally offered $90 million for Gawker Media. Here's a statement from Gawker Media owner Nick Denton: "Gawker Media Group has agreed this evening to sell our business and popular brands to Univision, one of America's largest media companies that is rapidly assembling the leading digital media group for millennial and multicultural audiences. I am pleased that our employees are protected and will continue their work under new ownership -- disentangled from the legal campaign against the company. We could not have picked an acquirer more devoted to vibrant journalism." The deal won't be official for a bit. For starters, a U.S. bankruptcy court judge needs to sign off on the transaction. When it is final, the judgment funds will be set aside while Gawker appeals its court case; eventually the money will go to the side that wins.

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  1. Re: Does this mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    you mean illegal aliens entering our country. legal immigrants he has no problem with. please don't mix words.

  2. You mean illegals. by sethstorm · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's no immigration in illegal alien.

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  3. Re: Does this mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Carter banned Muslims from entering the country .

  4. Re: Does this mean... by AK+Marc · · Score: 1, Informative

    Nope. The comments included legal Mexican immigrants. And targeting religions, in violation of the Constitution, up to and including illegal acts against US citizens that are "undesirable".
    ,br>Have you not been listening? Or are you just selectively listening to justify your bigotry?

  5. Re: Does this mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not unconstitutional to block immigration based on religion. You have no constitutional rights unless you're a citizen or already in the country.

  6. Re: Does this mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    yeah like .3% when Muslims are 99.7%. fact is Carter a "liberal democrat" banned immigration for a Muslim population. u cant change it re word it or bend it. it happened.

  7. Re: Does this mean... by haruchai · · Score: 3, Informative

    He banned a SPECIFIC country's citizens who were extremely likely to be Muslim. He likely would have done the same if they were extremely likely to be Buddhist, maybe even Xtian.
    Saudi Arabian Muslims - not banned, Iraqi Muslims - not banned, Yemeni Muslims - not banned, Nigerian Muslims - not banned

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  8. Re: Does this mean... by AK+Marc · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nope. Carter cancelled visas for those holding a passport of a country we were (almost) at war with. No sanctions were held against people for their religion, ethnicity, or nationality. Iranian-born Muslims holding a Syrian passport were unaffected.

    Do you not remember that Iran invaded US soil and captured Americans and held them hostage in a hostage situation funded by RNC in exchange for illegal arms and funding? It was suspected at the time, and dismissed as a conspiracy theory, but has since been 100% confirmed. Reagan wasn't involved in the initial hostage taking, but suported Iran after that, as a way to weaken Carter before the election. Treason to win the presidency is a Republican staple, since 1972. We still aren't sure there wasn't a treason every election since then. Only two have been proven, and a few more suspected.

  9. Re: Does this mean... by dbraden · · Score: 1, Informative

    you mean illegal aliens entering our country. legal immigrants he has no problem with.

    It's native-born judges of Mexican lineage that he has a problem with.

    And by that, I assume you mean "native-born judges of Mexican lineage and whom is a member of an anti-white racist orginization, an organization that has taken strong positions against Trump.

    So Trump's beef with Judge Curiel is totally with merit. Curiel shouldn't be anywhere near the case due to the conflict of interest.