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Murdoch Near Deal to Sell Weekly Standard

Wall Street Journal makes conservative mag unnecessary

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 11, 2009 12:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is close to a deal to sell the Weekly Standard to billionaire media mogul Philip Anschutz, the Los Angeles Times reports. The conservative magazine boasts a modest circulation of 83,000, though Murdoch has long prized the cachet it granted...   Read full story »

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