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The media will tell people that The Boston Globe was sold by The New York Times for $70 million, which was a loss, because The New York Times bought it for $1.1 billion.

John W. Henry, the owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club, bought the newspaper.
Funnily enough, it turns out that NEWSWEEK sold for $1 in 2010 to Sidney Harman.

businessinsider.com/its-official-n…
Newsweek was sold by The Washington Post for $1 to Sidney Harman and Harman Media.

I personally think Trump is mixing these examples up.

thestreet.com/story/10882203…
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