4chan Wants to Sell Out– To Rupert Murdoch?!
Dated: 17 Jul 2008
Ahh, this is one of those fun 4chan things where I can’t tell if it’s a joke or not! That said, 4chan’s owner/founder moot– who was already profiled in the Wall Street Journal a while ago –appeared in this week’s print issue of TIME, and the article is also online. In it, “moot” says many of the same things as the WSJ (maybe it was some kind of group interview, even?), but also adds at the end…
[moot] wouldn’t be above cashing out for the right price, which is $580 million, which is what Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. paid for MySpace in 2005. “I try to work Murdoch into any interview I give,” he says. “Rupert Murdoch? moot@4chan.org.”
What a terrifying thought!
Tags: 4chan
July 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Murdoch is moot and Poole is a front.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Heh it won’t happen if it did 4chan would be ruined. 4chan don’t get gobbled up plz. :3
July 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
In other news, if you think Murdoch is interested in paying 580 million dollars for a colossal pit of moral depravity, I have some beachfront property in Kansas to sell you.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Looks like he already had some of my cheeseburgers >.<. and lol Flamehaze, IMO, 4chan was ruined long ago….when /b (As we know it today)was born
July 18th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
4chan would make an awesome acquisition target, provided moot looked at facebook or even Niwango.