Comments on: Forbes Acquires Freelance Journalism Site TrueSlant http://paidcontent.org/2010/05/25/419-forbes-acquires-true-slant/ The economics of digital content Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rafat Ali http://paidcontent.org/2010/05/25/419-forbes-acquires-true-slant/#comment-78739 Wed, 26 May 2010 00:59:11 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/05/25/419-forbes-acquires-true-slant/#comment-78739 hey ian, it isn’t profitable exit for forbes, i think. they probably just absorbed the money they invested in it. forbes essentially bought talent.

]]> By: ilamont http://paidcontent.org/2010/05/25/419-forbes-acquires-true-slant/#comment-78738 Tue, 25 May 2010 22:45:00 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/05/25/419-forbes-acquires-true-slant/#comment-78738 I don’t quite understand the math here: Investors put in more than $3 million, yet you believe it’s being sold in the low single millions, and perhaps even less than that. Is the Forbes acquisition a profitable exit for them?

And how will Forbes get value from this purchase? According to the May 16 NYT Magazine feature that discussed T/S’s operating model, “the start-up isn’t yet turning a profit.”

]]> By: malcolmbird http://paidcontent.org/2010/05/25/419-forbes-acquires-true-slant/#comment-78737 Tue, 25 May 2010 20:50:46 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/05/25/419-forbes-acquires-true-slant/#comment-78737 Lewis is an excellent guy and deserves this! Congrats matey.

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