Crazy Rumor of the Day: Does Google Want to Merge With the New York Times?

Did someone CNBC really suggest that the New York Times might be a takeover target for Google?  That seems entirely crazy.  Forget whether such a merger would make sense; the New York Times cannot be sold without the approval of the Sulzberger family, which seems unlikely to emerge unless things get quite a bit more dire.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/11/crazy-rumor-of-the-day-does-google-want-to-merge-with-the-new-york-times/29556/