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Rev. Sun Myung Moon said to be considering buying back Washington Times
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Aug 25, 2010 01:23pm |
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| Author | Ian Shapira |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Just four years after giving the Washington Times to his eldest son, the Unification Church's leader, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, is considering paying millions of dollars to buy back the conservative newspaper he founded in 1982, according to former Times staffers with knowledge of the negotiations.
Moon wants to buy the Times back from his son Preston Moon, who has threatened to shut down the foundering broadsheet altogether, said Charles Sutherland, the Times's former director of development and promotions, who was laid off in May.
Times sources said Moon, who is 90, has tapped Dong Moon Joo, the former Times chairman who was ousted last year by Preston Moon, to purchase and run the paper. Messages left at Joo's home and with his attorney were not returned Tuesday.
"The idea is that Moon wants the paper back and wants Mr. Joo to run it," Sutherland said. "That's what the whole game is about. The old man trusts Joo." |
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