The Murdoch pitch
TAKE a much-loved but loosely-managed institution and transform it into a better-managed but somehow unlovable fragment of a global empire. Rupert Murdoch is well known for applying this technique to film studios and newspapers. Is he about to do the same thing to Los Angeles's baseball team, the Dodgers? He is said to have offered more than $350m for the team and will have it in the bag if, as seems likely, he can get the permission of enough of the owners of the other major-league teams.
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