RS Partners with News Corp

Jennifer Palmer
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The ink is still drying on an early morning deal on April 1st between News Corp and Reality Sandwich giving Rupert Murdoch's company control of the webzine and its accompanying social movement. The world's second largest media conglomerate reportedly purchased the struggling webzine for an amount rumored to be in the tens of millions.  Daniel Pinchbeck, author and co-founder of the site, has been in secret negotiations with the company for some time in an effort to strike a "Faustian" deal to raise the optics of the consciousness community to the level of The Simpsons and Fox News.   

Rupert Murdoch has never been quiet about his interest in absorbing RS into his media empire, having long expressed a desire to gain advertising access to any and all counterculture movements.  "I don't care how kooky they are," he reiterated in a recent interview with an Austrailian radio station, "as long as they still watch TV."

This video taken moments after the agreement gives a sense of what it was like to witness the birth of this historic partnership.

Click here to learn more about how the E+SM movement is selling out.

 

 

 

 

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hehe

Submitted by Lunk Rat on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 13:20.
har har har

you are beautiful!

Submitted by Pamela Shapiro on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 14:12.
My mouth hurts from grinning so wide :D ' Let the beauty we love be what we do...there are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground." Rumi

Some RS BS

Submitted by BadRobot on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 14:20.
My Jaw dropped until I remembered todays date...... Pretty good.. The world for which I was made does not exist

RS Finally bought by Murdoch

Submitted by Michael Robinson on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 14:21.
I just got back into our new spacious loft after having double parked the Jag for the last hour to see the news is finally out. After so many years of struggle we finally have the money to create lasting change and can only thank News Corp. for that. It is so amazing that they are going to let us be as kooky as we are as long as we run all the content on RS by their board members. Problem solved and time to let the champagne flow- Love Michael

Props go to Michael

Submitted by Jennifer Palmer on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 14:26.

This post was an elaboration of an email sent out by Michael this morning.

 

I'd type more but the fatness of my bling is making my fingers too heavy to lift.  Thank-you, Fox!

 

xo

 

jp

Works

Submitted by John Topp on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 15:21.
Cool, I've been visualizing this for weeks! Proof that it works.

good one

Submitted by Tristan Gulliford on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 15:30.
hahahaha I'm sure Rupert will be a good steward, and keep RS faithful to its message.

finally we can get great

Submitted by psychonaut on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 17:54.
finally we can get great reporters on this site like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly

Hmmmm....

Submitted by sniffcode.com on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 18:34.
Very funny. Actually, what you should have done was post "real" news articles from mainstream media for April Fool's Day. I mean, really. It works on soooo many levels. www.sniffcode.com

hehe

Submitted by Persobe on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 19:21.
Every year this day gets me at least once. Oh, such a way to live, to be sensitive and trusting.... Damn you April Fool's Day!!!! I should not have fallen for that.

OMG

Submitted by Leon Night on Fri, 04/02/2010 - 05:43.

What a great way to wake up after a difficult night's sleep!

Good one, Jennifer! 

this post caused me to jump

Submitted by jellyfish74 on Fri, 04/02/2010 - 07:36.
this post caused me to jump out my window! luckily, my window is only 4 feet from the ground. after i was done cursing fate for keeping me alive, i realized what day it was. nice one ;) color me punk'd!

Damn...

Submitted by Aizen Myoo on Sat, 04/03/2010 - 09:47.
My computer says its April 3. Damn technology. I for myself have the money ready (just waiting to see about my credit card) to subscribe and possibly buy a backstage pass, people, and never see this happens and if it happens then since I invested money I'll get more angry and will have more fuel to use in rebellion. --- My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.

Yes

Submitted by Jon. on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 05:25.
Babylon has made a fatal mistake and allowed us through there defenses. Attack my brothers and sisters, Babylon is Falling!