MetaFilter posts tagged with takeover

bill stickers will be prosecuted.

logicpunk — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:06:33 -0800

On April 25th, 2009, over 50 artists and 26 whitewashers spread out over lower Manhattan as part Jordan Seiler's "New York Street Advertising Takeover". Over 120 illegal billboards were whitewashed, then turned into "personal pieces of art." One person was arrested. More pictures. via

Ebb into history?

triv — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:23:49 -0800

Myfootballclub puts their money where their collective mouth is and buys Ebbsfleet United, who are currently in the Blue Square Premier. As previously discussed here, is this a good thing, or a step too far as we head towards Reality Football?

Coup D'Etat

trinarian — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:37:41 -0800

American Coup D'Etat. Will the most powerful and well-funded institution on the planet remain under civilian command indefinitely? As the domestic spying saga unfolds and militarism rises, Harper's brought four experts - both academics and brass - to discuss the possibilities.

"To subdue America entirely, the only route remaining would be to seize the machinery of state itself, to steer it toward malign ends—to carry out, that is, a coup d'état."

That's how much per link?!?

clevershark — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 07:45:40 -0800

Does AOL's acquisition of Weblogs, Inc. make financial sense? Yet another excellent quantitative analysis from Tristan Louis, who seems to spend a lot of time digging for numbers relating to the so-called blogosphere -- see also his granular analysis of what distinguishes A-list from B-list bloggers and another analysis more specifically examining Technorati links, as well as his analysis of the sort of cash Gawker is paying out which was discussed here earlier. Whatever the price investors don't seem to be hitting the panic button at the deal.

RIP MIX BURN SUCKAS

raaka — Fri, 11 Apr 2003 05:40:15 -0800

Apple Reportedly in Talks to Buy Universal Music!

MiguelCardoso — Sun, 30 Sep 2001 03:08:42 -0800

Crackpot Sunday Brunch: Would You Like a Canadian Club to Go With That Bloody Mary, Sir? No, not from The Onion. Much better. A real-life, in-all-sincerity, 100% Canadian solution to all the U.S.'s current problems. (More inside)

aurelian — Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:29:53 -0800