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“The money, that’s easy.”
Allen says he isn’t worried about raising $10 billion to buy ABC. The thing that makes his offer so special: “Approval of the deal, that’s the commodity.”
He says tech companies can’t buy it because they “can’t even buy a lemonade stand today” without regulators getting upset. And the big media companies are “maxed out” in terms of broadcast assets under FCC rules.
“I’m the prettiest girl at the dance,” he says. “The best looking thing you’re ever gonna see this year.”
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