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    Bernie Madoff's Beach House Sale Closes At $9.4M: Better Than Expected!

    Tour Bernie Madoff's Lovely Beach House

    Newspaper For Sale!

    The New York Times Cash Crunch

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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    10/18/09

    In reply to Bernie Madoff's Beach House Sale Closes At $9.4M: Better Than Expected!
    That beach house should be signed over to Elie Weisel, considering what Madoff did to him. #berniemadoff
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    Image of flavorflav flavorflav
    10/17/09

    In reply to Bernie Madoff's Beach House Sale Closes At $9.4M: Better Than Expected!
    Does the new Gawker have a way to fix all the ugly typos on the weekends? Only one L in marshal. #berniemadoff
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    Image of mslewis mslewis
    10/17/09

    In reply to Bernie Madoff's Beach House Sale Closes At $9.4M: Better Than Expected!
    Well, the fact is, the house is on a primo piece of land in a primo area of Montauk. You can't beat that oceanfront. That's why someone paid $1M over the asking price. Had nothing to do with Madoff. I'm betting they will tear the house down and build something much better!! #berniemadoff
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    10/18/09

    @mslewis:

    Yeah, it has tear-down written all over it. Too little for such a great lot. #berniemadoff
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    10/17/09

    In reply to Bernie Madoff's Beach House Sale Closes At $9.4M: Better Than Expected!
    The notoriety of the famous monster drove up the price. #berniemadoff
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    10/17/09

    In reply to Bernie Madoff's Beach House Sale Closes At $9.4M: Better Than Expected!
    Oh darn. I wanted Ruth to stay there and turn it into Grey Gardens 2.o #berniemadoff
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/17/09

    @fatmonalisa: I'd be the Brooks to her Edie. #berniemadoff
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    10/17/09

    @mattchew03: I'd be a raccoon to your Brooks. #berniemadoff
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/17/09

    @ms_priestypants: What about Whiskers?! #berniemadoff
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    Image of dippitydoo dippitydoo
    09/01/09

    In reply to Tour Bernie Madoff's Lovely Beach House
    eww. is that their bed? and do the night stands double as safes?

    whatever. i'll take it. oceanfront in montauk? done and done.
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    Image of Bunsy Bunsy
    09/01/09

    In reply to Tour Bernie Madoff's Lovely Beach House
    Kind of 70's. And not fun, Elvis Presley/Graceland 70's.
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    Image of RheaPollstry RheaPollstry
    09/01/09

    In reply to Tour Bernie Madoff's Lovely Beach House
    Sorta depressing for a beach house, no?
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    09/01/09

    @RheaPollstry: Agreed. Nice lot, dumpy house. No way is it worth anywhere near the asking price.
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    Image of im10ashus im10ashus
    09/01/09

    In reply to Tour Bernie Madoff's Lovely Beach House
    Ick! That sofa in photo no. 5. WTH color is that?
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    09/01/09

    @im10ashus: That would be mint green. Mint. Green.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    09/01/09

    In reply to Tour Bernie Madoff's Lovely Beach House
    It looks like a Kansas house in the middle of Oz. What is with the grey?
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    09/01/09

    @Lizawithazee: Back in the day the grey was in. It looked new and I dunno, somewhat decent, but it weathers too easily. That's just my two cents.
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    Image of oneninesevenfour oneninesevenfour
    09/01/09

    @Lizawithazee: Traditional shingle-style coloring. Blends in well with the ocean and the dunes. And weathers well. Sorta works for these beachfront houses. You see them all over the LI and the Cape. (And heck, lakes in the midwest too.)
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    09/01/09

    @Conchie Birdie: It's standard issue Hamptons grey wooden shingles. I think they pass them out to you while you're stuck in traffic on the highway.
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    Image of LeeroySpitzer LeeroySpitzer
    09/01/09

    In reply to Tour Bernie Madoff's Lovely Beach House
    I wanted to break into this place when the news broke, but figured there were going to be too many feds there. Not to steal anything (well, depends), just as a sort of urban exploration. A few weeks later I read somewhere that people HAD broken into it. I wonder if insurance covered his losses?
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    Image of damedew damedew
    06/11/09

    In reply to Newspaper For Sale!
    I think the whole old media industry would really be helped with a revival of Newsies. You know, just to get people excited again about those papes.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    06/11/09

    @millisima: If guys looking like Christian Bale were hawking newspapers I would just feed them money all day to stare.
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    06/11/09

    In reply to Newspaper For Sale!
    Thanks New York Times for buying the Globe, reducing its quality, and then selling off the corpse. Although if the Times hadn't bought it in the first place, this all probably would have happened sooner.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    06/11/09

    In reply to Newspaper For Sale!
    Some local nouveau riche will buy it, announce some grand strategy that he or she had just been sold by a bunch of over-priced consultants, tire of the whole thing in a year and fire the cleaning lady.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    06/11/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: Not likely. This is like trying to sell a Ford Expedition after a tree fell on it. During an oil crisis. After electric cars become massively affordable.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    06/11/09

    @Awesome X: why not just close the fucker and sell off all the buildings and computers and coffee makers? I mean, if nobody wants a pay cut and the joint is losing money, it seems like time to cut bait.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    06/11/09

    @m4ximusprim3: They were never going to close it, right? Lord knows a corporation like Gannett or Scripps wouldn't think twice to shutter a massive money loser, but the Sulzberger clan? Too sentimental, too wrapped up in this "public trust" ideal. In a way, it's magnanimous that the company doesn't just liquidate the whole affair, cut their losses and concentrate on the marquee brand. But no "newspaperman" wants to be remembered as the guy who shuttered a great newspaper, even if it's a white elephant.
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    Image of Social Crimer Social Crimer
    12/10/08

    In reply to The New York Times Cash Crunch
    As someone who just watched (and was kind of part of) a recent media bloodbath, I have to applaud the Times for exhausting as many non-personnel-based options before cutting the editorial staff that keeps the behemoth afloat.


    Too often the first, very unimaginative response to tough times is: let's get rid of the people who do all the work that makes us what we are in the first place!


    Not effective.


    In short, what she said:


    [www.thedailybeast.com]

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