Going to do an extensive dig on Claire McCaskill's husband Joseph Shepard.
She's up for reelection. That's a gettable Senate seat.
Ready, aim, research.
Fellow sharkanons, do you smell more liberal media blood in the water? I smell it, and the smell is coming from Atlanta.
https://www.ajc.com/news/local/cox-enterprises-explores-options-for-cox-media-group-television-stations/Vq1Dko4ZCT3s8ahfxiOSbL/?icmp=np_inform_variation-test
As you can tell, this story is just smokescreen.
Some salient facts:
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Cox Media Group is still a privately-held family corporation.
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Cox owns the only newspaper in Atlanta, and the ABC affiliate TV station.
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Cox is known for never, ever talking about itself.
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Anne Cox Chambers is consistently on Forbes' list and is 98 years old. Her Atlanta home is across West Paces Ferry from the Georgia governor's mansion, and is larger and significantly more attractive. Her net worth in 2014 was estimated at $16.1 billion. She is the wealthiest person in Georgia, and the 28th wealthiest person in the USA, and the 53rd wealthiest in the world.
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Her father James M. Cox was the Governor of Ohio, and was the 1920 Democratic presidential nominee. Franklin D. Roosevelt was his running mate.
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Cox Media Group sold 4 TV stations to Sinclair Broadcasting in 2014.
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The current chairman, James Cox Kennedy, is almost never referred to by that name because *he doesn't like it. Kek.
Now that you know all that, some gossip from a buddy:
"Looks like MAYBE Cox is thinking about selling WSB to somebody. But, who? Sinclair Broadcast Group bought four TV stations from Cox in 2013. Maybe they're on the prowl again.
And, bigger question: If Cox sells its flagship TV station WSB, what happens to plans to merge the news staffs of Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB? Or was that plan always just hooey? And what of the expected layoffs at the AJC? How does that change?
Don't look to get a straight answer out of the corporate overlords – until the deal is inked. But, don't worry. They've got your back. It's where they keep the silver."
ADDENDA
Blair Parry-Okeden, who is Anne Cox Chambers' niece (via her late sister Barbara Cox Anthony) is the richest person in Australia since inheriting her mother's fortune.
I know a dude who never finished his bachelor's degree, but got certified to drive big rigs.
He works about two weeks out of the month, and is making $150k just delivering lighting equipment for a film company in Georgia.
Hangs out with his wife & kids, reads, and grills beef the rest of the time. Happy man.