The handicapping of the possible buyers of Newsday keeps going on. The latest entry comes today from Fortune, where Devin Leonard writes about why Rupert Murdoch has the inside track over Mort Zuckerman--no odds given in this one about the late Cablevision/New York Observer entry.
Leonard says that, against some conventional wisdom, Murdoch would have it easier getting regulators to endorse his plans than Zuckerman. The reason is even more interesting: Leonard says that Murdoch's pauper status--at least in terms of a money-losing Post--will help him more than the profits of the Daily News.
--Noel Rubinton