Source at Microsoft online journal Slate says Washington Post seeks purchase.

From: The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: September 30, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Brier Dudley

Sep. 30--Reports that The Washington Post Co. is close to buying Microsoft's online magazine Slate are correct, a source at the software company confirmed yesterday.

Speculation about Slate's sale has swirled since Microsoft disclosed in July that it was talking to potential buyers.

Microsoft started the magazine as an experiment in online media in 1996. It quickly gained cachet, particularly among media and political junkies, ...

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