Fox: "We bought someone in this room."
Valley superblog TechCrunch came out yesterday with exclusive video of a buyout un-announcement at yesterday's Under the Radar conference. The admission came from Ross Levinsohn during an on-stage interview with TechCrunch owner Michael Arrington. The Fox Interactive president paused and blurted, "We have bought someone in this room."
He followed up with some Hollywood flair: an attendee says that Livinsohn pulled a checkbook from his pocket and waved it around, saying, "This is Rupert Murdoch's checkbook."
That must be a slick pick-up line. Sadly, it looks like this dramatic flourish was cut from TechCrunch's video — but it explains why Arrington asks, "Can I see it? Can I touch it?"
