that s a statement from magic johnson. the $2 billion price tag is the most ever paid for any sports franchise. it also shatters, of course, the sales record of other baseball franchises. the next closest being the chicago cubs, purchased for $845 million in 2009. the deal, which still has to be approved in federal bankruptcy court, would be finalized by april 30th. that is the same day, incidentally, that mccourt is scheduled to pay his ex-wife $131 million in a divorce settlement. dodgers fans, it looks like your long nightmare is now over. yankees relief pitcher joba chamberlain says he does expect to pitch again some time this season. this is days after suffering an ankle injury while jumping on a trampoline with his 5-year-old son. yesterday at yankees camp in tampa, joba talked about the accident and then got choked up talking about being a father. i grabbed my leg and kind of looked, and i was like, oh, man!
team from frank mccourt for $2 billion. johnson said, i am thrilled to be part of the historic dodger franchise and intend to build on the fantastic foundation laid by frank mccourt. the $2 billion price tag the most ever paid for any sports franchise. among baseball teams, the next closest, chicago cubs, purchased in 2009 for $845 million. the deal still has to be approved in federal bankruptcy court and could be finalized by april 30. that is, coincidentally, the day frank mccourt is scheduled to pay his wife $131 million in a divorce settlement. look how happy they look there. mike, can you characterize quickly how bad it was in l.a. for the last year? why this had to happen, why dodger fans are desperate for this? obviously, because the dodgers are one of the four jewels of major league baseball in terms of franchises. it had been run into the ground. they had lost a huge season ticket base. they were held in total
lives can be. and on the other hand, people are concerned about the privacy. which depending upon the generation you re in, may be different. but as more and more data is being collected, the quality of the data is getting better, but the privacy is getting less and less. there s a growing mean in the public that the fact that their data is being mined may not be to the best benefit or to them financially. i guess the reason i wanted to produce this particular television segment was not to have a privacy debate, but it was because of the specific realization that the community is not valued in the capital structure. so right now the community is treated as either the customer or the product. but what facebook is proving because facebook has nothing of value other than the contest of the 845 million users they are now selling to wall street for
not only by its $5 billion public offering but by its $100 billion estimated value. but what that represents is an interesting concept. facebook is redefining what the community is relative to capi l capitalis capitalists. you might think you re a facebook customer. but if you look at the $100 billion valuation on facebook, you, me, and the other 845 million folks are actually the capital. facebook s ipo is proven maybe for the first time ever that the community of people, any given community, has actual monetary value even if the community doesn t receive the money. let s bring in a tech perspective on this. andrew roshas is a senior teched a virus at the sunlight foundation.
welcome back, time for news by the numbers. first up. the powerball jackpot shot up to for last night s drawing. 325. and the phantom of the opera, 845 million dollar hit has become an unprecedented broadway success. i think it s about time i go see that. and last, $160,000, how much charlie s family made off of that viral video of him and his brother. charlie bit my finger. it s the most watched noncommercial video watched on youtube. ow, charlie, ow! 417 million views. that really hurt. first it was the tiger mom who taught american parents how to discipline their children and now parents are getting advice from the