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Purchases
1997
Edison International purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M
1995
Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network
1992
Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
1992
Tampa Bay group purchases San Francisco Giants
1991
Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
1990
Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million
1990
Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion
1989
American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route
1989
Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
1989
Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
1988
Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles
1988
Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
1985
Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
1979
Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network
1976
Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1975
David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon
1972
Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million
1970
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank
1966
Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
1965
CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
1964
CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%
1964
NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
1964
CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
1963
NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000
1961
Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
1960
Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000
1953
A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns
1946
Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians
1933
Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox
1931
1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
1927
Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA
1917
U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands
1861
Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington
1728
Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue
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