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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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