Possible Sale of Slate Magazine

Microsoft supposedly has been entertaining the possibility of selling its premier magazine, Slate, with The Washington Post being a likely buyer.

As Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly writes - and I fully agree - I think this would be a mistake.

Slate's been unusual for a number of reasons - not the least of which is why in God's name they would pay Mickey Kaus for anything - and I know it hasn't been a great money-maker for Microsoft. But even Bill Gates has to own something occasionally that doesn't return him 5,000% profit and it would be probably not good to see what Slate would evolve into under different ownership.