Cuban expressed his curiosity in buying each media properties throughout a wide-ranging interview with Wired that was printed Thursday.
“If I had sufficient cash to do it, which I do not, I would purchase it in a heartbeat,” Cuban mentioned of buying Fox Information.
Shopping for Fox Information, Cuban mentioned earlier in his interview, would function an antidote to a demographic he calls the “Fox Information era.”
Cuban coined the time period in previous interviews when he expressed disappointment in his generation, the infant boomers.
“I imply, my era was intercourse, medicine and rock ‘n’ roll. I by no means thought they might be the Fox Information era,” Cuban advised The New York Instances’ David Marchese in an interview printed in August 2020.
“Folks I knew have been smoking pot, listening to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Younger and protest songs. The concept that these are the individuals condemning Black Lives Issues and watching Fox Information in droves. It is so upsetting to me. You haven’t any concept,” Cuban added.
Shopping for Fox Information, in the meantime, can be far too costly an funding Cuban mentioned, estimating an acquisition value of round $15 to $20 billion.
“I haven’t got $15 or $20 billion in money sitting round,” Cuban advised Goode.
Getting X can also be a distant risk for Cuban, who advised Wired that he would not assume the platform’s proprietor Elon Musk is eager on promoting.
“I want I may. There is no cause for him to promote it,” Cuban mentioned.
Cuban, who’s a frequent consumer of X, has usually slammed the changes Musk has made to the platform. Musk acquired Twitter in October 2022, earlier than renaming it to X in July 2023.
Cuban’s criticisms have earned Musk’s ire, with the latter hurling insults at Cuban for his criticisms.
However that hasn’t pushed Cuban away from the platform, who advised Business Insider in June that he finds it “enjoyable sparring with Elon.”
“He who controls the algorithm controls the platform—controls that world, that group. And Elon has constructed, X has constructed, a really robust right-leaning group. They’re enjoyable to fuck with,” Cuban mentioned in his interview with Wired.
Representatives for Fox Information, X, and Cuban did not instantly reply to requests for remark despatched exterior common enterprise hours.