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Rated by Participant: FB45B784C27762D20BCDD11140DA77BFD3A3620FD04E3DB466D38514EC1BF85E
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Carlos Slim was majority shareholder of the NYT in 2015 and 2016 but sold half his shares in 2017. Vanguard and Blackrock are currently the largest shareholders. Slim was connected to the drug cartels via a DEA contact of Stratfor in an email obtained by Wikileaks https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/THE-NEW-YORK-TIMES-COMPAN-13865/company-shareholders/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/365763-mexican-billionaire-carlos-slim-sells-off-half-of-ny-times-shares/ https://www.reuters.com/article/business/carlos-slim-becomes-ny-times-largest-shareholder-idUSL3N0UT5I7/#:~:text=Jan%2014%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20New,stock%20at%20$6.3572%20per%20share. https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/41/411681_re-client-question-carlos-slim-and-cartel- https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/86/863970_re-tactical-client-question-carlos-slim-and-cartel-dynamics-.html https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/12/1208803_-alpha-dea-on-carlos-slim-protect-sourcing-.html
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