Who's Aaron Kushner, and Why Does He Want 'The Boston Globe'?

Entrepreneur reportedly ready to offer $200 million

In 1993, The New York Times Company bought The Boston Globe from Boston's Taylor family for $1.1 billion—the highest price ever paid for a U.S. newspaper. Now, 38-year-old entrepreneur and Boston transplant Aaron Kushner is reportedly preparing to bid around just $200 million for the paper and its parent company, the New England Media Group. 

Not that it matters to the Times at this point, but Kushner looks like an odd savior for the Globe. A self-described "mission-driven entrepreneur," his first mission was MyMove.com,

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