厲害了！華裔富豪斥資32億，收購《洛杉磯時報》！
Biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong on Monday will take control of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, two historic newspapers rooted in Southern California civic life for more than 135 years — that now must adapt for the digital age.
星期一生物科技界鉅富陳頌雄博士將接管《洛杉磯時報》和《聖地亞哥聯合論壇報》。這兩家頗具歷史意義的報社立足南加州城市生活已逾135年，如今它們必須適應數碼時代。
Soon-Shiong is spending $500 million to acquire the news organizations, along with Spanish-language Hoy and a handful of community newspapers, from Chicago-based Tronc.
陳頌雄斥資5億美元收購了芝加哥報社集團Tronc旗下的這家新聞機構、西班牙語詞典Hoy以及幾份社區小報。
Soon-Shiong, who will become executive chairman of the California News Group, plans to relocate most of the 800 employees to El Segundo by the end of July, vacating the paper’s headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.
陳頌雄將成爲加利福尼亞新聞集團的執行董事長，他計劃到七月末將這家報社從位於洛杉磯市區的總部搬出，把800名員工中的多數人重新安置在埃爾塞貢多。
Soon-Shiong, a 65-year-old Chinese American and former UCLA surgeon, has amassed a fortune, estimated by Forbes at $7.5 billion, by building, then selling, two biopharmaceutical companies.
65歲的陳頌雄是一位美籍華人，他曾是加州大學洛杉磯分校的外科醫師。他通過創辦並出售兩家生物製藥公司積累了財富。據《福布斯》估算，其資產達75億美元。
But owning the Los Angeles Times is his highest-profile venture.
但是控股《洛杉磯時報》是他最高調的一筆風險投資。
“This will be his toughest challenge yet,” predicted political consultant and pollster Frank Luntz, who occasionally works with Soon-Shiong. “The printed word is on life support — but the doctor is in.”
“這將是他迄今爲止最大的挑戰，”政治顧問兼民意調查人弗蘭克·倫茲預測道，他偶爾會爲陳頌雄服務。“文字印刷業已病入膏肓，但醫生來了。”
Readership has migrated to computers — and, increasingly, to mobile phones and tablets.
（時下）讀者羣體已轉向電腦客戶端，而且用手機和平板電腦閱讀新聞的人越來越多。
To capitalize on the trend, well-resourced East Coast papers have thrust themselves into the vanguard of digital media by investing in staff and technology. The New York Times now boasts nearly 2.8 million digital-only subscribers while the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal each have more than 1 million.
爲了利用這一趨勢，資源豐富的東海岸報社通過在人才和技術上的投資已走在了數字媒體的前沿。如今《紐約時報》有近280萬名電子期刊訂閱者，而《華盛頓郵報》和《華爾街日報》也都有100多萬名（電子期刊）訂閱者。
The Los Angeles Times, in contrast, has about 138,000 digital-only subscriptions. Soon-Shiong said that base must grow.
相比之下，《洛杉磯時報》只有約13.8萬名電子期刊訂閱者。陳頌雄指出，《洛杉磯時報》必須擴大電子期刊的讀者羣體。
“The last three months has been an amazing experience for me to learn about all the elements that are affecting this industry,” Soon-Shiong said in an interview, just after signing paperwork to finalize the purchase. On Monday, he will wire the money — and then the historic sale will be complete.“
對我而言，過去的三個月是非常好的經歷，我從中學到了影響這個行業的所有要素，”在簽署了收購合同之後，陳頌雄在一次採訪中說道。星期一他將出資完成這一歷史性的收購活動。
Although Soon-Shiong said The Times must grow digitally, he said he has no plans to step away from print.
雖然陳頌雄表示《洛杉磯時報》必須拓展電子業務，但他並不打算從印刷領域退出。
（翻譯：Dlacus）
