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Eto'o joins Liverpool on a one-year-deal

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Samuel Eto’o has opted to join Liverpool and is undergoing a medical on Friday ahead of signing a one-year deal, Goal understands. Everton’s late interest in the 33-year-old had threatened to derail Liverpool’s move, with Roberto Martinez’s side ready to offer a two-year contract, but the striker is excited by the prospect of working under Brendan Rodgers. The Cameroon international’s medical is taking place outside of the UK, while the deal could be finalised before Liverpool face Manchester City on Monday evening. Eto’o is available on a free transfer having left Chelsea at the end of last season and had held talks with Ajax earlier this summer before the Dutch club pulled out of negotiations.Eto’o scored 12 goals in 34 appearances for Chelsea last season but hit out at Jose Mourinho after the 51-year-old joked about not knowing the striker’s real age. Liverpool are also poised to complete the signing of Mario Balotelli in a €20 million deal from AC Milan. The Italy internationa

Brief profile of THE ECONOMIST magazine UK

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Type-Weekly news magazine Format-Magazine Owner(s)-The Economist Group Founder(s)-James Wilson Editor-John Micklethwait Founded-September 1843 Political alignment- Liberalism Classical liberalism Economic liberalism Headquarters25 St. James's Street Westminster LondonUnited Kingdom Circulation1,574,803 (print); 100,000 (paid digital subscribers)[1] ISSN0013-0613 Official website www.economist.com The Economistis an English-language weekly newspaper owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in offices inLondon. [2][3][4]Continuous publication began under founderJames Wilsonin September 1843. For historical reasons The Economist refers to itself as a newspaper, but each print edition appears on small glossy paper like anews magazine, and itsYouTube channel is called Economist Magazine. [5]In 2006, itsaverage weekly circulation was reported to be 1.5 million, about half of which were sold in the United States. [6]The publication belongs toThe Economist Group, hal

Brief profile of NEWSWEEK magazine USA

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Editor -Jim Impoco Categories-News magazine Frequency -Weekly Total circulation (December 2012)-1,528,081 [1]First issue February 17, 1933 Company-Newsweek LLC Country-United States Based inNew York City Language-English Website-www.newsweek.com ISSN0028-9604 Newsweek is an American weeklynews magazine founded in 1933. Its print editionis available in English in theUnited States,Pakistan,Europe,Middle East and Africa. It is also available in Japanese inJapan, in Polish in Poland, in Korean inKoreaand in Spanish in all Spanish speaking countries. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time incirculation and advertising revenue for most of its existence. It is published in four English language editions and 12 global editions written in the language of the circulation region. Between 2008 and 2012, Newsweek under went internal and external contractions designed to shift the magazine's focus and audience while improving its finances. I

Brief profile of TIME magazine USA

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Managing Editor -Nancy Gibbs Categories-News magazine Frequency-Weekly Total circulation(2013)-3,289,387 [1]First issue-March 3, 1923 Company-Time Inc. Country-United States Based in New York City Language-English Website -www.time.com ISSN0040-781X OCLC number-1311479 Time(often written in all-capsasTIME) is an American weeklynews magazine published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 and for decades dominated by Henry Luce, who built a highly profitable stable of magazines. A European edition (Time Europe, formerly known asTime Atlantic) is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (Time Asia) is based inHong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and thePacific Islands, is based inSydney, Australia. In December 2008,Timediscontinued publishing a Canadian advertiser edition. [2]Time has the world's largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a reader

Brief profile about TELL magazine of Nigeria

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Publisher -TELL Communications Ltd. Editor-Nosa Igiebor Founded-15 April 1991 Headquarters-Yaba,Lagos Official website- http://www.tellng.com/ Tell Magazineis a weekly magazine published in Nigeria. [1]As of 2004 the magazine had a circulation of 80,000. [2]In 2007,BBC Newsdescribed it as "one of Nigeria's most respected business magazines". [3]FoundationTellmagazine published its first edition on 15 April 1991. All five of the founding editors had worked atNewswatch, where they learned to create in-depth, investigative feature stories. They left that magazine due to low pay and disagreements with senior management, hoping that the new magazine would be more fulfilling. Although the magazine's founders had high ambitions, they were not initially hostile to the government. However, they were determined to be free of government or political influence. [4]Babangida eraThe magazine questioned whether GeneralIbrahim Babangidawas sincere in saying he would hand o