I may be way off, but my guess is not much more than generous signing bonuses.
The site makes no money and their grant ended June 30, so I'm sure MSNBC had almost all the leverage.
The site makes no money and their grant ended June 30, so I'm sure MSNBC had almost all the leverage.
And if there were competing offers or options available to EB, all the more likely that they weren't picked up on the cheap.