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17岁的尼克显然希望自己能成为像鲁珀特·默多克一样的媒体大亨，所以当英国广播公司表示想以850万英镑的高价收购下尼克的这家网站时，竟然遭到了他的一口拒绝。尼克称，他现在并不需要金钱，该网站每月的广告收入，也全都是用于网站的建设。 5 b' b. _! B1 D4 u& [0 \ ! A# J: S) r% d- u" S @ 尽管为网站忙得不可开交，但尼克每天仍然必须抽时间完成他的家庭作业，并且每周还要到一家电器连锁店中打工10小时。尼克说：“我想要读大学，并在将来为年轻人的事业而工作，也许我还会出国。”/ w( @7 [! X6 A, W" @
- |) a! N( `; M# o / e7 O/ b- I3 x6 L. v' v 5 T8 S+ R4 S6 UTeen turns down £8.5m ' i7 I$ o* U7 m$ k) v 3 s$ j( f1 c8 B$ g6 RA Cheltenham teenager has reportedly turned down £8.5million to sell his website. b& X( G5 k/ J2 m/ D! Y7 A
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Nick Coates, 17, runs Sharpenews, a global news site aimed at young people, reports the Sun. 0 p/ C) {1 S9 n: K+ a / f1 M5 U0 s$ J0 M1 GIt has had 89million hits in 18 months and rakes in £2,500 a month from advertisers. * U9 u" R1 @5 B( E8 g3 [8 G 9 t' H) U- `; I) kSeveral firms have made big offers but Nick insists he doesn’t need the money. 7 Z( O# u3 o: h, p& e3 z5 M$ J! Y9 ^$ ]0 l& |* J
He said: "I could walk away with about £4million - but I'm not interested in that at the moment." 5 W4 n9 C% x8 D9 @: j( f& ?& U, }5 D' N" i0 v2 g0 y$ b3 Z
Nick started the site when he was just 12. It now has 70 contributors worldwide and has won awards including website of the year.9 F7 _+ A1 |( d3 R
- u9 ~9 }1 B; A/ P$ ^He is also studying for four A-levels and even works ten hours a week at a local electrical goods store.
