英国格洛斯特郡切尔滕纳姆市17岁男孩尼克·科蒂斯从12岁开始，就独自创办了一家全球青少年新闻网站，在过去18个月中，这家网站赢得了8900万人次的点击率，每月广告收入已经达到2500英镑。当英国广播公司表示欲出850万英镑的价格收购尼克的这家网站时，遭到了尼克的一口回绝！ 8 O. u2 _3 X; |$ @( ~6 a$ j. P. W; F3 e) L) X
$ c0 _3 Y6 O% i 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 n3 O/ E" o& _% g$ F- Z
5 W1 T, }3 T+ l" r 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。” 5 ^: X' `3 l. ~0 Y+ ~* R8 M3 |! v( D% \. W$ l3 _# b
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Teen turns down £8.5m 1 }1 z3 g* ^ P& S, P * u8 q! M$ O, A" p$ p8 z3 ]* c" lA Cheltenham teenager has reportedly turned down £8.5million to sell his website. ( k0 W: v5 L' b X- J! e! F' y 5 j$ X7 U1 t- o, {6 G. u! ?8 FNick Coates, 17, runs Sharpenews, a global news site aimed at young people, reports the Sun. ) P' d% `! ~: H2 U2 l) P9 P ! w! R; I1 P, f( t- X+ B7 c( ^It has had 89million hits in 18 months and rakes in £2,500 a month from advertisers. 1 g) H4 s/ _( d$ | 9 J) k8 u. S% R: g! }) hSeveral firms have made big offers but Nick insists he doesn’t need the money.' r; J$ B/ v( Q8 s. E4 }' R
, l/ m& k& {" [He said: "I could walk away with about £4million - but I'm not interested in that at the moment." / Q% ]3 k6 }: B6 D + Q, B* j+ ?% wNick started the site when he was just 12. It now has 70 contributors worldwide and has won awards including website of the year. / N8 b+ ~$ e% A1 K" r Y ! M' O: c- [. u0 ?He is also studying for four A-levels and even works ten hours a week at a local electrical goods store.
