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尼克是一名中学生,但同时他也是英国Sharpenews新闻网站的执行总裁。尼克从12岁开始,就创办了这家专门关注全球青少年新闻的网站,到目前为止,尼克的网站已经在全世界拥有70名志愿员工,包括一名常务董事和一名会计,所有这些网站员工的年龄都不超过18岁。 $ a' l7 b) l! c- l U0 l6 b/ x j s. x( C5 i
据悉,尼克的网站创办之初,一开始每月只有100个人光顾;但现在,这家网站已经成了全球最受欢迎的青少年新闻网站之一。尼克的网站每个月要向读者提供1000个青少年新闻故事,在过去18个月中,这家网站的点击率竟然达到8900万人次,网站每月的广告收入也迅速增加到2500英镑。 & J/ \" \7 u8 B0 s% D5 w 1 C3 y3 r5 s8 t9 n1 H' N+ x 850万英镑收购遭拒绝 8 y7 n0 E( a/ ~* L! m% w' ^ 0 [1 N4 x) z3 H' \3 ^+ F& p7 Q, t 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。 9 ~ ]1 l( ]2 ^! I2 O/ Z3 l" i% z % ]; I3 w. z# Q$ f 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。” : t& ~: I) A9 D) [0 U( F* w. q3 [1 ~8 M
7 R1 \1 j6 Z2 X7 q8 z5 K) n 4 I7 O, Y5 {4 G4 jTeen turns down £8.5m 9 Q S) t! n) X' q' Z& M 2 e( q9 ]9 X3 T% T5 W9 |A Cheltenham teenager has reportedly turned down £8.5million to sell his website.$ Z* l' q& N* l- ?
% y0 G& {% V" R+ c4 \; D# NNick Coates, 17, runs Sharpenews, a global news site aimed at young people, reports the Sun.! b0 i3 k# t5 F" a( D! `
9 ?5 J! u9 S5 r* O8 E5 TIt has had 89million hits in 18 months and rakes in £2,500 a month from advertisers. . w# a5 z( n& w5 W& ~; Y" u: d/ N& e/ O8 V3 p" y
Several firms have made big offers but Nick insists he doesn’t need the money. 6 q7 r7 a+ x* R* P* c. x8 _: l7 d7 G; b' p
He said: "I could walk away with about £4million - but I'm not interested in that at the moment." " x' @/ w8 L$ X* V+ w 4 a5 K" w6 C4 y6 E9 zNick started the site when he was just 12. It now has 70 contributors worldwide and has won awards including website of the year. $ r. U0 n7 O! S' Y5 z S$ C9 n2 ?0 g% S0 ?
He is also studying for four A-levels and even works ten hours a week at a local electrical goods store.