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！ 2 H' D% s6 K3 u- c) L- S
$ y( x1 s" A7 D& f8 n * c, A% e& q+ U/ w: i( Z x 12岁创办新闻网站 2 M1 E: g6 y, S1 p% T: n 3 C Z3 @- Q5 B 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。 2 A* }6 b3 P# M: {$ J2 m% q
- L* {) P7 v/ g" e" R 8 t3 m! _8 K2 VTeen turns down £8.5m , ^" H! O5 V2 i% Q$ V% n0 X 1 k- K2 `6 G, @" c- t2 [* ^A Cheltenham teenager has reportedly turned down £8.5million to sell his website.4 U! x @5 L3 _& S. a4 {, T; Z
/ @6 w% T& R- b# h! y# N3 j& S/ DNick Coates, 17, runs Sharpenews, a global news site aimed at young people, reports the Sun. * z, @8 W% D2 |" e+ ]% z% y4 ~. B7 S: T `) r
It has had 89million hits in 18 months and rakes in £2,500 a month from advertisers.# ?/ e+ K6 h$ X' C0 B# i' u
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Several firms have made big offers but Nick insists he doesn’t need the money. 6 @1 [; C/ E5 l 6 l& o# ~5 ]4 |' g0 K% y% aHe said: "I could walk away with about £4million - but I'm not interested in that at the moment." 2 w" b: G5 ], G. m E5 b! ]! M& ^& r' R
Nick started the site when he was just 12. It now has 70 contributors worldwide and has won awards including website of the year. 1 \$ k: M1 `, U3 j4 E* l$ r' o9 h3 D; L# V" N
He is also studying for four A-levels and even works ten hours a week at a local electrical goods store.
