Could the stars be aligning for a Google-NY Times merger?

Should Google buy the New York Times? The possibility of this dream hookup is just fantasy because the owners of the Times -- the Sulzberger family -- for now, seem emboldened to hold on to the company for as long as it can. The Sulzbergers, however, are living on borrowed time as the family is facing pressure on all fronts to save the company, which is hemorrhaging as the slow economy has decimated its advertising and subscription revenue. Already, the media company took the extreme move of borrowing $250 million from their newly built headquarters, but that seems to be a temporary band-aid on what very well could be a mortal wound.