I seek to answer that question in my latest story for Compass magazine…
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This Hedge Fund Must Be Stopped–No Purchase of Gannett
There’s news today, in this article in the New York Times, that a New York hedge fund consisting of “vulture capitalists” is backing a hostile takeover bid for Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and 100 other newspapers. This is a terrible idea. Journalists don’t often get involved in the business side, meaning talking about […]…
What Happened to The “New Media?”
As this fine piece in the Washington Post makes abundantly clear, the New Media mavens who once appeared to be the future of journalism are running out of gas. Vice, Quartz, Buzzfeed, Mic and other Internet-based news organizations are not meeting their financial targets and there is a hint of consolidation in the air. By […]…
Trump, China, and the 90-Day Mystery
After all the build-up to the big meeting, the Americans said they would suspend further imposition of new tariffs for 90 days to give the Chinese time to come up with solutions to the deepening conflict? Ninety days might provide a few more sales of U.S. products to China and there could be some policy […]…
Beware Of a “Quick Fix” Agreement between U.S. and China
There appears to be a civil war in the Trump Administration over how to approach a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month. The “Wall Street wing” centered on Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is looking for China to announce it will buy a lot more American products, perhaps make some mild opening moves in […]…
