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Billionaire Andrew Forrest Invests $5M In A Cannabis-Focused Company
Monday, November 22, 2021 - 12:08pm | 669Mining industry billionaire Andrew Forrest recently recognized the potential of the burgeoning cannabis industry by taking a $5 million stake in a Perth-based health technology company Emyria (ASX: EMD), which focuses on new marijuana and psychedelic treatment. By investing $5...
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Pentagon Papers Revisited: Sessions' Threat To Media Illustrates Divide Between Ideals And Discretion
Saturday, August 12, 2017 - 2:54pm | 871The story is as old as journalism: the tension between a public servant’s urge to do the right thing while breaking the law, spilling secrets in the process and paying a price when it gets published. Reality Winner, a private defense contractor with security clearance, sits in jail today...
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The Athletic's New Model For Local Sports Writing: If You Build It, Will They Buy It?
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 2:20pm | 464Print is dead. Long live content. At a time when Internet news portals are exploiting all the video and graphic-driven gimmicks at their disposal, a startup called The Athletic is a local, subscription-based news service that - wait for it - focuses on quality reporting. With no ads. The Athletic...
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Media Expert: New York Times Controversy Just A 'Tempest In A Teapot'
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 8:43am | 1284Bret Stephens is weathering a fierce storm after his inaugural New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT) column on climate change. Following his Friday piece maintaining the dangers of conviction and advocating thorough consideration of both sides, angry Times subscribers wrote publicly and took to social...
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Is Silicon Valley The New Frontier In Journalism?
Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 4:59pm | 779It’s been a bleak decade for journalists. Every week brings another round of layoffs spawned by shifting consumer trends. On Monday, Gannett Co Inc (NYSE: GCI) announced 141 impending cuts at a New Jersey paper. In 2016, Guardian Media Group downsized its U.S. workforce by about 30 percent,...
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Gannett Ends Tronc Merger Talks: What's That Mean For The News Industry?
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 10:11am | 819After a seven-month courtship that veered from strong affinity to acrimonious mud-slinging, Gannett Co Inc (NYSE: GCI) called off its merger talks with tronc Inc (NASDAQ: TRNC). Checkered M&A Move The initial move was made in April, and upon hitting rough weather, Gannett went public with an...
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What Would A Gannett-Tribune Takeover Mean For The News Industry?
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 4:23pm | 781"Newspaper reporter" was recently named the worst job of 2016, as a "gradual decline in print publications at the turn of the century became a steep downturn for the past decade." As layoffs and consolidation in the industry have picked up, so has merger and acquisition talk. The latest...