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A question about whether to support hedge-fund-controlled newspapers through subscriptions goes...

Media writer Jack Shafer at Politico doesn't shy away from stances likely to prompt hate-mail. He once wrote how the Newseum, which is closing next month, "deserves to die,"...

Denver Post’s hedge-fund owner lost a ‘hostile takeover bid’ of the...

The hedge fund that controls Media News Group, née Digital First Media — also known as The Nothing, and for gutting newsrooms like The...

‘Collusive newspaper’ claim vs. ‘real threat’ of hedge-fund journalism in Colorado

There's a lot to say about newspaper ownership in Colorado these days and what it means for readers. Big changes have rumbled the landscape...

America’s super-rich continue to make mind-boggling sums

John Paulson "earns" $436 per second, and that assumes a 60-hour work week. It takes him less than two minutes to earn a typical American's salary. Altogether he took home nearly $5 billion last year. He's a hedge fund manager. Welcome to his world.