Paper Money - Newspapers aren't assets to be flipped, leveraged, and stripped. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine

While newspapers have serious problems, the recent failures of several newspaper companies (here's a list of list of four others that have gone BK in recent months) shouldn't necessarily lead to visions of the apocalypse. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Shams Kazi - Apr 3, 2009 - 12:48 PM PDT
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by Shams Kazi - Apr. 3, 2009

Why blame the PE firms for failing where nobody else has succeeded. Here is what I think the moral of the story should have been: The fact that PE firms have failed in this industry confirms that newspapers can't cut simply costs and expect profitability. If that was possible, the PE firms, the grandmasters of cost reduction would have figured it out. At least someone was ready to lay some big bets on newspapers (albeit with other people's money). Perhaps some of the papers ... More »

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