By Julie Reynolds At the Denver Post, the newsroom staff has shrunk by 70 percent in just a few years. But on Friday, when those remaining believed there was nothing left to cut, thirteen new layoff notices were issued to… Continue Reading →

Local news reporters perform heroic service in the face of coronavirus By Julie Reynolds Despite near-daily attacks from the president, years of extreme budget cuts by their companies’ hedge fund owners, and the risks they face reporting daily on the… Continue Reading →

Taking a deep dive into global finance, private equity and a coming recession with Nicholas Shaxson, author of The Finance Curse   RELATED STORY: The Op-Prop Chop Shop: How hedge funds like Alden extract wealth from companies they ‘invest’ in… Continue Reading →

The Courant’s current offices | Sage Ross, Creative Commons License We need to encourage Alden to put up or shut up By Susan Campbell Dear Hartford Courant reader, Your roof is on fire. The signs have been there, but you… Continue Reading →

Letter highlights offshore investors “shrouded in secrecy” as more lawmakers decry Alden’s impact on local news By Julie Reynolds Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is demanding information from Alden Global Capital President Heath Freeman and calling out the hedge… Continue Reading →

An interview with Nicholas Shaxson, author of The Finance Curse By Julie Reynolds Nicholas Shaxson has spent a career looking into highly secretive companies. He is, after all, the author of a respected book on offshore tax havens (Treasure Islands,… Continue Reading →

By Julie Reynolds Alden Global Capital, the New York hedge fund behind the gutting of local newspapers nationwide, has increased its investments in the parent of Smith & Wesson firearms and controversial coal company Peabody Energy, a new Securities and… Continue Reading →

Photo of Chicago City Council chambers by Daniel X. O’Neil | Used under Creative Commons license By Julie Reynolds Declaring that “local news is vital to communities,” a Chicago Alderman has introduced a resolution calling on executives from hedge fund… Continue Reading →

Job losses follow vulture fund Alden’s acquisition of Tribune Publishing shares and board seats Newsroom cuts of 10 to 17 percent across the chain By Julie Reynolds Scores of news workers are leaving their papers after Tribune Publishing offered buyouts… Continue Reading →

UPDATE: Read the purchase announcement here. By Deena Winter MNG Enterprises is buying a family-owned Minnesota newspaper company called Big Fish Works that owns 11 Minnesota newspapers, most of them weeklies, including eight in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. MNG… Continue Reading →