How Private Equity Gutted Local Newspapers: A Data-Driven Autopsy
Private-equity raids turn watchdogs into ghost papers. Here’s the debt-to-dividend playbook and the data behind 2,500 vanished U.S. newspapers since 2005.
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Ghost Papers: How Hedge Funds Hollowed Out Local Newsrooms
Hedge-fund math turned proud metro dailies into “ghost papers” that publish wire copy and obits—leaving city halls unwatched and voters uninformed.