EXCLUSIVE: Missouri hides more court information than other states
A new Missouri law passed last year deletes the names of victims and witnesses in court documents making Missouri courts……
Alden and other venture capitalists threaten journalism’s role in democracy
From “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy” by Margot Susca. Copyright 2024 by the……
The Davids fighting Goliath in West Virginia
A feisty team of lawyers and tenants in Appalchian mobile home parks are fighting Alden’s owners — and sometimes, they’re……
Newspapers are vanishing, leaving democracy at risk
Newspapers are dying. Young people aren’t reading them. Predatory hedge funds are buying them up, laying off reporters, milking them……
Vulture hedge fund can’t stop Chicago’s media ecosystem from thriving
When Alden Global Capital bought Tribune Publishing in May 2021 and slashed Chicago Tribune newsroom staff to bare bones, few……