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Articles tagged Sheldon Adelson (7)

Joshua BentonMarch 18, 2020

The L.A. Times uses its physician owner to help explain the science behind the coronavirus

But Patrick Soon-Shiong’s outside business dealings show the importance of disclosure — especially in an era when more important news organizations are owned by billionaires with business interests in the topics journalists cover.

Austin SmithAugust 29, 2018

Why do billionaires decide to buy newspapers (and why should we be happy when they do)?

“If the Post is like Amazon, happy to sell individual slices of its vertically integrated whole, the Times is perhaps more like Apple, bringing its ethos and voice to a more diverse array of products.”

Ken DoctorFebruary 19, 2016

Newsonomics: The financialization of news is dimming the lights of the local press

As single-minded, profit-driven management drives down the local news business, where is its moral center — the one that long rested, if sometimes uncomfortably, alongside the demands of running a successful business?

Joshua BentonJanuary 25, 2016

Facebook and adblockers, podcasts and Trump: What the big media trends of 2015 will bring for 2016

The news was mostly bad for publishers and news organizations last year.

Ken DoctorJanuary 7, 2016

Newsonomics: Setting the news table for 2016

The news business hopes it won’t end up one sandwich short of a picnic as the new year’s big trends unfold.

Ken DoctorDecember 18, 2015

Newsonomics: Flipping newspapers in the new game of Monopoly

Sheldon Adelson’s purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal suggests we’re moving into a new, political phase of newspaper acquisition.

Ken DoctorSeptember 6, 2012

The newsonomics of Israel’s first paywall

Haaretz experimented with its English-language edition, but now it’s ready to take what it’s learned and apply it to the main product.