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From the Los Angeles Times to the Heart of Southern California Power: The Rise, Wealth, Politics, and Century-Long Media Empire of the Otis–Chandler Family
1. First, the question of the “founder” needs to be clarified. Harrison Gray Otis was not the original founder of the Los Angeles Times, but he was th…
Robert Bass and Bass Group: From an Oil Fortune to a Private Capital Empire — The Investment Network, Power Structure, and Long-Term Strategy of a Texas Billionaire
Robert Bass and the Bass Group: From Texas Oil-Family Capital to Oak Hill, the TPG Talent Lineage, and a Lasting American Private-Capital Network 1. F…
Thirty Five Ventures: How Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman Turned Superstar Influence into an Investment, Media, and Sports Asset Empire
1. The first thing to understand about Thirty Five Ventures is that it is not simply a conventional VC fund. It is better understood as the central op…
Bungeishunju and Kan Kikuchi: From a Literary Publishing Empire to the “Bunshun Cannon” — A Century of Media Power, Business, and Controversy in Japan
1. The first point is to define precisely what “the founder of bunshun.jp” means. bunshun.jp is Bunshun Online, a Japanese digital news outlet. It is …
Dispatch: From Korea’s Celebrity Scoop Machine to a K-pop Content Empire — Lee Myeong-gu and the Business of Entertainment News
1. The first point to clarify is that Dispatch was not simply a celebrity-gossip website built by one individual. It was created by a group of enterta…
From Gossip Emails to a Media Empire: The Rise, Business Model, and Controversies of LaineyGossip and Elaine “Lainey” Lui
First, the relationship between the person and the project needs to be clear. The founder, central editorial personality, and long-time core writer of…
From New York Magazine Insider to Digital Tabloid Machine: Maer Roshan, RadarOnline, and the Three Transformations of American Entertainment Media
RadarOnline, Maer Roshan, and the Transfer of Power in American Digital Tabloid Media: From Magazine Entrepreneurship and Billionaire Financing to the…
Deuxmoi and Its Anonymous Founders: From a New York Fashion Blog to a Crowdsourced Celebrity Intelligence Network and Multi-Platform Media IP
1. Any serious analysis of Deuxmoi has to separate four different things: the brand, the legal entity, the historical founders, and the person who app…
Page Six and James Brady: From Murdoch’s “Power Gossip” Experiment to a Global Entertainment News IP Inside News Corp
1. Any serious analysis of PageSix.com must distinguish between the founder of the website, the creators of the Page Six brand, and the people who ult…
From Legal Reporter to Hollywood Intelligence Machine: Harvey Levin, TMZ, and the Reinvention of Entertainment News
1、First, it is essential to distinguish between who founded TMZ and who owns it. TMZ should not be described today simply as “Harvey Levin’s privately…
From a Colonial Port Newspaper to a National Nonprofit Media Institution: The Straits Times, The Business Times, and 180 Years of SPH Media’s Evolution
1、First, the meaning of “founder” and the present control structure must be clarified The Straits Times and The Business Times cannot be understood th…
Times Higher Education: From a Times Newspaper Supplement to a Global University Rankings and Data Platform Controlled by Inflexion Private Equity
1. The first issue is to distinguish clearly between the “founder” and the current controller. Times Higher Education was not created by an individual…