In-Depth

From Conrad Black’s Newspaper Empire to Wall Street Capital Control: National Post, Postmedia, and Chatham Asset Management

1、The first and most important correction is that the National Post today is not owned by the Black family, nor is it controlled by any traditional Ca…

65d ago·
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The Denver Post: From the Bonfils–Tammen Newspaper Empire to a Local News Asset Controlled by Alden Global Capital

1、The most important structural conclusion is that The Denver Post cannot be understood as a newspaper founded by one individual and continuously owne…

65d ago·
57 min read

From a Century-Long Family Newspaper Dynasty to the Nonprofit Era: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paul Block, and 240 Years of Changing Power

1. The first thing to clarify is that “founder,” the Block family, and the current owner are three different concepts. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette doe…

65d ago·
69 min read

OrissaPOST and the Satpathy Family: From a Political-Literary Dynasty and Dharitri to a Family-Controlled Bilingual Media Network in Odisha

1. The central conclusion is that OrissaPOST is not a conventional story of a lone media entrepreneur building a newspaper from scratch. It is the pro…

65d ago·
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From Internet PR to a Century-Old Newspaper: Minako Suematsu, News2u Holdings, and the Control of The Japan Times

1. The most important clarification is that Minako Kambara Suematsu is not the historical founder of The Japan Times. She is the central owner-side co…

65d ago·
76 min read

Nagaland Post and Geoffrey Yaden: From a Bootstrapped Local Newspaper to a Founder-Controlled Media Institution at the Heart of Nagaland

1、Geoffrey Meyikokba Yaden’s core identity is not merely that of a local newspaper editor. He represents the classic owner-editor / proprietor-editor …

65d ago·
59 min read

The Canberra Times and the Media Capital Behind It: An In-Depth Study of Antony Catalano, Alex Waislitz, and Australian Community Media

1. The first point to clarify is the meaning of “founder”: The Canberra Times was not a conventional single-founder venture but a Shakespeare family p…

65d ago·
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The Post and Sinead Boucher: From a Century of Wellington Journalism to the NZ$1 Buyout and Reinvention of New Zealand’s Stuff Media Group

The first point that needs clarification is the meaning of “founder.” Sinead Boucher did not historically found The Post; she is the present owner and…

65d ago·
58 min read

The Borneo Post and the Lau Family: From Sibu’s Chinese Press to the KTS Timber, Plantation and Media Empire

1. The first point that must be clarified is that the founder of The Borneo Post and the founder of KTS Group were not the same person. The central fo…

65d ago·
67 min read

Post Bulletin and the Marcil–Black Family: From a Century of Local Journalism to Forum Communications’ Five-Generation Family Media Empire

1. The first and most important distinction is that the founders of the Post Bulletin and the Marcil–Black family belong to two different historical s…

65d ago·
63 min read

The Sunday Post and the Thomson Family: From Dundee Shipping Capital to a Century-Old Family Media Empire, IP Assets and Digital Transformation

The first point to clarify is what “founder” means in the case of The Sunday Post. The Sunday Post was not founded in the conventional sense by a sing…

65d ago·
57 min read

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka and the Wijewardene Family: From the Lake House Press Dynasty to Sri Lanka’s Private Media Power Network

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka and the Wijewardene Family: From the Lake House Press Dynasty to a Century-Long Network of Private Media Power in Sri Lanka…

65d ago·
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