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“Ultimately, consolidation is just a mop-up strategy — one that simply squeezes out the final remaining profits before the lights are turned out.” Martin Langeveld
Instead of a wave of consolidation, the former newspaper publisher argues, JRC’s bankruptcy could be a way for the newspaper industry’s biggest outside investor to continue to exit it. Martin Langeveld
“I don’t think there’s any newspaper company in America that won’t have fewer people a year from now than they have today, and fewer still in two to three years.” Martin Langeveld
Langeveld, Martin. "Who owns newspaper companies? The banks, funds, and investors and their (big) slices of the industry." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 7 Mar. 2011. Web. 26 Sep. 2016.
APA
Langeveld, M. (2011, Mar. 7). Who owns newspaper companies? The banks, funds, and investors and their (big) slices of the industry. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/who-owns-newspaper-companies-the-banks-funds-and-investors-and-their-big-slices-of-the-industry/
Chicago
Langeveld, Martin. "Who owns newspaper companies? The banks, funds, and investors and their (big) slices of the industry." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 7, 2011. Accessed September 26, 2016. http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/who-owns-newspaper-companies-the-banks-funds-and-investors-and-their-big-slices-of-the-industry/.
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