UPDATE:Harbinger Reduces Exposure To NY Times, Media General
(Adds news of fund reducing exposure to New York Times.)By Bhattiprolu Murti
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Activist hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners disclosed that it reduced its exposure to New York Times Co. (NYT) and Media General Inc. (MEG), two media companies on which it gained board seats this year after proxy fights.
Harbinger, which holds a 19.93% […]
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UPDATE:Harbinger Reduces Exposure To NY Times, Media General
(Adds news of fund reducing exposure to New York Times.)By Bhattiprolu Murti
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Activist hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners disclosed that it reduced its exposure to New York Times Co. (NYT) and Media General Inc. (MEG), two media companies on which it gained board seats this year after proxy fights.
Harbinger, which holds a 19.93% […]
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Project for Excellence in Journalism: State of the News Media 2008
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The character of the next era, far from inevitable, will likely depend heavily on the quality of leadership in the newsroom and boardroom… it will require renegades and risk-takers to break from the conventional path and create new directions… the transformation facing journalism is epochal, as momentous as the invention of television or the telegraph, […]
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