April 25, 2024
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After a brief spell of normalcy seemed to return to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, all bets are now off. A new publisher has appeared overnight at the paper, a new editor will be installed as soon as Friday, and, sources tell me, stories involving new owner Sheldon Adelson are being reviewed, ...
Read MoreSeveral mysteries tumbled out of Sheldon Adelson’s secret $140 million purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in early December (“The new breed of newspaper mogul”). Some have been answered, and others hang in the air. One big one: seller Gatehouse Media’s own journalistic ethics. That’s a ...
Read MoreThe 100,000-circulation daily Las Vegas Review-Journal, seldom mentioned in national conversations, has gotten a lot of attention since casino magnate and Republican godfather Sheldon Adelson was revealed as the new owner of the paper in mid-December (“The new breed of newspaper mogul: On ...
Read MoreHow can we set the table for 2016? Advertising woes continue — deepen, actually. Whole new forms of storytelling open up and go mainstream more quickly. Virtual reality joins the harsher realities. Hundreds of millions in new investment develops alongside an equally strong belief that legacy ...
Read MoreThe company that runs the Las Vegas Review-Journal is taking steps this week to repair its reputation after a series of reports of sketchy-seeming journalistic practices related to the recent sale of the newspaper to casino magnate Sheldon Adelson (“The new breed of newspaper mogul: On ...
Read MoreThe week-long mystery of the identity of the overpaying buyer of Nevada’s biggest and most influential newspaper is over. But questions about the impact of the sale – and what it could portend both for Nevada and national politics and for the news business – abound. On Thursday, first Fortune ...
Read MoreHow far has the newspaper trade fallen? RELATED ARTICLE As giant platforms rise, local news is getting crushed September 1, 2015 It’s been another depressing year for those who value robust local news. Yet Sheldon Adelson’s reluctant outing as the new owner of the Las Vegas ...
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