Arkansas newspaper magnates
NY Times reports that Stephens family of Little Rock will be in the partnership led by Dean Singleton that will buy the San Jose Mercury and several other former Knight-Ridder newspapers that were unwanted by McClatchy in its purchase of K-R. Stephens already was a partner with Singleton in some smaller California properties once owned by Donrey, acquired by Stephens after the death of founder Donald Reynolds. Stephens' participation, says the Times, helps Singleton contend with potential anti-trust concerns for his growing ownership of newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Hitler controlled all the radio stations in nazi Germany.
Hmmm, Stephens buys up all the newspapers in the land with Clear channel buying up all the radio station blocks.
Such parallels.
Posted by: propaganda machine rolling | April 26, 2006 11:27 PM
Hey Mr. Stephens,
We really could use a good newspaper in the Little Rock area. We'll concede NWA to the DoG since they are "birds of a feather".
Posted by: Fed Up to Here | April 27, 2006 05:16 AM
Stephens buying up all the newspapers in the land? Sorry, you're confusing it with Gannett. Stephens has a pretty low profile overall.
Posted by: say what? | April 27, 2006 08:39 AM
Yeah, more consolidation of the media into the hands of a few is just what the country needs.
There's such a glut of right-wing columnists (and to the exclusion of their left counterparts) that I'm beginning to believe that most of these owners are of the Murdoch ilk..hmm. And, maybe, just maybe it's possible that the right-wingers in the White House and Congress have used their offices to change regulations in favor of such an agenda. What's next...Republicans controlling unverifiable electronic voting machines to steal elections?
Posted by: suzie | April 27, 2006 09:48 AM