An Excerpt:
The Accidental News Baron
Reade Brower, the entrepreneur who sold his papers to the NTLN, was quoted as saying that much of his success has been due to scrapping and hustling; a bit of being in the right place at the right time, and more than anything else, simply his grit. As if being in the newspaper business is not a sufficient test of that grit, Brower, a committed runner, ran the lesser-known Boston Marathon, a fundraiser of the Red Sox Foundation in which participants circle the practice track inside the famed Fenway Park 116 times which achieves the required 26.2 miles. Since he had completed marathons in the past, Brower needed an extra challenge; he ran the race barefoot on the hardscrabble track. He finished in last place. The lights were out, and everybody else had gone home.
The Target Report: 116 Laps Around Fenway Park, Barefoot—July 2023 M&A Activity
WhatTheyThink
But for many publishers, the race has become too painful. Exhausted, they drop out. Recent research indicates that on average two newspapers go out of ...
The Accidental News Baron
Reade Brower, the entrepreneur who sold his papers to the NTLN, was quoted as saying that much of his success has been due to scrapping and hustling; a bit of being in the right place at the right time, and more than anything else, simply his grit. As if being in the newspaper business is not a sufficient test of that grit, Brower, a committed runner, ran the lesser-known Boston Marathon, a fundraiser of the Red Sox Foundation in which participants circle the practice track inside the famed Fenway Park 116 times which achieves the required 26.2 miles. Since he had completed marathons in the past, Brower needed an extra challenge; he ran the race barefoot on the hardscrabble track. He finished in last place. The lights were out, and everybody else had gone home.
The Target Report: 116 Laps Around Fenway Park, Barefoot—July 2023 M&A Activity
WhatTheyThink
But for many publishers, the race has become too painful. Exhausted, they drop out. Recent research indicates that on average two newspapers go out of ...
