Re: [Pen-l] Steven Rattner: capitalist pig of the month

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect wrote:
> In the current issue of Vanity Fair, there’s a fascinating article on Arthur
> “Pinch” Sulzberger, the boss of the N.Y. Times who many blame, including
> author Mark Bowden, for causing the stock to decline from $50 in 2002 to
> $3.77 in February-less than the price of the Sunday paper as Bowden notes.
> It is now selling for $5.76 a share, hardly enough to make investors
> confident. Rumors abound that the paper will be sold at a bargain rate,
> perhaps even to Rupert Murdoch-an archfiend in the eyes of Arthur
> Sulzberger, but not that much different politically.

much as I'd like to blame "Punch" for the NYT's progressing demise,
aren't most US newspapers veering toward failure these days?

-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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