Actually, Rich, Atwood's predecessor was Newsday's founder & longtime publisher-owner, Harry Guggenheim, quite wealthy in his own right. Eventually, he tired of it all at about the time President Lyndon Johnson called him up and said, "Harry, could you take my boy Bill Moyers off my hands, as a great FAVOR to me" considering the mining leases Lyndon had helped out Harry ! Harry did, Moyers became publisher and Harry was able to step back & let 'his boy' Bill run the show! It was Bill who eventually would hire me at Newsday & get me started on my media career!!!
Nice, Rich. Again, a well-researched look at the history of how this all came about. You're filling a information gap for readers in a smart way. Today I asked readers to hold up on ending their subscriptions to the papers whose billionaire owners refused to support a Kamala Harris endorsement. Those guys aren’t journalists, and there are many good ones working at those papers. See my comments on this subject at:
Good point, David. And the next chapter was Harry Guggenheimer selling the paper to the Chandlers, over the objection of Bill Moyers.
Thanks Reg. You make a vital point about why we shouldn't endanger the good journalists at WaPo and LAT because of the mistakes of their owners.
Actually, Rich, Atwood's predecessor was Newsday's founder & longtime publisher-owner, Harry Guggenheim, quite wealthy in his own right. Eventually, he tired of it all at about the time President Lyndon Johnson called him up and said, "Harry, could you take my boy Bill Moyers off my hands, as a great FAVOR to me" considering the mining leases Lyndon had helped out Harry ! Harry did, Moyers became publisher and Harry was able to step back & let 'his boy' Bill run the show! It was Bill who eventually would hire me at Newsday & get me started on my media career!!!
Nice, Rich. Again, a well-researched look at the history of how this all came about. You're filling a information gap for readers in a smart way. Today I asked readers to hold up on ending their subscriptions to the papers whose billionaire owners refused to support a Kamala Harris endorsement. Those guys aren’t journalists, and there are many good ones working at those papers. See my comments on this subject at:
https://thecrankyyankee.substack.com/p/keep-the-faith-good-journalism-still