Margot Susca
@margotsusca.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism, Accountability & Democracy
📍American University, Washington, D.C.
📘Author “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy”
📜UMass, Columbia J-School, Florida State
📍American University, Washington, D.C.
📘Author “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy”
📜UMass, Columbia J-School, Florida State
And McClatchy is owned by a hedge fund with $7 billion in assets under management and plenty of resources to keep it going.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And McClatchy is owned by a hedge fund with $7 billion in assets under management and plenty of resources to keep it going.
Peter Baker’s entire catalog leading up to November 2024 was grounded in those threats. Others followed suit.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/u...
Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the ‘Enemy’ (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Peter Baker’s entire catalog leading up to November 2024 was grounded in those threats. Others followed suit.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/u...
What’s worse are the tens of millions $ in management fees private investment firms took in years corporate newspaper chains like Gannett and GateHouse laid off reporters claiming ad losses.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Hedged
www.press.uillinois.edu
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
What’s worse are the tens of millions $ in management fees private investment firms took in years corporate newspaper chains like Gannett and GateHouse laid off reporters claiming ad losses.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...