Talk:Heath Freeman (businessman)

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Helping out

I was just going to start a draft for Heath Freeman and encountered this. I'll help out. The Wall Street Journal ran a big feature on him today. Is it okay to type right into this draft? Novellasyes (talk) 21:38, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please feel free to go ahead! There’s plenty of sourcing on him to have a pretty extensive article. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 04:43, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've worked on the background facts of his life and haven't really gotten into trying to describe his role/approach/all the cost cutting at Alden. But it's a start. Novellasyes (talk) 18:44, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Ellison, Sarah. "Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one's buying it". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^ Reynolds, Julie (2018-04-13). "Meet the Vulture Capitalists Who Savaged 'The Denver Post'". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^ "The local news' 'vulture capitalist' breaks his silence | The Seattle Times".
^ Merced, Michael J. de la; Tracy, Marc (2020-12-31). "Hedge Fund Seeks Full Control of Tribune Publishing, a Major News Chain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^ "Heath Freeman's view from the 34th floor". 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^ Gosselin, Kenneth R. "Connecticut Attorney General pressing New York hedge fund Alden Global for information about proposed takeover of Hartford Courant parent company Tribune Publishing". Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^ Sebastian, Dave (2020-07-02). "Tribune Publishing Gives Co-Founder of Hedge Fund Alden Global a Board Seat". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
^ "Alden Global Capital, known for plundering newspapers, plans to expand ownership of Tribune Publishing | The NewsGuild - CWA". 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

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In 2018, The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America called for Duke University to return donations from Freeman due to his history of cutting jobs of journalists.^[1] Thriley (talk) 03:01, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Duke refuses to cut ties with hedge fund president who's 'stripping' newspapers across the U.S." Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[1] Ellison, Sarah. "Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one's buying it". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[2] Reynolds, Julie (2018-04-13). "Meet the Vulture Capitalists Who Savaged 'The Denver Post'". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[3] "The local news' 'vulture capitalist' breaks his silence | The Seattle Times".

[4] Merced, Michael J. de la; Tracy, Marc (2020-12-31). "Hedge Fund Seeks Full Control of Tribune Publishing, a Major News Chain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[5] "Heath Freeman's view from the 34th floor". 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[6] Gosselin, Kenneth R. "Connecticut Attorney General pressing New York hedge fund Alden Global for information about proposed takeover of Hartford Courant parent company Tribune Publishing". Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[7] Sebastian, Dave (2020-07-02). "Tribune Publishing Gives Co-Founder of Hedge Fund Alden Global a Board Seat". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[8] "Alden Global Capital, known for plundering newspapers, plans to expand ownership of Tribune Publishing | The NewsGuild - CWA". 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

[9] "Duke refuses to cut ties with hedge fund president who's 'stripping' newspapers across the U.S." Retrieved 2021-02-21.

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