Mile-high mutiny

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News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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When its corporate owner introduced new budget cuts and layoffs, journalists at The Denver Post decided to fight back. They ran a front-page editorial calling the owners “vulture capitalists”. Chuck Plunkett led the secret revolt, and tells Sean Rameswaram why he picked a fight with the brass. Kate Knibbs of The Ringer then explains why hedge funds and billionaires are bad for local news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is fun.
0:02.0	It's welcome to the studio.
0:04.0	Yeah. This is where it all happens.
0:06.0	Cool. So Jenny Sarmar, business partner here at the Vox.
0:08.0	Yeah. Vox Media.
0:10.0	Yeah. I hear your mom listen to the show.
0:12.0	She does. Do you listen to the show too?
0:14.0	I do. Okay, thank you to your entire family for listening to the show.
0:16.0	But she's considering buying a brush.
0:18.0	She is. And I think she's already ordered it actually.
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0:24.0	She did. Oh my gosh. Can we call her and ask her about it?
0:26.0	Absolutely. I'd love to.
0:28.0	Great.
0:30.0	Lately when you hear about local newspapers, it's bad news.
0:40.0	It's a new hedge fund owner.
0:42.0	It's layoffs. It's closing up shop.
0:44.0	But this week someone changed that.
0:46.0	My name is Chuck Plunkett.
0:48.0	Chuck's the editor of the editorial page at the Denver Post.
0:51.0	It's the biggest paper in Colorado.
0:53.0	He's been a loyal employee for 15 years.
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