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Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

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Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is quietly gobbling up newspapers across the country and gutting them, but no one knows why--until journalist Julie Reynolds begins to investigate. Her findings trigger rebellions across the country by journalists working at Alden-owned newspapers. Backed by the NewsGuild union, the newsmen and women go toe-to-toe with their "vulture capitalist" owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America. Who will control the future of America's news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service, the lifeblood of our democracy?

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Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It explains this phenomenon -- a complicated topic -- brick by brick... I thought they did a really good job of explaining this. Nov 4, 2024 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Rick Goldsmith’s Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink offers a sobering overview of how “vulture capitalism” has reduced US news media to a rapidly-shrinking, monopolistic shell of itself. Nov 16, 2024 Full Review Lael Loewenstein FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) A very important documentary. Nov 4, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is quietly gobbling up newspapers across the country and gutting them, but no one knows why--until journalist Julie Reynolds begins to investigate. Her findings trigger rebellions across the country by journalists working at Alden-owned newspapers. Backed by the NewsGuild union, the newsmen and women go toe-to-toe with their "vulture capitalist" owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America. Who will control the future of America's news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service, the lifeblood of our democracy?
Director
Rick Goldsmith
Producer
Rick Goldsmith, Lauren Kawana
Screenwriter
Rick Goldsmith, Michael Chandler
Distributor
Kovno Communications
Production Co
Kovno Communications
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 39m