Hedge funds or hedging bets? Is news investment any different under the new news barons?

• In Event: Local News

Brief Overview

How is venture capital firm media ownership shaping the political reporting resources of the newspaper industry? We explore this question using a difference-in-difference design and data on media ownership and staffing from 2000 and the present.

Authors

• Erik Peterson, Texas A&M University

• Johanna Dunaway, Texas A & M University-College Station