I like the Michael Smerconish Show, and frankly suspect anybody who doesn't.
This morning he interviewed Brian Tierney, the managing partner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News (who put up $10m of his own money to keep the papers local).
The interview, which you can hear as a podcast here, is interesting for a number of reasons.
The most interesting is when Tierney talks about banks. The Daily News saw profits drop from $51m to $36m last year, but still turned a profit. The corporation filed for Chapter 11 to restructure its debt. Tierney discusses the representatives from Citigroup and other banks riding down to Philly in their limos to make demands and give him advise that he has to take because they are covenanted creditors, for whose consultations he must pay $300k per month.
Tierney points out the incredible irony of bankers who are on the public dole, and whose stocks have tanked by 90-96% of last year's value coming in to give business advice to a set of newspapers that's still turning a profit.
Worth a listen.
Smerconish, by the way, is not a typical conservative talking head. I frequently disagree with him, especially on foreign policy, but unlike the shouters he's literate, respectful of guests and callers, and actually has points of view that are his own.
Plus, he's funny.
This morning he interviewed Brian Tierney, the managing partner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News (who put up $10m of his own money to keep the papers local).
The interview, which you can hear as a podcast here, is interesting for a number of reasons.
The most interesting is when Tierney talks about banks. The Daily News saw profits drop from $51m to $36m last year, but still turned a profit. The corporation filed for Chapter 11 to restructure its debt. Tierney discusses the representatives from Citigroup and other banks riding down to Philly in their limos to make demands and give him advise that he has to take because they are covenanted creditors, for whose consultations he must pay $300k per month.
Tierney points out the incredible irony of bankers who are on the public dole, and whose stocks have tanked by 90-96% of last year's value coming in to give business advice to a set of newspapers that's still turning a profit.
Worth a listen.
Smerconish, by the way, is not a typical conservative talking head. I frequently disagree with him, especially on foreign policy, but unlike the shouters he's literate, respectful of guests and callers, and actually has points of view that are his own.
Plus, he's funny.
Comments
The fact that he voted for Obama is an upside, in my view.
Mike is a conservative, but an independent thinker as well. I put Steve in the same category.
Perry Hood
I'll accept that as an intended compliment, but I am not in any way, shape, or form a conservative.
Again, I draw your attention to the title of this blog.
How do you get to be considered a conservative if you are pro-gay rights, pro-abortion rights, anti-US imperialist interventionist foreign policy?