The super rich are buying up newspapers. Are they the struggling industry's future? https://t.co/xW2EbcgmBD pic.twitter.com/O7QqDvXUoX
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) May 3, 2016
This is a model of fact checking--and how to handle a ridiculous claim. No need to handle with kid gloves! https://t.co/ava2ul8PV7
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 4, 2016
A big deal: Tampa Bay newspaper war ends as the Times buys the Tribune. https://t.co/qMx5mY3aqr
— Mark Fitzgerald (@fitzbeat) May 3, 2016
Above all, Esquire editor in chief David Granger wants to bring his readers to tears. As the longest-serving editor of America's oldest men's magazine, Granger, who exits this week, restored Esquire's relevance by embracing the emotional depth of men's interests. Cars, sports, sex, and suits have their place, but with ambitious reporting and inventive storytelling, Granger has sought to bring readers to their emotional edge, and even to tip them over it. His Esquire succeeded when its manliest reader was compelled to weep.
On March 6, the San Francisco Chronicle published “Last Men Standing,” a feature on long-term AIDS survivors that told the stories of eight people who aren’t supposed to be here—men who were diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s,...