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Kid Berwyn

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3. Greg Mitchell is an oustanding journalist -- TOPS -- the best of the best.

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 02:17 PM

Aug 6

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Guy was editor of Editor & Publisher and quit the best source on the business when the mag got bought. He chose integrity over cash.

ETA: It wasn’t Murdoch who bought them out, it was the Carlyle Group.

ETA3: It was Carlyle Group, via Duncan-McIntosh, tied to Murdoch and Carlyle Group.

Getting old. One thing never changes: GOOD WRITING IS GOOD EDITING

ETA 4 or 5:

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Nielsen (Company), which is perhaps best known for its television ratings service, is owned by a group of investors that include AlpInvest Partners NV, The Blackstone Group LP, The Carlyle Group, Hellman & Friedman LLC, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP, and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP.

Source: https://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/12/editor_publisher_closing_after.html

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