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How union stakes in ailing papers like the Chicago Sun-Times may keep them alive

  • Written by Marick Masters, Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageA pedestrian walks past a Chicago Sun-Times newspaper box.AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

The recent purchase of the Chicago Sun-Times for a nominal US$1 by a consortium of labor-affiliated organizations and individual investors highlights the troubled state of the newspaper industry.

It also raises the question of whether union ownership can bolster the...

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