Alden's losing bid for DallasNews is a rare win for family-controlled, publicly traded newspapers that are viewed as community trusts, not financial assets (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Alden’s losing bid for DallasNews is a rare win for family-controlled, publicly traded newspapers that are viewed as community trusts, not financial assets — Is a newspaper a financial asset or a community trust? This particular standoff ended with an increasingly uncommon answer.