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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)

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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.