Screening: 'Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink'

Info: Local journalism throughout America is facing a financial crisis due to the collapse of its ad-supported business model. And while local newspapers seek grassroots public support to survive, a sinister and cynical force on Wall Street has quietly seized on the opportunity to buy up news organizations across the country, decimate their staffs, destroy their
independence and deprive local readers of a critical tool supporting democracy. The Mercury News, East Bay Times and many California newspapers are among the approximately 200 newspapers nationwide now owned by Alden Global Capital, a New York-based hedge fund and a
major subject of the film.
“Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” exposes the battle between hedge funds and local community leaders for control over their local news and the future of journalism.

Host or Publisher Embarcadero Media Foundation