Philadelphia Inquirer | Philadelphia Daily News
"I'll beat the crap out of anyone" who tries to break the pledge, said
Brian P. Tierney, CEO of Philadelphia Media Holdings, which purchased the Inquirer and Daily News for $562 million. An Inquirer editor responded: "So, you used to be an S.O.B., now you'll be our S.O.B.?" Former Inquirer
executive editor
Maxwell E.P. King said he worries "about the independence and integrity of the news coverage" under the new local owners. ||
Daily News: Tierney told employees: "The best way to kill this as a business, quite frankly, would be to somehow kill this wonderful integrity that these publications enjoy from an editorial stance."
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Another ex-editor says sale to local group could be problematic (E&P)
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Kinney: How does he go from being our slayer to being our savior? (PI)
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Dems wonder if Tierney will be able to rein in his partisan ideology (DN)
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Rosenstiel: "We may be seeing the beginning of a new model" (PI)
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