Jeff Roberts
Nov 30, 2011 6:29 PM
The newspaper industry is savoring some good news with the announcement that Berkshire Hathaway is taking over the Omaha World-Herald Company for $150 million. The deal represents a further expansion of newspaper holdings by Warren Buffett’s legendary company.
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 20, 2011 1:07 PM
Warren Buffett is leaving the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) board when his current term expires in May. He first served on the board from 1974 to 1986 and returned in 1996, but his connection with the company goes back even further to his days delivering the paper. The Berkshire…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 24, 2009 9:15 AM
Some news from AOL (NYSE: TWX) as CEO Tim Armstrong moves from a media tour that started with a wave of interviews and wound up on stage at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech, to an all-hands staff meeting in Dulles today to explain some of the details in the latest plan to…
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Staci D. Kramer
May 2, 2009 12:53 PM
Warren Buffett will keep the Buffalo News and a stake in the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO)—but won’t play white knight for the newspaper industry. The billionaire financier told shareholders at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting taking place today in Omaha, Neb., that newspapers face possible “unending losses” and that…
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