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# Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/stripped-for-parts-american-journalism-on-the-brink/specials/stripped-for-parts-american-journalism-on-the-brink-dyeais/
- Published: 2025-09-19T21:02:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-01T05:30:16.000Z
- Description: A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink, #ZZZ_Show_e7625c8d-0207-4810-aa4f-987d418a6312, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_da73a076-3d53-4da2-8ab0-fa7f610ee771, #special

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide. Backed by the NewsGuild union, the newsmen/women go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America.