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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jeff Jarvis and Andy Duckworth

Media Talk USA: Why Warren Buffett refuses to invest in newspapers

New media guru Jeff Jarvis, author of the influential Buzzmachine blog, is your host for the second edition of the Guardian's new US media podcast from New York City.

On the panel this month is Brooke Gladstone, managing editor and co-host of public radio's On the Media show. Plus, New York Times media columnist David Carr.

We focus on print this month following comments made by the world's second richest man about newspapers, and the folding of a prominent financial magazine.

Warren Buffett, one of the world's most successful investors told shareholders 'newspapers face unending losses', that they have lost their 'essential nature' and he would not buy a newspaper 'at any price'.

After Condé Nast closed its magazine, Portfolio, it's former editor Joanne Lipman tells us they were doing nothing wrong.

Ernie Sander from PaidContent.org, the Guardian's partner site in the US, runs us through some recent media headlines. Including Hulu, plans for a bigger Kindle, and the embarrassing most-searched term on Microsoft's Live Search.

Craig Newmark, the founder of the magnificently simple and incredibly successful classifieds website Craigslist, says he's optimistic about the future of journalism. Plus, after his site helped survivors of Hurricane Katrina, he discusses how it might be able to assist in the event of a flu pandemic.

The panel also analyses some of the US media's coverage of swine flu.


WARNING: contains strong language.


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Thanks to City University New York for allowing us to use their excellent studio facilities just off Times Square.

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