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New Video – DFM Workers Fight to Save Local News

Digital First Media (DFM), the country's second-largest newspaper chain, is owned by Alden Global Capital, an extremely profitable hedge fund. Despite earning far higher-than-average profits, DFM papers have been laying off staff at twice the industry rate. A new video from DFM workers examines how the hedge fund-owned company has gutted local news organizations across the country and how NewsGuild-CWA members are fighting back.

Watch the video here.