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Quartz, once a beacon of business journalism, is now a media zombie after being acquired by private equity (Obituray by co-founder Zach Seward)

Summary

  • Quartz, a pioneering biz news org, fell to private equity greed.
  • Its people were its heart, but corporate vultures gutted the brand.
  • Quartz's story is a cautionary tale about idealism v. cynicism.

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