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Divernan

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11. He set up a trust fund to make sure that those papers continue.

Reply to JPZenger (Reply #9)

Mon Jul 7, 2014, 10:19 AM

Jul 2014

I read that in a Trib-Review article - not sure that "trust fund" was the term they used - but it stated he had made financial arrangements to make sure the papers survived as his legacy.

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Richard Mellon Scaife - July 3, 1932 - July 4, 2014 [View all] MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 OP

You won't believe the Tribune-Review today. femmocrat Jul 2014 #1

Yeah, that figures! MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #2

So ... the day of his death is *already* observed as a national holiday ? eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 #3

huh? MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #4

There is no money/political influence too dirty for HRC or Bill to solicit. Divernan Jul 2014 #5

Memory engaged on my end... MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #6

Scaife and Hillary were both supporters of Barry Goldwater in 1964. PADemD Jul 2014 #7

Yes, I remember reading that. MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #8

Will his paper survive without his financial subsidies? JPZenger Jul 2014 #9

Who knows? MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #10

He set up a trust fund to make sure that those papers continue. Divernan Jul 2014 #11

As of 2007, Tribune was losing $20 to $30 million a year, according to divorce papers JPZenger Jul 2014 #12

He could easily afford it & the Trib has overtaken the Post-Gazette in circulation. Divernan Jul 2014 #13