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December 14th, 2015 
Awake Goy
NEW YORK — Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers have a simple question for their new owner: Who are you?
Several staffers at the Review-Journal, the largest media outlet in Nevada, have questioned their new owner’s decision to remain secret, an unusual arrangement that’s stunned not only the newsroom, but journalists nationwide.
Sean Whaley, a capital bureau reporter based in Carson City, tweeted Saturday night that he was “offended & embarrassed” that the paper’s new owner — News + Media Capital Group LLC — has not disclosed its financial backers since announcing Thursday night that it had acquired the paper.
In addition to the secret ownership arrangement, industry watchers have also been shocked by the sale price.
News + Media Capital Group LLC paid $140 million for the Review-Journal and several smaller Nevada publications. That’s $38 million more than the Review-Journal and a significantly larger media portfolio was sold for just nine months ago — a peculiar development in a struggling industry.
Michael Schroeder, a Connecticut-based publishing executive who introduced himself to Review-Journal staff last week as manager of the News + Media Capital Group, wouldn’t discuss the ownership situation when reached Monday. “I have absolutely no comment,” he told HuffPost.
Taylor, the paper’s publisher, stopped the presses Thursday night to remove some noteworthy quotes from the paper’s story on the sale, as The Huffington Post reported Saturday. For instance, the edited version no longer included Review-Journal editor Michael Hengel asking who is behind the company and what are their expectations.
The baffling circumstances surrounding the sale of the Review-Journal have inevitably led to speculation about who may have bought the paper and why.
Jon Ralston, a prominent political journalist in Nevada, mentioned Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” that there’s currently speculation around billionaire casino mogul and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson. (An Adelson representative has not responded to HuffPost’s requests for comment since Friday).
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