Ep 325| Ricky Mathews

2025-09-29

Ricky Mathews—host of The Ricky Mathews Show and SuperTalk Outdoors—joins us to break down the corporate takeover of local media. As former president and publisher of three Gulf Coast newspapers (📰 The Sun Herald, 📰 The Press-Register, and 📰 The Times-Picayune), Ricky brings decades of experience and a front-row seat to the collapse of traditional journalism. We cover:🏢 The shift from Knight Ridder to McClatchy ownership📱 The iPhone & Facebook’s disruption of newspapers🌪️ Katrina’s impac...

Ricky Mathews—host of The Ricky Mathews Show and SuperTalk Outdoors—joins us to break down the corporate takeover of local media. As former president and publisher of three Gulf Coast newspapers (📰 The Sun Herald, 📰 The Press-Register, and 📰 The Times-Picayune), Ricky brings decades of experience and a front-row seat to the collapse of traditional journalism.

We cover:
🏢 The shift from Knight Ridder to McClatchy ownership
📱 The iPhone & Facebook’s disruption of newspapers
🌪️ Katrina’s impact on Mississippi newsrooms
🤖 Why AI might reshape jobs faster than we realize

This conversation asks the big question: Can local voices survive in a corporate media world?

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