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  • When Choosing Your Successor: Avoid the 'Folly of Fondness'

    Dave Gauger, Gauger Media Service, Inc.|Updated Aug 21, 2024

    Objectivity is the hallmark of a quality publisher. It's also one of the first disciplines sacrificed by publishers when evaluating their children's suitability for taking over the family's newspaper. More than any other decision the choice of a successor demands ruthless honesty. Whether you call it the "folly of fondness" or the "fog of war" an ego driven succession decision can create a disaster for both family and fortune. Through many years of consulting publishers I've...