Businessman who shut down his N.H. newspaper last summer is indicted on federal fraud charges

Claremont, N.H., in 1877. Illustration via Snapshots of The Past.

By Dan Kennedy

Last July, I noted that the Eagle Times in Claremont, New Hampshire, had shut down. I also observed that Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio had produced an unusually harsh story on the former owner, venture capitalist Jay Lucas, which suggested there might be more to the story.

Indeed there was, and thanks to Media Nation reader Christian Avard for tipping me off. Last month Lucas was indicted on federal fraud charges.

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Author: Dan Kennedy

I am a professor of journalism at Northeastern University specializing in the future of local journalism at whatworks.news. My blog, Media Nation, is online at dankennedy.net.

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