Rob Reid
speaker
1,484 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 23 Aug
Rob Reid’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That is six times in one year.
And so think about what just happened.
He works for the newspaper for five years.
He is by far their most valuable asset.
He borrows $5,000 to buy into the paper.
A year later, he has a falling out.
They then buy him out for six times that amount.
So that's $30,000.
$30,000 at this point in history when the average skilled worker makes $600 a year.
That means in 12 months, he made the equivalent of half of a century worth of wages for a skilled worker.
And then almost immediately, he does another clever move.
So it says Pulitzer spotted a journalistic business opportunity.
The collapse of the banking firm J. Cook & Company started a severe national depression.
Among the victims of the economic downturn was a small German language newspaper in St.
Louis.
The paper was put on the auction block.
Pulitzer saw value where others didn't.
He won the auction, paying a modest sum, and announced that it was his intention to start a German evening paper.
That was a lie, by the way.
This was a smoke screen.
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