Ep 325| Ricky Mathews

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?

Also big thanks to Southern Magnolia Smiles, Forever Young Men's and Women Health, and Taylor and Cox Law Firm,  for the support! 

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