Hedge-fund KKR buys Simon & Schuster. A Gordon Gekko moment or a digital beacon of hope?

KKR CEO Pete Stavros will be listening carefully to Richard Sarnoff, and looking closely at what worked for RBMedia and what is working for OverDrive. The film Wall Street has a lot to answer for. But to those that say Gordon Gekko gave private equity a bad name, I would say simply that art imitated life. The … Continue reading Hedge-fund KKR buys Simon & Schuster. A Gordon Gekko moment or a digital beacon of hope?