web02.fireside.fm Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:02:55 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/the%20washington%20post Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0600 What does it mean to be a strategic owner? How might it matter if something is owned in the public market or, by a founder or family? What about the time horizon, and what does it mean to say you are invested for the long term? Beyond a single business’ success, do the patterns of ownership of businesses across the country make a difference in the ways these businesses run, whether mom-and-pop shops or multi-national corporations? These hidden patterns of ownership are an invisible current with implications on the products we buy, the companies we work at, and the communities we live in. This podcast, “The Owner’s Box” is about telling that story. en-us episodic Bringing you insights on ownership from the Koch Center for Family Enterprise at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin School of Business Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School What does it mean to be a strategic owner? How might it matter if something is owned in the public market or, by a founder or family? What about the time horizon, and what does it mean to say you are invested for the long term? Beyond a single business’ success, do the patterns of ownership of businesses across the country make a difference in the ways these businesses run, whether mom-and-pop shops or multi-national corporations? These hidden patterns of ownership are an invisible current with implications on the products we buy, the companies we work at, and the communities we live in. This podcast, “The Owner’s Box” is about telling that story. no Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School boumgardenp@wustl.edu https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/17 cc304c9a-de3d-402f-b59c-da891d521bce Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0600 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School bonus 3 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good. 8:13 no The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good. The Washington Post, The New York Times, Media, Mission, Business, Family Business, Jeff Bezos, Thomas Jefferson, Morgan Stanley, News The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How did we get here? What does it take to sustain a mission-driven media company? At the Owner's Box, we are interested in how ownership shapes a company's behavior and nowhere is that more interesting than in an industry with a mission to provide a public good.

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