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In Writing a "Wall Street Journal" Op-Ed, "Parade" President/Publisher Randy Siegel Showed His Human Capital Side.

Article from: Media Industry Newsletter Article date: August 6, 2007

Good thing that "Al Schwartz" is not Siegel's alter ego, because this insurance agent and "publicly held human entity" dropped in value in early July from $1.56 per share to six cents due to "poor performance." All satiric fun, in the spirit of Russell Baker and the late Art Buchwald, which Siegel penned in the July 6 WSJ. "I've enjoyed writing since I was a Connecticut-based stringer for The New York Times while I was a student at Wesleyan University. Subsequently, I freelanced for The Washington Post and USA Today," he ...

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