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Conservative Billionaire Owner May Have Shut Down Gothamist And DNAinfo for Political Retaliation

Joe Ricketts cited financial reasons, but the public isn't buying it.

Conservative Billionaire Owner May Have Shut Down Gothamist And DNAinfo for Political Retaliation
Joe Ricketts DNAinfo Gothamist owner (Photo credit YouTube)

Thursday evening, two sites dedicated to local news started redirecting to a letter from their owner, Joe Ricketts. DNAinfo and Gothamist and their archives were gone without warning.

Ricketts, the billionaire founder of Ameritrade, owned DNAinfo since 2009. The site reported neighborhood information for New York City and Chicago. He had bought similarly NYC focused Gothamist in March of this year.

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