If you were starting a media business today you would probably not buy an established newspaper and its printing presses, or a radio or television station with its power thirsty 5,000w or 50,000w transmitter. You would do what former ESPN host and Connecticut media entrepreneur Dan Patrick has done. Rent a space on the Connecticut shoreline and produce content for distribution on multiple platforms owned by someone else.
Stan Simpson, formerly of the Hartford Courant, has this profile for the Hartford Business Journal.
