(Update: The Adelson-influenced meddling has already begun.)
Now that Sheldon Adelson owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the paper’s prime topic of coverage has become … itself. There’s no shortage of entrail-reading, as pundits try to parse the casino mogul’s intentions. In a 
sense, Adelson has already won a key battle: One of today’s lead stories features everyone from Sen. Harry Reid (D) to Caesars Entertainment‘s Jan Jones Blackhurst going out of their way to say nice things about Sheldon. We’re also given a foretaste of the nouveau regime when Publisher Jason Taylor lectures one of his own reporters for daring to ask questions about Adelson’s ownership, sniffing, “My recommendation is focus your energy on making the brand stronger.” As though to demonstrate its editorial independence, the R-J ran an unflattering photo of Adelson in which he appears to be wearing a mohair beanie. (Smoke ’em while you got ’em.)
Such gestures may be all fun and games but the real question is Continue reading
