Greg Newton
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| Greg Newton | |
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| Occupation | Owner |
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| Employer | Naked Shorts blog |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Web site | nakedshorts.typepad.com |
Greg Newton is the owner[1]and editor of the Naked Shorts blog, where he comments on investing and the markets. His comments also appear on the Seeking Alpha Web site.[2]
Background
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From 1988-2004 he was president of Metal Bulletin Holdings Corp. in New York, a London Stock Exchange-listed publishing and information services company. He led that company's acquisition of MAR, a publication that covered CTAs and pools. In 1994 he launched MAR/Hedge, the first independent newsletter covering the global hedge fund market. In 2000-2002 he negotiated the acquisition of Cahners Metal Group publications. He was group publisher of Metal Bulletin plc in 2002-03. He resigned to pursue other interests, including blogging on Naked Shorts.
Before he joined Metal Bulletin he was senior editor and editor in chief of World Construction Technical Publishing Co. from 1984-87.
He was appointed chief editor of World Construction and its sister publication, World Mining Equipment, when they combined and moved to London in 1985. Metal Bulletin bought WME in 1987 and Newton became consulting editor.
From 1974-76 Newton was a reporter for South Otago Newspapers Ltd, in Balclutha, NZ.
Newton was born in Wellington, New Zealand.
Education
Newton graduated first in his class at Wellington Polytechnic (now Massey University) School of Journalism.
References
- ↑ Greg Newton Resume. Naked Shorts. Retrieved on December 13, 2007.
- ↑ Greg Newton. Seeking Alpha. Retrieved on June 20, 2008.
