Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | November 25, 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 5 B R I E FS Garelick Farms owner files for bankruptcy Dallas-based Dean Foods Co., the owner of Franklin's Garelick Farms, has filed for bankruptcy and is in advanced discussions to sell much of its assets. Garelick Farms, which has offices and a major production facility on Route 140 in Franklin, was founded in 1931 by broth- ers Israel and Max Garelick. Today, the company has more than 1,600 employees. WPI, Clark, UMass have fewer foreign students e number of foreign students en- rolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Clark University and UMass Medical School fell slightly last year. WPI, which has more than 1,800 foreign students, saw a drop of 2.4% from the 2017-'18 school year to the 2018-'19 year, according to the New York-based Institute of International Education's Open Doors report. Clark, with more than 900 international students, fell by 1.5%, and UMass Medical School saw a 6.5% drop to 158 foreign students. In the 2018-'19 school year, Massa- chusetts colleges had more than 71,000 international students, behind only Cali- fornia, New York and Texas. Nationally, the number of foreign students leveled off last year to 1.1 million foreign students were enrolled, an increase of 0.05%. Millbury Savings Bank is now bankHometown. The bank of you. We've combined our family of banks to serve you beer with enhanced products and services in more locations. Visit bankhometown.com to find a branch near you. bankhometown.com | 888.307.5887 Member FDIC | Member SIF * As published in the 2019 Banker and Tradesman's Massachusetts Banking Choice Awards. Ranked as the top bank in Overall Quality, Customer Service and Technology. * We're better together. Continued on Page 6 UMass Medical School Newspaper consolidation hurts journalism GateHouse Media's $1.4-billion purchase of the Gannett Co. was completed in November, turning the two largest U.S. newspaper owners into one single entity, whose holdings include the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, MetroWest Daily News, the Milford Daily News, Worcester Magazine and USA Today. When polled online, more than 90% of WBJ readers felt this type of consolidation hurts journalism. F L AS H P O L L Is the consolidation in the newspaper industry good for journalism? No, corporate consolidation eliminates individual identities from newspapers. 61% 3% Yes, it ensures these organiza- tions will be finan- cially strong. "The best thing for newspapers and the readers would be to return to true journalism and stop the political bias and opinion." COMMENTS: 5% No, the resulting layoffs leave fewer journalists to cover the news. 31% No, having outside investment helps boost the region's economy. "Journalism is supposed to be free of outside influences that could jeopardize the integrity of work and should allow for the exploration of facts on both the national and local level. Consider further, the implications that such a large media conglomerate now holds over the information that we may - or may not have available to us. Bigger is not always better." "Newspaper? What is this? Does anyone still read newspapers?"

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