Person of Interest

Lester T. Briggs has built a career on knowing what New Atlas wants before New Atlas knows it itself. The proprietor of The Titan Times has spent decades turning newspapers, property and well-timed acquisitions into one of the city’s most formidable private empires.

Briggs calls consolidation “good housekeeping.” Rivals tend to use less flattering language. Either way, another title rarely stays independent for long once it catches his attention.

For a man who owns so much, Briggs still likes to read the competition himself. Careful what catches his eye.